Solution Architect
- Location: Brea, California and Krakow, Poland

Do you want to work with specialists who gained experience in companies like SpaceX, Tesla, or Airbus?
Are you looking for a workplace where your voice is heard?
Do you want to be a part of exciting projects with global organizations and experience direct contact with our clients?
Andea is currently seeking a highly driven and team-orientated Solution Architect to join our implementation team, responsible for designing and delivering Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) solutions to our clients.
What you’ll be working on
Andea is a global MES software integrator of systems like DELMIA Apriso, DELMIA Ortems, and more recently, our own MES platform, Manufacturo. Our software solutions have helped companies like CoorsTek, Bombardier, or Sierra Nevada Corporation to better track, manage and optimize their production processes.
As the Solution Architect, you will play a huge role in all phases of our projects:
- Pre-sale, to provide advice to the client while creating the solution roadmap, validate requirements, estimate how much effort each scope item will take, and collaborate with the Project Manager on creating the project plan and statement of work.
- Blueprint, to take part in our requirements gathering workshops with the client, lead conceptual design workshops, then prepare and validate your solution concept with the client and take care of writing the requirements such as functional specifications or detailed design.
- Development, to ensure the knowledge transfer to our development and Project Excellence team was performed correctly, provide supervision, adjust design documents and answer questions as they appear, propose and design solution modifications when client requirements change as well as help project teams with presenting the solution during demos.
- Testing, to support our Project Excellence team in validating that solution complies with the design and help in identifying scope changes.
- Go-Live and Post Go-Live, to oversee and provide support to the go-live team when needed, and eventually hand over the solution to our Application Maintenance team.
- Application Maintenance, to support our App Maintenance team in designing future enhancements and configurations of the solution.
You won’t be working on your own, and you won’t be left to your own devices as soon as the onboarding process is complete either – you’ll be a part of a larger team consisting of Lead Consultant, Consultant, and Junior Consultant, Quality Architect, Tester, and Project Manager. You will also have access to other architects on different seniority levels to support you when you want to consult an idea.
Some of your daily tasks will include
- Lead the requirement gathering workshops with the client, not being afraid to challenge their requirements or propose a different approach to find the optimal solution
- Draw up estimations of the solution development, based on the high-level client requirements
- Provide Architect Oversight during the whole project, supporting consultants in their challenges and proposing concept and design changes.
Our tech stack
- For our database, we use the Microsoft SQL Server (T-SQL) and Oracle (PL/SQL)
- In terms of front-end development, we use HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
- As to the backend, we use the C#
What you will bring along
- An in-depth Microsoft SQL Server knowledge
- Good knowledge of programming languages such as C# and JavaScript
- Master degree in the field of computer science (or similar)
- Experience in modeling of relational databases
- Experience in working with and implementing MES systems (preferably DELMIA Apriso)
- Manufacturing business knowledge (production, logistic, quality, maintenance)
- Knowledge about best practices in the areas above
- Basic ERP knowledge (SAP, Oracle)
- Knowledge about interfaces between systems
- Knowledge of business intelligence tools and capabilities, plus integration of information systems
- Excellent verbal and writing skills in English to allow fluent communication with clients
Even better if you also have:
- Previous experience with HTML, XML, XSLT and CSS
- Are eager to solve complex issues related to MES (manufacturing execution systems)
- Have great communication and time management skills
- Are an effective problem solver, able to think critically to arrive at the best possible solution
- Are a team player with strong work ethics
What you’ll get in return

Flexibility
You choose the form of your employment (employment or B2B contract), as well as whether you want to work from our office in Krakow or your home. Working with us, you mold your personal life around work, and not the other way round - if you need to pop out to the dentist during the day, you CAN.

Healthcare
We care for our people and their health, which is why we provide life insurance and private healthcare scheme. We also have our own Strava Challenge Group called “Andea Moves” to motivate our team to spend their free time actively.

Exciting projects
You’ll be working with big manufacturing companies in industries like aerospace or renewable technology alongside former SpaceX employees.

Perks
like Multisport and MyBenefit cafeteria memberships, company retreats, and donuts on us in the office every Friday. We also run an employee referral program, as well as a charity initiative, Andea Grants, where every month we draw a winner who gets to donate 5000 PLN to a chosen charity.

Impact
We give you an opportunity to work for an organization where you will have the ability to make an impact and ability to access and interact with the product owners, management team, and clients.
Grow with us
You’ll begin your journey with Andea with an onboarding process designed to bring you in on the SQL and Apriso software. In terms of ongoing training, we provide opportunities to learn more about our databases (ORACLE and Microsoft SQL Server), production processes, and other relevant technologies and tools we use daily.
Additionally, you will be encouraged to proactively seek learning opportunities relevant to your daily work and we’ll cover the associated costs. We’re also big on internal knowledge sharing.
At Andea, you are in charge of your career development path. We actively encourage our employees to gain more experience and climb up the career ladder, choosing the direction that best fits them – technical or management.
Recruitment process
* The entire recruitment process takes no longer than two weeks in total.
Who we are
Our goal is simple: we want to help global manufacturers to become more data-driven in their daily operations, and optimize their shop floor activities for maximum efficiency. The only way to do it? Give our clients the tools they need to gain full visibility into their production process by using the best of what the manufacturing software has to offer.
Now, we need the right people to help us achieve this – people like you.
Who's on your team?

Asia
Project Manager
Working as a Project Manager in the services department, I am responsible for planning and managing Manufacturing Execution Systems implementation projects. On a daily basis, I cooperate with several project teams to ensure the completeness and quality of deliverables at all project stages, from blueprinting to post-go-life support. Andea gives me the opportunity to gain experience in many areas by engaging me in projects in various industries. After work, I like to spend my time actively: meeting friends, playing sports, or planning my next adventures.

Radek
Lead Consultant
I am a Lead Consultant in the Services department. I started working at Andea 5 years ago as a consultant, and now, after gaining experience and skills, I manage a team of programmers. As a team member, I am responsible for delivering the highest quality of our solutions to the client. What I value most in my work is contact with clients from all over the world and a non-corporate atmosphere. Andea is not only a job! I am the captain of the Andea football team and a regular participant in internal challenges in cycling and walking competitions.

You
Solution Architect
You’re the latest new hire to join our ever-growing team of Project Managers. You enjoy the variety of responsibilities that come with this position and take pride in coordinating projects so that they deliver on our promise to clients. You also have great soft skills and strive to build long-lasting relationships with project stakeholders.

Tomek
Lead Consultant
Hey, that guy above it’s me, the Lead Consultant in the Services team! I implement new screens for customers that can improve their work experience on their shop floor. So my job is to create new features and improvements based on the customer requirements, using mainly the Apriso Process Builder tool. Here in Andea, I also could learn a lot of SQL tricks, JS and c# libraries, and many other technologies! I have my DEV team that I can always count on in all of the projects. Sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it’s fun, but one thing is for sure: with a great team, you can learn, inspire and create amazing things that you’ve never imagined! My free time? Soldering, playing with IoT, smart home solutions, running, and singing in the karaoke bars.