
Principal IT Architect – Manufacturing and Quality
Caterpillar Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Irving • Illinois • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $159,120 - $238,680 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define target state for modern manufacturing platforms including MES, plant integration, Industrial IoT, and manufacturing analytics.
- Establish architecture frameworks enabling digitally connected factories and standardized manufacturing platforms.
- Guide the evolution of manufacturing systems toward scalable, composable and event driven architectures.
- Architect next-generation quality management systems supporting predictive quality, defect analytics, and automated inspection.
- Enable integration of quality data across design, manufacturing, and supplier ecosystems.
- Support adoption of AI-driven quality insights and closed-loop quality management
- Define architecture patterns that integrate: MES, ERP, quality systems, Industrial IoT, and manufacturing analytics.
- Ensure manufacturing data flows through standardized data contracts and event streams supporting enterprise data platforms and digital twins.
- Drive rationalization of landscapes and enable global scale while supporting plant-level flexibility
- Partner across a broad range of stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment.
- Serve as the architecture authority for manufacturing and quality domains.
Requirements
- Experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture or manufacturing systems architecture.
- Deep experience with manufacturing systems integration and plant technology environments.
- Proven ability to architect solutions across MES, ERP, quality systems, and industrial data platforms.
- Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of industrial manufacturing processes and plant operations.
- Expertise in integration architecture and enterprise platform design
- Qualification in Architectural Framework e.g. TOGAF
- Experience supporting smart factory or Industry 4.0 transformations
- Exposure to digital twins, advanced manufacturing analytics, or simulation platforms
- Familiarity with event driven architectures and modern data platforms
- Experience operating in global, complex industrial manufacturing organizations
- Direct Leadership Experience would be beneficial
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement*
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise architecturesolution architecturemanufacturing systems architecturemanufacturing systems integrationintegration architectureenterprise platform designevent driven architecturesdigital twinsadvanced manufacturing analyticssimulation platforms
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder managementarchitectural alignment
Certifications
TOGAF