Shopfloor Apps Manufacturing Systems Engineer

About the role

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 serve as the hands on OT/IT bridge person who works with global plants to connect to their Rockwell and Siemens automation systems, extract and structure production data, and deliver it to central IT platforms. The plants often lack the expertise or bandwidth to do this themselves, and their local engineers or consultants may be uncooperative. This person must get results without formal authority over plant staff. The role works under the technical direction of a Bucharest based architecture lead and coordinates with a local delivery coordinator in Bangalore.

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.

Requirements

• 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 wi

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