*Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.*
Location: Lafayette, IN (on-site 5 days a week)
Years of experience required: 7-20 years
Overview
Seeking a full‑stack Industry 4.0 contractor to help accelerate our journey to connect manufacturing equipment, collect and structure machine and process data, and convert that data into actionable, decision‑ready insights. This role bridges OT/IT connectivity, data engineering, and manufacturing analytics, partnering closely with manufacturing engineering, operations, controls/IT‑OT, and transformation teams. The contractor will focus on rapid enablement, practical solutions, and creating repeatable patterns that scale across assets and facilities.
Key Responsibilities
Machine Connectivity & Data Acquisition
- Enable and support connections to manufacturing equipment, sensors, and digital sources in collaboration with controls and IT/OT teams.
- Support secure and reliable data collection from machines and systems used in manufacturing operations.
- Validate data availability, frequency, signal quality, and basic health of connected assets.
Data Engineering & Pipeline Development
- Structure, normalize, and prepare machine and operational data so it is usable for analytics and reporting.
- Implement pragmatic data pipelines that support near‑real‑time and historical analysis (tool‑agnostic, fit‑for‑purpose).
- Document data definitions, assumptions, and limitations to enable sustainment and scale.
Analytics, Reporting & Insights
- Develop dashboards, reports, and analytical views that translate raw data into clear operational insights and recommended actions.
- Support reporting workflows that may include structured exports (e.g., CSV) and Power BI‑style dashboards depending on maturity and use case.
- Identify trends, exceptions, thresholds, and opportunities related to safety, quality, throughput, utilization, or reliability.
Operational Integration & Actionability
- Support or lead regular reviews of data insights with plant stakeholders to ensure insights turn into actions with owners and follow‑up.
- Partner with manufacturing engineering, operations, EHS, quality, and IT/OT to ensure analytics align with real shop‑floor decisions.
- Contribute to development of repeatable deployment patterns and best practices that can be reused across sites.
Deliverables (Contract‑Oriented)
- Connected asset and data source inventory with signal definitions and data quality notes.
- Initial analytics package (dashboards and/or reports) tied to specific, agreed‑upon operational questions.
- Documented data pipeline and reporting approach suitable for handoff or replication.
- Established cadence for insight review and action tracking with plant stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience
- Hands‑on experience connecting or working with manufacturing equipment data, telemetry, or IIoT sources.
- Strong ability to transform raw machine/process data into actionable insights, not just dashboards.
- Experience with data analysis and visualization tools used in manufacturing or industrial contexts.
- Comfort working across OT, IT, engineering, and operations in a plant environment.
- Proven ability to operate independently in a contract role with minimal direction.
Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Experience
- Exposure to reliability, asset performance, predictive maintenance, or process monitoring use cases.
- Familiarity with structured deployment playbooks, continuous‑improvement cadences, and sustainment models.
Kaleidoscope, an Infosys Company, is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.
Skills Required
- Authorized to work for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship or sponsorship transfer
- 7-20 years of professional experience
- Hands-on experience connecting or working with manufacturing equipment data, telemetry, or IIoT sources
- Ability to transform raw machine and process data into actionable operational insights
- Experience with data analysis and visualization tools used in manufacturing or industrial contexts
- Ability to work across OT, IT, engineering, and operations in a plant environment
- Ability to operate independently in a contract role with minimal direction
- Experience with reliability, asset performance, predictive maintenance, or process monitoring use cases
- Familiarity with deployment playbooks, continuous-improvement cadences, and sustainment models
What We Do
When clients come to us for product design and development, they get a full range of technical expertise and laboratory resources, but they also get a team that’s relentless when it comes to solving problems and creating designs that are the ideal combination of function and form. What does that mean? We build tools that save lives. For surgeons, it means they have tools that not only address but anticipate their needs, which helps improve their patients’ outcomes. We create products that save money and ensure safety. For people juggling family, work, and other demands, it means they have products that provide real help in managing their everyday lives. And for businesses, it means their bottom line is supported with durable tools that improve efficiency and protect their teams. From concept to production plan, or at any phase in between, we are a partner that can extend your product development know-how or provide additional mindpower to free up in-house teams.
