Capgemini Invent - Technical Architect Digital Manufacturing - Managing Consultant

About the role

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

As AI reshapes how organizations operate, compete, and create value, we are evolving our consulting model to be AI-enabled by design — augmenting human judgment with analytics, automation, and generative AI. Our Enterprise Transformation team is looking for consultants who are not only strong problem solvers, but who are excited to work differently in an AI-first world: curious, adaptable, and ready to help clients reimagine how work gets done. Our Smart Plant group within Capgemini Invent redefines the industrial site, including all underlying operations, processes, and technologies. We transform manufacturing through advisory, expertise, consulting and digital, bringing first-hand experience in manufacturing coupled with forward-looking know-how. As a Mgr Technical Architect in Digital Manufacturing as part of our Capgemini Invent's Intelligent Industry practice, you will play a key role in designing and implementing next-generation manufacturing solutions for our clients. This position requires a blend of technical acumen, hands-on experience with operational technology, and the ability to bridge the gap between shop floor equipment and enterprise data platforms. You translate manufacturing requirements into scalable solutions across IT, OT, and manufacturing systems. The ideal candidate brings a platform-native and AI-centric mindset to drive innovation in digital manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients to understand underlying needs, create requirements, craft technical architectures and integrated solutions, present solution architectures, and provide technical leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Design and architect technical solutions for manufacturing clients, leveraging IIoT, MES, AI Platforms, and modern IT/OT/automation technologies.
• Serve as the SME for manufacturing processes, operations, quality, material flow, traceability, and shopfloor execution.
• Engage with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Operations, IT, and OT teams to understand current and future-state processes.
• Translate manufacturing processes and requirements into system capabilities, solution architecture, and technical requirements.
• Define how ERP, MES/MOM, SCADA, WMS, QMS, PLM, automation, and data platforms support and integrate with manufacturing processes.
• Design end-to-end manufacturing system architecture, including integrations, interfaces, data flows, and system boundaries.
• Bridge the shopfloor and enterprise by connecting OT, manufacturing systems, AI, and IT platforms.
• Lead solution design from requirements through implementation, working with internal teams, vendors, and system integrators.
• Evaluate manufacturing technologies and platforms and provide recommendations aligned to business and operational needs.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, optimize, automate, and digitally enable manufacturing processes.
• Support business development efforts by contributing to proposals, solutioning, and technical presentations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 4-6 years in manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, digital manufacturing, or manufacturing systems.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and shopfloor operations.
• Experience with OT, IT, GenAI, AgenticAI, AI stacks and foundation, cloud, edge computing/applications, industrial data platforms, IIoT and manufacturing systems such as MES/MOM, Historians ERP, SCADA, WMS, or QMS.
• Experience with Industrial AI platforms and related data types, data standards, and data flows (such as MQTT).
• Experience designing or implementing shopfloor and manufacturing systems as a systems architect, application engineer, in a client-facing services role within manufacturing or technical consulting environments.
• Ability to translate manufacturing processes into system requirements and technical architecture.
• Experience integrating manufacturing systems with enterprise applications and shopfloor technologies.
• Experience working with engineering, quality, operations, corporate, IT, and site functions.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, architecture, and stakeholder-management skills.

Qualifications

• Experience with Siemens Opcenter, Rockwell, AVEVA, Ignition, Tulip, Cognite Data Fusion, Palantir Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, AWS IoT, or similar manufacturing platforms.
• Exposure to agentic-driven application.
• Experience with Industry 4.0, smart factory, digital twin, analytics, or AI-enabled manufacturing.
• Agile/Scrum experience.
• Experience in life sciences, automotive/EV, or other complex manufacturing environments.

Pay

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $105,600 - $190,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. The actual compensation offered may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on factors including geographic location, education and qualifications, certifications and licenses, relevant experience and skills, seniority and performance, market and business considerations, and internal pay equity. It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Benefits

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade; Company paid holidays; Personal Days; Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility