What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Internet of Things Engineer position at Simple Software Solutions Group, Inc?
Job Title: IoT Engineer - Lead
Location: Pella, Iowa AND Des Moines, Iowa (Hybrid - 3-5 days a week onsite, one week per month, at either location. Location may change from one to the other on a month to month basis)
Position Overview: We are seeking a technically-driven IoT (industrial internet of things) Engineer - Lead to lead factory visualization and edge computing initiatives within our Litmus and Real-time Insights project. The ideal candidate is someone passionate about industrial data systems, IT/OT integration, scalable architecture, and real-time operational intelligence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Bring cross-functional IT and OT teams together to develop industrial data systems, scalable architecture, and real-time operational intelligence.
- Design and implement edge-level data flows from factory assets using the Litmus Edge platform.
- Develop scalable data models and metadata structures for integration with Litmus Edge, InfluxDB, and Databricks.
- Partner with subject matter experts and the business intelligence team to develop dashboards/visualizations using Grafana and PowerBI.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support ROI analysis, downtime tracking, and system deprecation strategies.
- Author technical documentation and contribute to governance standards for data processing and visualization.
- Share knowledge with internal teams to support long-term sustainability of new systems, processes, and capabilities.
Qualifications:
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, project management, and communication skills
- Ability to work across teams to align technical execution with strategic goals.
- Proven experience in industrial data ops, edge computing, or factory data systems.
- Strong knowledge of visualization tools and real-time monitoring platforms.
- Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (e.g., MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus).