Engineering at the IT-OT boundary.
The plant floor is a different operating environment than the data center. PLCs and DCS do not tolerate cloud-native casualness. We build software that respects deterministic timing budgets and does not bring the line down.
Standards we hold ourselves to
What we hold ourselves to.
ISA/IEC 62443
Industrial cybersecurity standard. We design OT-adjacent systems to the appropriate Security Level (SL).
NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3
Guide to OT security. Network segmentation, jump host, unidirectional gateways where appropriate.
ISO 9001 / IATF 16949
Quality management system support. Document control, audit-traceable change.
FDA GxP for pharma manufacturing
GMP, Part 11. Validation documentation.
Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CMMC) for defense industrial base
For aerospace and defense suppliers.
Export controls (EAR/ITAR) for technical data
Data residency and personnel screening as needed.
Common engagements in this vertical.
MES integration
Wonderware, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens Opcenter, AVEVA. ISA-95 levels 2 to 4 bridges.
Predictive maintenance
Sensor data ingestion, anomaly detection, failure prediction, work order generation.
Quality systems (QMS)
eQMS, non-conformance, CAPA, supplier quality, document control.
Supply chain visibility
Tier 2/3 mapping, lead-time analytics, disruption alerting.
IIoT platform engineering
Edge gateways, time-series storage (TimescaleDB, InfluxDB), dashboards, alerting.
Digital twin orchestration
Synchronized digital representation of physical assets with bidirectional state.
What is different about doing this work.
- OPC-UA and MQTT Sparkplug B for OT data ingress. Modbus when nothing newer exists.
- Purdue Model alignment for network architecture. We do not bridge IT and OT without considered boundary controls.
- High-availability patterns for systems that cannot fail during a shift.
- Edge compute for latency-sensitive control loops. Cloud for analytics. Clear boundaries.
- Validation documentation for life-critical or pharma processes.
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Start a brief →Their IT-OT bridge respected our deterministic latency budgets on the line. We have shipped three plants on the platform and the line has not stopped because of software once.
Vertical questions, answered.
The questions buyers in this vertical ask in week one.
Can you bridge IT and OT without compromising plant safety?+
Yes. We design to ISA/IEC 62443 Security Level appropriate to the zone. Network segmentation, unidirectional gateways where required, jump-host architecture, and OT-aware change control.
Which MES platforms do you integrate with?+
Wonderware (AVEVA), Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens Opcenter, GE Proficy. We work at ISA-95 Levels 2 through 4 with bidirectional state.
What about OPC-UA and MQTT Sparkplug B?+
Default protocols for our OT data ingestion. We use OPC-UA for structured machine data and MQTT Sparkplug B for event-driven IIoT. Modbus where nothing newer exists.
Can you support FDA-regulated pharma manufacturing?+
Yes. Computer system validation per GAMP 5, electronic records and signatures per 21 CFR Part 11. Validation documentation as a project artifact.
Are you CMMC-ready for defense industrial base work?+
We support customers preparing for CMMC Level 2 or 3 assessment. Our internal controls align with NIST SP 800-171.
How we typically wire it.
A canonical layout for this vertical. Real engagements tune this to the specific stack and constraints.