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Saronic Technologies, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Austin, TX, is developing autonomous surface vessels for maritime defense. This role is based in Franklin, LA.
You will be responsible for supporting and enhancing the company's manufacturing systems infrastructure, including MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), ERP, and MRP platforms. Your core responsibilities include:
- Deploy, configure, and upgrade manufacturing systems (MES, ERP, MRP) to ensure reliability, data accuracy, and alignment with production workflows.
- Translate manufacturing process requirements into system logic, workflows, and data structures.
- Design and maintain dashboards and reports supporting production, quality, supply chain, and leadership decision-making.
- Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
- Ensure end-to-end data traceability across manufacturing, inventory, quality, and planning systems.
- Partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to drive process improvements using system-driven insights.
- Support lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives through data and system automation.
- Develop and maintain KPIs related to throughput, yield, WIP, schedule adherence, and material availability.
- Support integrations between MES, ERP, MRP, PLM, and other enterprise systems, collaborating with IT and software teams on APIs and data pipelines.
- Identify and implement opportunities to automate manual data collection and reporting.
- Create system documentation, training materials, and standard operating procedures.
- Provide user support, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for system issues.
- Support new product introductions and production scaling from a systems perspective.
This is a hands-on technical role requiring strong cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and IT teams.
QUALIFICATIONS (Required):
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience working with MES, ERP, and/or MRP systems in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience with data analysis and dashboard creation.
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
- Experience translating manufacturing processes into system and data requirements.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Hands-on experience with common MES or ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Epicor, Siemens, Rockwell, or similar).
- Experience with BI and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
- Familiarity with manufacturing KPIs, lean principles, and production planning concepts.
- Experience supporting high-mix, low-volume, or complex manufacturing environments.
- Scripting or automation experience (Python, VBA, etc.).
