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# Manufacturing SME / Solutions Architect

- **Company:** Aspire Inc.
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $187,200.0 - $208,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Engineering, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Machine Learning, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Data Ingestion, Yield Optimization
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ca95dfba-7001-4763-9e94-38b8a136ff97

## About the Role

* 10+ years in manufacturing, with strong hands-on experience in injection moulding (or precision polymer/extrusion)

operations and process engineering.

 * Proven track record in manufacturing quality (SPC, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, root-cause methodologies).

 * Demonstrated data engineering capability: data ingestion, integration, warehousing, and pipeline design for manufacturing/OT data.

 * Experience building predictive/ML models for quality, maintenance, or yield.

 * Delivered productivity improvement programs (OEE, cycle time, scrap, downtime reduction).

 * Strong grasp of Industry 4.0 / IIoT architectures - MES, SCADA, IIoT platforms, digital twin concepts.

 * Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

 * Ability to translate operational assessments into executive-ready roadmaps and business cases.

 * Willingness to work onsite in North Carolina for the full 3-month engagement.

## Description

* Assess end-to-end factory operations across injection moulding lines, identifying gaps in quality, throughput, and equipment effectiveness (OEE).

 * Define and present a phased digital transformation and operational excellence roadmap aligned to business priorities.

 * Design data engineering pipelines to capture, integrate, and structure machine, process, and quality data.

 * Develop predictive models for defect detection, scrap reduction, predictive maintenance, and yield optimization.

 * Recommend productivity and cycle-time improvement initiatives grounded in lean and Six Sigma principles.

 * Architect Industry 4.0 / IIoT solutions (sensors, edge, MES, SCADA integration, digital twin readiness).

 * Establish manufacturing quality frameworks (SPC, FMEA, root-cause analysis, closed-loop quality control).

 * Partner with plant leadership, engineering, and IT to deliver an agile, iterative execution plan., The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, but rather to serve as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee in this role. Organization retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.


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