IT Pilot for AMR Deployment

Project overview

Context

The scope of the service consists of: Ensuring, on behalf of the IT Department of a major automotive manufacturer, the technical and operational management of the industrialization, deployment, and operational readiness of the AMR HIK Robot solution in factories for the IT part, guaranteeing convergence towards DIR standards, control of technical and cyber risks, coordination of stakeholders from the manufacturer/HIK/integrators, the transition to RUN, and monitoring of deployed sites. The service covers the following areas:

Deliverables

Each area results in the following deliverables:

Provider Expertise

The provider has:

Areas of Expertise

Key Skills Required

• Global management and governance: consolidated IT roadmap, multi-site master plan, action/risk/decision registers, preparation of meetings and alerts on Quality/Cost/Deadline deviations.
• Factory deployment monitoring: coordination of IT prerequisites for each site, factory checklist, architectural compliance, monitoring of deviations, waivers, and GO conditions, technical acceptance.
• IT architecture, capacity, and standardization: reference architecture document, consistency of each factory with the standard, capacity planning, arbitration documents, and feedback.
• Network, Wi-Fi, and IT/OT interfaces: flow mapping and opening, VLAN/DNS/routing needs, AMR interfaces, qualification of industrial exchanges, and Wi-Fi coverage.
• Integration with the industrial information system: interface matrix, HIK APIs, PLC links (OPC UA/Modbus), data upload to GCP Datalake via NiFi, data dictionary, and end-to-end acceptance.
• Cybersecurity and compliance: Security Configurator per site, cyber checklist, deviations and remediations, pentests and vulnerabilities, traceability for audits, and maintenance of rules over time.
• HIK versions and qualification environment: RCS/RCMS and OS version repository, centralization of evolution requests, qualification tests, GO/NO GO decision, and monitoring of deployments with integrators.
• Operational readiness and preparation for RUN transition: DEX/SCA/RACI, CMDB/IRN, monitoring, backup/restore, access and authorizations, knowledge transfer, and operational handover GO.
• HIK proprietary applications on Windows PCs and mobile terminals: inventory, component verification, Windows Kiosk kits, SOTI integration, tests and pilot, rollback plan, maintenance, and coverage indicators.
• Support organization and monitoring: support RACI, incident manager per factory, escalations and SLA, integrator N2 support and HIK Robot N3 support, end-to-end tests, KPI, and RCA.
• HIK Robot and integrator management: centralization of technical questions, commitment register, supplier technical meetings, country/factory/integrator mapping, and escalation of delays and risks.
• Documentation, configuration, and capitalization: document tree, consistency of information per site, version and decision history, lessons learned, and evidence for audits.
• Global management and governance: consolidated roadmap; master plan; action/risk/decision register; summary dashboard; technical meeting/steering committee supports.
• Factory deployment monitoring: monitoring sheet per factory; deployment checklist; list of deviations and waivers; minutes of meeting.
• IT architecture, capacity, and standardization: updated architecture document; site/standard compliance matrix; capacity planning; arbitration documents.
• Network, Wi-Fi, and IT/OT interfaces: updated flow map; flow/site/status matrix; list of interfaces and dependencies; network/Wi-Fi anomaly register.
• Integration with the industrial information system: functional and application map; interface and responsibility matrix; API documents; OPC UA/Modbus PLC specifications; AMR data dictionary; OPC UA → NiFi → GCP Datalake document; end-to-end acceptance document and results; degraded mode procedures.
• Cybersecurity and compliance: Security Configurator per site; cyber checklist; remediation plan; pentest/vulnerability monitoring; evidence document.
• HIK versions and qualification environment: version repository; qualification document; test results; GO/NO GO decision; deployment plan.
• Operational readiness and preparation for RUN transition: updated DEX/SCA/RACI; escalation scheme; RUN transition checklist; monitoring document; backup/restore document; handover minutes.
• HIK proprietary applications on Windows PCs and mobile terminals: application/version repository; compatibility matrix; packaging documents; validated Windows kits; mobile/SOTI packages and profiles; test document and results; pilot and GO/NO GO minutes; deployment/rollback plan; fleet matrix; maintenance procedures; dashboard.
• Support organization and monitoring: support RACI; directory and escalation matrix; SLA matrix; support test minutes; incident/RCA dashboard.
• HIK Robot and integrator management: questions/commitments register; technical meeting minutes; integrator map; escalation monitoring.
• Documentation, configuration, and capitalization: document repository; multi-site document index; decision/versioning log; lessons learned and updated templates.
• Expertise in the automotive sector and more specifically in industrial environment solutions.
• Expertise in project management with associated deliverables.
• SAFE certification (mandatory for commercial and poles)
• Knowledge of ML, Generative AI, RAG, Corpus, LLM, agent, assistant, prompt, hallucination, AI model concepts...
• Ability to formulate effective queries to interact with generative AI and obtain desired results.
• Critical use of AI, taking into account its limitations and biases.
• Knowledge of GDPR requirements and ethical aspects related to AI.
• Multi-site industrial IT piloting.
• Linux/Kubernetes architectures, industrial network, cybersecurity, monitoring, and operations.
• Application integration via APIs and interface contract management.
• Knowledge of PLC exchanges, OPC UA, Modbus, and industrial data chains.
• Ability to coordinate publisher, integrators, manufacturer teams, and factories.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, JIRA, Confluence.
• Professional French and English.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: Guyancourt, Yvelines, France, FR
• Languages: French