Systems Architect Director

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead and/or develop and execute unusually complex projects having a substantial mix of electrical, mechanical, physics, algorithms, and software design, which are on the leading edge of system functionality or technology.
2. Spearhead research and development of new technologies as appropriate; work with Marketing to ensure the meet market requirement specifications (MRS) is valid and attainable.
3. Use systems analysis to create a diagram in order to review specifications, influence product engineering and software to utilize system engineering concepts for new, unusually complex designs and ongoing engineering improvements, and supervise tests.
4. Interface with other business units to work out design, systems architecture development, and integration issues by utilizing concepts from other business units or influencing other business units to utilize concepts.
5. Identify and troubleshoot unusually complex engineering problems, which are on the leading edge of technology or system functionality.
6. Review system engineering test results and architecture development ideas. Influence and communicate changes in adjusting design direction as necessary.
7. Support System Integration during the assembly and final testing of new product designs.
8. Work with vendors to develop new competitive products. Take business issues and architecture development findings into consideration, and work to gain acceptance and use across business units.
9. Develop metrics that aid in the decision-making for future business opportunities.
10. Develop and assure that the requirements of the systems architecture development process are met.

Job Requirements:

1. Bachelor or Master Degree in Engineering or Computer related studies with at least 8 years of experience in designing an automated manufacturing system in a high volume and mix manufacturing environment.
2. Strong people and influence skills in working with different stakeholders globally.
3. Proactively identifies and solves the most complex problems; uses ground-breaking methods to think beyond existing solutions.
4. Impacts business direction through the development of innovative technologies breakthroughs.