Vignesh Nagarajan

Engineering Leader · Industry 4.0 · IoT · Digital Transformation

I'm an engineering leader with 10+ years of experience turning factory complexity into intelligent, scalable systems. I've lived and worked across 5 countries — Italy, Germany, UK, India, and briefly the US — building deep expertise across the full ISA-95 stack from shop floor sensors to enterprise dashboards.

My work sits at the intersection of OT and IT: I understand PLCs as well as cloud architecture, and I speak to plant managers and CTOs with equal fluency. At Magna International, I scaled IoT solutions to 85% of European plants in under 9 months — and I'm now doing the same across APAC.

I hold an MS in Automation & Control Engineering from Politecnico di Milano on a full Italian government scholarship, and a BE from Anna University, Chennai.

Industry 4.0 IIoT OT/IT Integration MES / SCADA MQTT · UNS Azure IoT OEE Optimisation ISA-95
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Vignesh Nagarajan

Career Journey

2024 – Present
Magna International
Bengaluru, India · APAC
IoT & Smart Factory Solutions Manager
Leading digital transformation across all Magna APAC divisions. Building a Smart Factory Centre of Excellence with an 8-person engineering team. Deploying real-time OEE dashboards and frontline worker tools to 200+ plant divisions by end of 2025.
IIoTOEEMQTTAzureTeam Leadership
2023 – 2024
Magna International
Munich, Germany · Europe
Regional Industry 4.0 Lead
Scaled a standardised IoT platform to 85% of European plants in under 9 months. Defined the UNS architecture and MQTT data pipelines across 60+ facilities. Delivered shop floor connectivity from L0 sensors to L4 enterprise dashboards.
UNSMQTTISA-95ISO 27001Scalability
2021 – 2023
Amazon
Berlin, Germany · Europe
Systems Development Engineer II
Deployed and optimised robotics systems across 5 European fulfilment centres. Owned end-to-end system integration from hardware commissioning to software reliability. Reduced downtime by improving fault detection and automated recovery workflows.
RoboticsSystems IntegrationPythonAWS
2019 – 2021
Whirlpool Corporation
Europe
Industry 4.0 Lead
Led smart manufacturing initiatives across European plants. Implemented MES integrations, real-time production monitoring, and predictive maintenance pilots that reduced unplanned downtime across key lines.
MESSCADAPredictive MaintenanceOEE
2017 – 2019
Autoware Srl
Turin, Italy
MES Engineer
Designed and deployed MES solutions for automotive clients in the Turin region. Configured production scheduling, quality management modules, and PLC integrations for Tier 1 suppliers.
MESPLCAutomotiveSQL
2013 – 2017
P&C Automation / Cannon
Italy & India
Automation & Motion Engineer
Started career designing motion control systems and industrial automation solutions. Worked across L0–L2 layers covering sensors, drives, PLCs and HMIs for manufacturing lines in Italy and India.
PLCHMIMotion ControlDrives

Technical Expertise

Shop Floor (OT)

PLC / SCADA / HMI
MES (ISA-95 L2–L3)
OEE & Production Analytics
Predictive Maintenance
Motion Control & Drives

Connectivity & IoT

MQTT · Sparkplug B · UNS
OPC-UA · Modbus · Profinet
Edge Computing
Azure IoT Hub / Edge
Data Historian

Software & Cloud

Python · SQL · REST APIs
Azure · AWS
Power BI · Grafana
Docker · CI/CD basics
AI/ML integration

Leadership

Global programme delivery
Cross-functional teams
ISO 27001 / OT Security
Change management
Stakeholder alignment

Academic Background

MS · Automation & Control Engineering
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Full Italian Government Scholarship · 2015–2017
BE · Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
Anna University, Chennai, India
2009–2013