Tulip Interfaces

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

ForwardDeployedEngineer,MESSolutions

$125–175k Somerville, Massachusetts, United States Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“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.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Problems you'll solve

Translating real shop-floor problems into scalable, production-ready solutions; Identify improvement opportunities independently; Troubleshooting issues that software, data, and operational workflows

Eligibility Requirements

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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