Tulip Interfaces
Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
ForwardDeployedEngineer,MESSolutions
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“Forward Deployed Engineer, MES Solutions at Tulip Interfaces. Skills: MES Solutions, Customer-Embedded Solution Delivery, Technical Leadership. Partner with stakeholders to design solutions. Build Tulip solutions on-site”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve quality; Improve productivity; Improve traceability
Industry & Context.
Translating real shop-floor problems into scalable, production-ready solutions; Identify improvement opportunities independently; Troubleshooting issues that software, data, and operational workflows
On-site at customer facilities across North America, Willingness to travel up to 50% to customer
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience in manufacturing, industrial software, or manufacturing-focused technology roles, 4+ years in customer-facing or consulting capacities, Hands-on experience with Operations Technology — MES, ERP, quality, or production systems — including architecture and implementation, Proven ability to integrate shop-floor systems and devices (PLCs, machine data, production context) in manufacturing environments, understanding of manufacturing workflows, quality, traceability, and operational, able to walk a shop floor and identify improvement opportunities independently, Track record of leading complex technical initiatives end-to-end in ambiguous, customer-facing environments, Willingness to travel up to 50%, BS in Engineering or equivalent experience
Nice to Have
AI-native frontline operations, cloud-native, no-code platform, embedded AI, digital transformation of industrial environments, composable, human-centric solutions, Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category
What You'll Do.
Partner with stakeholders to design solutions
Build Tulip solutions on-site
Deploy Tulip solutions on-site
Integrate Tulip with shop-floor systems
Work with machine data
Deploy solutions into production
Serve as technical authority
Advise on architecture
Advise on scalability
Advise on reliability
Lead complex implementations
Represent customer voice
Influence feature design
Generalize customer solutions
Contribute to internal processes
Contribute to best practices
Contribute to cross-team collaboration
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with plant-level and corporate stakeholders; Work with machine data, events, and production context; Communicate with technical stakeholders; Communicate with operations stakeholders; Share learnings across FDE team; Share learnings across Tulip organization; Represent customer voice to Product and Engineering; Contribute to cross-team collaboration
Communication Scope
Communicating clearly with both technical and operations stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Leading complex technical initiatives end-to-end
Full Job Description
Forward Deployed Engineer, MES Solutions This role is based in Somerville, MA- Forward Deployed Engineers spend approximately 50% of their time on-site at customer facilities across North America. Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable, connected apps, leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulip's cloud-native, no-code platform, powered by embedded AI, is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable, human-centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category. A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Israel. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator, a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner, one of Energage's Top Workplaces USA, and one of Built In Boston's "Best Places to Work" and "Best Midsize Places to Work." About you As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you work directly with manufacturers to design, build, and deploy solutions on Tulip's Frontline Operations Platform. You operate at the intersection of solution engineering, manufacturing operations, and customer outcomes, translating real shop-floor problems into scalable, production-ready solutions. You will embed with customers at their facility to rapidly implement applications, integrations, and workflows that improve quality, productivity, and traceability across manufacturing operations. What skills or experience do I need? 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, industrial software, or manufacturing-focused technology roles, with 4+ years in customer-facing or consulting capacities Hands-on experience with Operations Technology — MES, ERP, quality, or production systems — including architecture and implementation Proven ability to integrate shop-floor systems and devices (PLCs, mac
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