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Manager - Manufacturing Digital Twin - ZS Associates
Software Engineer
Lead cross‑functional teams to design, implement, and scale digital twin solutions for manufacturing, leveraging IoT, data analytics, and simulation to optimize plant performance and drive operational excellence.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end‑to‑end development of digital twin architectures for manufacturing plants, integrating real‑time IoT data streams with simulation models.
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, and IT teams to define data requirements, design data pipelines, and ensure data quality for accurate virtual replicas.
- Drive the selection and implementation of CAD, PLC, and cloud platforms to support scalable, secure twin deployments.
- Translate business objectives into technical specifications, creating dashboards and analytics that enable predictive maintenance and process optimization.
- Mentor and grow a multidisciplinary team of data scientists, software engineers, and domain experts.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial IoT, or digital twin development.
- Proficiency with simulation tools (e.g., ANSYS, Siemens NX), CAD, PLC programming, and cloud services (AWS, Azure).
- Strong analytical skills and experience with data analytics platforms (Python, R, SQL).
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Proven track record of delivering complex, data‑driven solutions in a manufacturing environment.