SAP MES Developer, Project Kuiper

SAP Manufacturing Execution Systems Developer

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

As the SAP Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) developer, you will manage the design, development and implementation of SAP ME/MII projects connected to Enterprise Systems that allow for the rapid development and production of Space Hardware. The implementation of these systems is critical to scalability and cost effective business operations. We are looking for candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, start-up like environment. To be successful you need to be highly motivated and detail oriented while showing highest standards of execution.

You will conduct defect analysis and perform necessary fixes and improvements. Collaborate with functional owners, architects and other personnel to develop dynamic and flexible systems to meet the emerging demands of internal customers in manufacturing. Review program codes and correct MII program errors. Maintain and update existing program codes as needed. Develop technical specification and estimations for assigned project. Work in compliance with the programming and documentation standards and solve production problems in a timely manner.

Key job responsibilities:

• Build SAP ME and SAP MII based solution and handle all the deployment related activities.
• Build reports and deploy. Integration with ERP and Shop Floor Systems.
• Active participation in Integration Test, User Acceptance Test and MES startup to ensure success and meet customer requirements.
• Ensure that the deployed applications perform as per customer expectations and there are no performance issues.
• Building Proof of Concepts (POCs) using SAP ME and SAP MII as the service based on the business requirements.
• Lead the solution design and develop SAP MII applications to populate real and historical data extracting information from data sources Kepware, SAP S/4 HANA and shop floor systems (MII, Historian, etc.) for reporting and analysis.
• Support improvement for areas including PP-PI, QM, MM, PM, PCo, and Scheduling.
• Develop Web applications using SAP MII, PCo, Kepware, and SAP S/4 HANA.
• Develop Printing labels, Travelers documents, and purchase order receipt label, process order receipts, and shop floor forms in MII system.
• Improve performance of the applications and servers through Performance tuning/sizing of servers, and changing the design and fine tuning the SQL queries.
• Support various testing procedures (Unit testing, Integration testing, class room testing, shop floor testing).

A day in the life:

You will conduct defect analysis and perform necessary fixes and improvements. Collaborate with functional owners, architects and other personnel to develop dynamic and flexible systems to meet the emerging demands of internal customers in manufacturing. Review program codes and correct MII program errors. Maintain and update existing program codes as needed. Develop technical specification and estimations for assigned project. Work in compliance with the programming and documentation standards and solve production problems in a timely manner.

About the team:

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Our team focuses on building Enterprise System Applications for manufacturing satellites. Your customers are Manufacturing, Operations and the Supply Chain teams at Kuiper.