Manufacturing Systems Specialist

Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 77,000-130,000 · 2+ years experience · Posted Oct 13, 2026

At a glance

As a Manufacturing Systems Specialist, your primary responsibility is to respond to reported manufacturing support incidents submitted by internal company stakeholders within global manufacturing user base.
The right person will own the intake, evaluation, debug, escalation, communications, and tracking of reported incidents.
The user base supported by this role is primarily manufacturing engineers and senior manufacturing technicians.

Serve as the critical bridge between production operations and digital manufacturing systems (PLM/ERP/MES), identifying and resolving software issues that impact production efficiency.
Monitor intake of reported software problems across multiple manufacturing platforms
Conduct root cause analysis by observing actual manufacturing processes and how they interact with digital systems to identify disconnects between software functionality and production needs.
Evaluate urgency, impact, and scope of reported incidents based on real manufacturing constraints and production schedules.
Escalate to engineering support when required and provide clear operational context to software development about manufacturing realities.
Work directly with manufacturing engineers and technicians and regularly visit the production floor to understand operational context.
Collaborate directly with software development teams, enterprise solution architects, and manufacturing subject matter experts to drive comprehensive solutions.
Propose new functionality or process improvements that would enhance the operator experience, streamline production workflows, and reduce support needs.
Proactively identify potential unreported problems by regularly observing production processes and analyzing system data patterns.
Create and maintain standard operating procedures for new feature workflows.

2+ years in technical support, deployment, or system maintenance roles.
Hands-on expertise debug expertise with integrated enterprise systems, including MES, ERP, PLM.
Demonstrated ability to multitask competing support demands in fast paced environment.
Functional understanding of basic manufacturing concepts, processes and terminology; and how they relate to software tools and data objects.
History of collaborative engagement with software engineers.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance