Job Description
Brembo leads the world in the design and production of high-performance braking systems and components for top-flight manufacturers of cars, motorbikes and commercial vehicles. Founded in 1961 in Italy, the company has a long-standing reputation for providing innovative solutions for original equipment and aftermarket. Brembo is a key player in the world of racing: for 50 years, it has been the choice of the Teams competing in the most demanding motorsport championships worldwide and it has won more than 700 titles. The company also develops braking systems for mountain bike racing.
Guided by its strategic vision – “Turning Energy into Inspiration” – Brembo’s ambition is to help shape the future of mobility through cutting-edge, digital and sustainable solutions.
With over 16,000 people across 18 countries, 39 production and business sites, 10 R&D centers, 2 Inspiration Labs and with a turnover of € 3,840.6 million in 2024, Brembo is the trusted solution provider for everyone who demands the best driving experience.
We are looking for a
SMART MANUFACTURING ARCHITECT to join our Global Central Function Transformation (reporting to the VP Architecture, Governance & Business Intelligence).
The Smart manufacturing Architect’s responsibilities will include strategy design and execution in the domain of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Industrial IoT solutions to ensure:
- Monitoring and synchronization of manufacturing activities across globally distributed plants and link them in real-time.
- Eliminate human error in manufacturing by providing real-time quality data checks, yield monitoring, automatic enforcement of specifications and business rules, and as-manufactured lot, batch, device or unit traceability.
- Track product and order details on the plant floor, collects transactions for reporting to financial and planning systems, and electronically dispatches orders and manufacturing instructions to shop floor personnel.
- real-time feedback needed to quickly identify and resolve issues for continuous product and process improvement and optimization of manufacturing processes.
- Support the Business Transformation journeys by taking all relevant architecture decisions related to all manufacturing data, information and processes across Brembo globally distributed manufacturing plants.
- Establishes reference architecture, design and technology principles in the MES domain.
- Leads solution implementation to all topics related to MES: provide the digital foundation and enterprise architecture for “smart manufacturing”.
- Improves manufacturing efficiency through software implementations
- Leads comprehensive Product / Tool Evaluation and selection services. Stays abreast of new technologies and identifies opportunities.
- Identifies and prioritizes critical or improvement areas in collaboration with the business, manages PoC with suppliers and ensures the creation of solution architectures to meet these objectives;
- Participates in the planning for retirement of systems programs, and migration of systems infrastructure;
Main requirements:
- University degree in Information Technology or similar academic studies
- +/- 7 years of professional experience in IT à with 3 years as architect
- Experience with the implementation / migration / integration of MES and IoT systems in complex business environments is a must. Exposure to implementation of emerging technologies such as AI and ML is a strong plus.
- Experience with business modelling (tools that allow mapping of business processes into IT).
- Experience in conceptualization, architecture design, TOGAF, ArchiMate etc.
- Fluent in English and available to travel
Location: STEZZANO (Bergamo)
The company, which will directly take care of the selection process and communications with candidates, guarantees the processing of data in accordance with European Regulation no. 2016/679. A reply will be given only to candidates considered of interest. Brembo is an equal opportunity employer.
