Vulcan Elements
Manufacturing Data & MES Engineer
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Experience
- 5+ years spanning manufacturing systems (MES/MOM) and data engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; candidates must be able to work with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
About the job
Own and develop the manufacturing execution and plant-data systems, from pilot MES implementation and integration through production-scale operations.
What you'll do
- Take ownership of pilot MES knowledge transfer, handover, go-live, and stabilization; close data-integration gaps between plant-floor and business systems.
- Design and operate platform-neutral plant-data architecture, integrations, entity models, and electronic batch records and material genealogy.
- Support platform evaluation and proofs of concept, and deliver data reporting and analytics for process engineering.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years spanning manufacturing systems (MES/MOM) and data engineering.
- Strong SQL, relational database design, and time-series data handling experience.
- Production REST API design and integration experience, plus working knowledge of ISA-95 and plant-floor system integration.
Nice to have
- OPCUA integration experience.
- Hands-on commercial MES configuration, data visualization, time-series database or OT historian experience, or relevant manufacturing-industry background.
Tools
SQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, REST/HTTP, Python, JavaScript, ISA-95, OPCUA
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