Shopfloor Apps Manufacturing Systems Engineer

ABOUT US

PHINIA: Advancing sustainability today, powering a cleaner tomorrow.

PHINIA is an independent, market-leading, premium solutions and components provider with over 100 years of manufacturing expertise and industry relationships, with a strong brand portfolio that includes DELPHI®, DELCO REMY® and HARTRIDGE™. With over 12,500 employees across 43 locations in 20 countries, PHINIA is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA.

At PHINIA, we provide fuel systems, electrical systems, and aftermarket products and solutions of the highest quality — developed and manufactured responsibly — that are designed to enhance efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of vehicles, industrial machinery, and other applications. In doing so, we contribute to a cleaner tomorrow, treat our people and surrounding communities with respect, and hold ourselves accountable to robust ethical standards.

Our Culture

PHINIA promotes and cultivates an inclusive culture and diverse perspectives, strives to maintain its reputation for excellence, thrives on the power of collaboration, and fosters the development of our talented employees. We believe in making a positive impact through our business and actions, and we take our collective responsibility seriously.

Career Opportunities

We believe in building a brighter tomorrow for our employees as well as our customers and encourage you to learn about our long history, strong culture, new technologies, and future vision. We offer a strong local presence and interesting global opportunities. Join us on this shared journey toward a brighter tomorrow.

JOB PURPOSE

PHINIA is seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineer to act as a key bridge between Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) across our global manufacturing network. This role is responsible for connecting shop floor automation systems and manufacturing platforms with enterprise applications, enabling reliable, secure, and scalable data flows that support operational excellence, digital manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 initiatives. Working closely with plant teams, automation engineers, IT partners, and manufacturing stakeholders, the Manufacturing Systems Engineer will design and implement solutions that capture, structure, and integrate production data from industrial control systems into central platforms for analytics, reporting, and business processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Connect to plant‑floor automation systems (Rockwell ControlLogix/CompactLogix, Siemens S7/TIA Portal, and similar) to identify, configure, and extract production data tags for central consumption.

• Configure and maintain OPC‑UA servers and clients (Kepware, Matrikon, native Siemens/Rockwell servers) including certificate management, namespace configuration, subscription tuning, and high‑tag‑count performance optimization.

• Set up and maintain data historians (OSIsoft PI, FactoryTalk Historian, WinCC archives, or similar) — tag configuration, polling rates, compression settings, storage sizing, and downstream access provisioning.

• Build secure integrations between shopfloor systems and MES, ERP (SAP), PLM, and IoT platforms using OPC‑UA, MQTT, SOAP, REST, and AMQP protocols; debug malformed JSON, XML, and SOAP payloads in production.

• Write and optimize SQL queries against production databases for data mining, validation, and troubleshooting; support data quality investigations across the integration chain.

• Work directly with plant ME and maintenance teams to understand their automation landscape, identify available data points, and implement data extraction solutions — often with limited documentation and inconsistent tag naming.

• Navigate IT/OT network segmentation (DMZ, firewalls, data diodes) and coordinate with plant IT/security teams to establish secure data paths from automation networks to enterprise systems.

• Support MES platform implementations and migrations (Rockwell FTPC/MES, Siemens OpCenter, Ignition, or equivalent), including system configuration, operator workflow setup, and production validation.

• Develop and maintain real‑time dashboards and monitoring tools; integrate time‑series data from sensors/PLCs/historians for operational insights (OEE, downtime, scrap, quality trends).

• Train and mentor plant engineers on data extraction techniques, OPC‑UA configuration, and historian usage to build local self‑sufficiency and reduce dependency on central IT.

• Produce and maintain technical documentation including plant integration maps, tag lists, network diagrams, configuration guides, and runbooks.

• Ensure all shopfloor solutions meet PHINIA’s standards for reliability, cybersecurity, ISA/IEC 62443 alignment, Zero Trust, and data integrity.

• Contribute to digital manufacturing initiatives including IIoT enablement, machine connectivity, predictive analytics, and smart‑factory programs.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Automation, Manufacturing Systems, or related technical field

• 6–10 years of experience in manufacturing IT, OT systems, or shopfloor application development/integration

• Hands‑on experience with Rockwell and/or Siemens automation platforms: RSLogix/Studio 5000, FactoryTalk, TIA Portal, WinCC, or their respective historians

• Practical OPC‑UA experience: configuring servers/clients, certificate management, namespace browsing, subscription vs. polling tuning, high‑tag‑count performance

• Experience setting up and configuring data historians (PI, FactoryTalk Historian, WinCC archives, or similar)

• Multi‑protocol integration fluency: OPC‑UA, MQTT, SOAP, REST, AMQP — with comfort reading and debugging JSON, XML, and SOAP payloads

• SQL fluency (joins, window functions, query optimization) for data mining against production databases

• Big data awareness: familiarity with time‑series databases, data lake concepts, and streaming ingestion patterns

• Basic algorithm understanding (sorting, searching, complexity analysis)

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes: traceability, quality checks, OEE, work instructions, operator workflows, machine data capture

• Experience with plant‑floor networking: VLANs, DMZ, edge devices, IoT gateways, barcode/RFID/scanner workflows

• Experience with IT/OT cybersecurity principles, network segmentation, and secured industrial architecture

• Ability to influence without authority and get results in environments with resistant or under‑resourced plant teams

• Patience, diplomacy, and strong communication skills for working with plant‑floor technicians, maintenance teams, and local management

• MES platform certifications (Rockwell, Siemens, Ignition) — preferred

• Microsoft Azure certifications (AZ‑900, AZ‑204) — preferred

• IT/OT security certifications (ISA/IEC 62443 awareness) — preferred

WHAT WE OFFER

We provide compensation and benefits programs intended to attract, motivate, reward, and retain an incredibly talented, globally diverse workforce at all levels within our organization. Our compensation programs are informed by market data and business needs, and we are committed to providing equitable and competitive compensation. We are committed to providing our team with quality and competitive benefit programs, including health and well-being resources, family-centric policies, and an agile workplace program, where not precluded by collective bargaining agreements or national statutory plans. Plans are benchmarked for competitiveness and value.

We provide formal development opportunities at all levels and stages of employee careers. These opportunities are delivered in a variety of formats to make our portfolio of solutions agile, sustainable, and scalable to support our employees in developing the skills needed to succeed.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

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Product Leadership - Innovation that brings value to our customers

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Humility - Seeking out diverse perspectives and working collaboratively

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Inclusivity - Recog