OT Technical Lead - Connected Factory / Digital Manufacturing- Life Science(Remote)

Job Listing ID:

4481591

Job Title:

OT Technical Lead•Connected Factory / Digital Manufacturing•Life Science(Remote)

Application Deadline:

Open Until Filled

Job Location:

Salem

Date Posted:

04/28/2026

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Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly. (Obtain the contact information to print or add to your jobs.)

Job Summary:

OT Technical Lead•Connected Factory / Digital Manufacturing Role Overview The OT Technical Lead is a delivery-focused engineering leader embedded within a Delivery POD on the Connected Factory Digital Innovation program. This program operates as a structured PoC incubation model. The Technical Lead is responsible for the end-to-end technical execution of individual Proof of Concept (PoC) engagements, working within an agile sprint cadence under the governance of a senior Core Team. The role requires hands-on engineering depth across OT/IIoT platforms, combined with the ability to communicate clearly with both manufacturing stakeholders and IT architecture peers. This is not a purely supervisory role-the Technical Lead is expected to work directly on technical tasks, particularly during ambiguous or first-of-a-kind problem-solving phases. Key Responsibilities Lead the technical execution of assigned PoC Delivery PODs from Initiate through Execute stages, including backlog ownership, sprint planning, and release readiness Perform hands-on configuration, integration, and validation across OT platforms, including Ignition , OSI

PI , OPC UA

, and shopfloor integration tooling (HighByte or similar UNS/SIL platforms) Drive daily technical unblocking for POD members; escalate architectural decisions to the Core Team with well-formed solution options-not just problem statements Participate in architecture scoping and T-shirt sizing exercises during the Evaluate stage, providing technical feasibility and risk input Produce and maintain technical documentation, including implementation plans, integration diagrams, test evidence, and PoC handover materials Support PoC post-mortem documentation ( Stage 5•Analyze ), including success criteria scoring and structured knowledge transfer Operate within a GxP-adjacent lab environment; understand documentation and traceability expectations, even where formal validation is not required Required Skills & Experience 3-6 years of hands-on OT/IIoT engineering experience in a manufacturing or life sciences environment Demonstrated experience with Ignition SCADA , including configuration, module deployment, and OPC UA connectivity Working knowledge of OSI PI Historian and Asset Framework (AF) structure design Familiarity with OPC UA communication protocols, certificate trust management, and server/client integration patterns Experience with agile delivery in an OT or hybrid OT/IT context, including sprint ceremonies, backlog management, and iterative PoC delivery Ability to work independently in a lab environment with limited supervision; comfort with ambiguity and first-of-a-kind technical challenges Preferred / Advantageous Exposure to HighByte Intelligence Hub , Kepware , or equivalent Unified Namespace (UNS) / SIL tooling Experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences manufacturing (GxP awareness, batch process understanding) Familiarity with SIMCA-Online or similar multivariate data analysis (MVDA) platforms Containerization experience ( Docker / Mirantis ) for OT application deployment Exposure to MES/EBR platforms (e.g., POMSnet ) and shopfloor-to-historian data flows Working Model The Technical Lead operates within a ...

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