Systems Architect - Device and Edge Software

At Rite-Hite, your work makes an impact. As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive. Here, you’ll find innovation, stability, and the chance to grow your career as part of a team that’s always looking ahead.

Rite-Hite is a global leader in industrial safety and efficiency solutions. As part of our digital transformation journey, we are seeking an innovative Device and Edge Software Architect to help build and scale connected, intelligent systems that drive real-time insights, operational efficiency, and customer value at multiple levels. The ideal candidate combines technical depth, business acumen, and technical leadership excellence to deliver best-in-class digital solutions that bridge software, hardware, and service workflows across global industrial environments.

The Systems Architect, Device and Edge Software is responsible for defining and guiding the architecture of device-level, embedded, and edge software solutions that support connected and intelligent industrial products. This role ensures that software deployed on devices, controllers, sensors, and edge platforms is scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise product and platform objectives.

The architect partners closely with product management, engineering, and digital teams to translate business and customer requirements into robust technical foundations. These foundations enable consistent product behavior, efficient lifecycle management, and high-quality user experiences—including IoT-enabled hybrid mobile applications—across a range of industrial environments.

• Define and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for device, embedded, edge, and mobile-connected software.
• Establish common approaches for firmware, edge applications, data handling, communications, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, reliability, safety, and security requirements.

• Drive the strategic use of AI and ML by establishing data feedback loops, AI/ML pipelines, and model lifecycle management—treating data as a product and AI as a platform differentiator.
• Own a portion of the internal technology radar and innovation pipeline, regularly evaluating and incorporating transformative technologies.
• Foster a culture of agile innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.
• Help build a culture of secure, ethical, and transparent technology practices—leading compliance with cybersecurity, privacy, and responsible AI frameworks.

• Partner with product management and engineering teams to enable new and evolving connected product capabilities.
• Guide architectural decisions related to embedded compute, edge processing, sensors, mobile-connected workflows, and advanced software features.
• Promote reuse and consistency of software components across devices, edge platforms, and hybrid mobile applications.

• Define patterns for integration between device and edge software, hybrid mobile applications, and enterprise or cloud-based platforms.
• Ensure solutions support a range of deployment models, including online, offline, and hybrid environments.
• Promote interoperability with internal systems and third-party technologies where appropriate.

• Define secure-by-design architectural principles, including device identity, access control, and software update mechanisms.
• Ensure alignment with applicable safety, quality, and industrial cybersecurity standards.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews to assess risk, resilience, and compliance.

• Collaborate across product management, software, hardware, manufacturing, service, IT, and mobile application development teams.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers / engineering teams.
• Influence architectural decisions through expertise, data, and collaboration rather than direct authority.
• Partner with Product Management to translate…