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Solution Architect

Ralliant

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

  • Hybrid
  • Full Time
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About the role

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Solution Architect is a senior technical individual contributor responsible for defining scalable, reliable and differentiated system solutions for precision motion control and industrial automation applications. The role translates customer and product needs into end-to-end solution architectures spanning software, controls, electronics, sensors, motors, encoders and electromechanical subsystems. Working across China and global engineering teams, the Solution Architect provides architectural direction, resolves complex system-level challenges and influences product and technology roadmaps through deep expertise, sound judgment and cross-functional collaboration. 

 

ESSENTITAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Solution Architecture 

  • Define end-to-end architectures for products, platforms and complex customer solutions across software, controls and electromechanical systems. 

  • Translate business and product needs into technical requirements, interfaces and scalable implementation approaches. 

  • Evaluate architecture trade-offs across performance, reliability, reuse, cost, cybersecurity and time to market. 

Technical Leadership 

  • Lead architecture and design reviews, technical risk assessments and resolution of complex cross-domain issues. 

  • Provide technical direction and influence engineering decisions through expertise, collaboration and sound judgment. 

  • Drive root cause analysis and sustainable solutions for critical system, integration and reliability issues. 

Product and Technology Strategy 

  • Partner with Product Management and engineering leaders to shape platform strategy and technology roadmaps. 

  • Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for innovation, reuse, modularity and localization. 

Global and Customer Collaboration 

  • Act as the architecture focal point across global, cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment on interfaces, decisions and technical risks. 

  • Support technical discovery, solution definition and escalation discussions for strategic customer applications. 

Engineering Excellence

  • Establish architecture standards, reference designs and engineering best practices. 

  • Mentor engineers and drive improvements in software quality, system performance and development efficiency. 

     

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

  • Master's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation, Mechatronics or a related engineering discipline. 
  • Typically 10+ years of relevant experience in software development, system architecture or complex product development within industrial automation, motion control, robotics, semiconductor equipment, scientific instrumentation or related industries. 
  • Proven experience defining and delivering system or solution architectures for software-intensive industrial equipment or electromechanical products. 
  • Strong expertise in software architecture, object-oriented design, API and interface definition, design patterns and engineering best practices, with hands-on experience in C#, .NET, C++, Python or comparable technologies. 
  • Strong system-level understanding of precision motion-control solutions, including controllers, drives, motors, encoders, sensors, positioning systems and control algorithms. 
  • Experience with industrial communication technologies such as EtherCAT, CAN, Modbus, serial communication, EtherNet/IP or TCP/IP. 
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound architecture decisions under ambiguity and to solve complex, cross-domain problems using structured analysis and root cause methodologies. 
  • Experience operating effectively in matrixed and global engineering environments and influencing senior stakeholders across functions and geographies. 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Chinese.