Description:

Siemens Spartanburg is engaged in an initiative to transform the manufacturing facility into an industry 4.0 digital manufacturing operation. The plant runs 3 low voltage electrical apparatus production lines. It also includes a metal fabrication operation supplying all 3 electrical apparatus lines.

Responsibilities:

As a member of the automation and digitalization team the digital systems engineer requirements include:

• Working with focus factory managers and their teams to understand and document current challenges.
• Generating use cases, process maps, information flows, requirements documents, and program specifications to ensure alignment with focus factory challenges and productivity gains.
• Explore and identify opportunities for application of digital solutions and required networking and communication’s infrastructure.
• Create custom dashboards using programming tools that leverages data from various locations (e.g. CNC machines, PLC devices, ERP system, MES system, etc.)
• Develop analysis tools utilizing data from various sources to properly schedule production lines, schedule delivery of components to production lines (right time and right quantity), track components through the plant, track finished goods through the production process, and/or improve machine run time.
• Utilize production data to build digital simulations models used to determine productivity improvement and project justification.

Required Knowledge/Skills and Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required (Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems)
• Knowledge of data analytics’ methods and problem-solving methodologies in a manufacturing environment
• Software development languages – Python, C, C#, C++, Visual Basic, any of the multitude of scripting languages
• Database Systems – Any of the multitude of SQL database platforms (e.g. Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.) with a willingness to learn based on project requirements
• Web Technologies – ASP, HTML, XML, Java
• Strongly preferred – KNIME, Tableau, Mindsphere, Siemens Product Simulation, Siemens Process Simulation W

Additional Skills that will make you stand out

• Working knowledge of network infrastructure, protocols, and configuration (e.g. TCP/IP, IP Schemes, Sub-nets, VLANs, routing, etc.)
• Familiar with digital simulation tools and willingness to learn and create digital simulations

Soft Skills:

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to convey complex solutions in a manner a multi-disciplined team or management team can understand
• Strong leadership skills
• Work well with a team
• Comfortable presenting to a group of managers, peers, and/or shopfloor employees

Requirements:

• Occasion travel
• On-line and classroom training
• Time spent on manufacturing floor learning and understanding manufacturing processes, challenges, etc.