Sensor Deployment Engineer (Industrial IoT)

-; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational energy company is seeking to hire an Industrial IoT Integration Specialist. This role involves deploying and integrating IoT devices and ensuring seamless connectivity. Ideal candidates will have an engineering degree, hands-on experience with Industrial IoT, and the ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams. The company offers a hybrid work model and various benefits to support employees' work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous paid parental leave

Excellent retirement benefits

Qualifications

• Prior experience in the Oil & Gas industry or similar industrial setting.
• Experience with condition-based monitoring solutions.
• Familiarity with Robotics solutions such as crawlers/drones.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and integrate Industrial IoT devices.
• Ensure reliable device network connections.
• Conduct end-to-end testing and debugging.

Skills

Industrial IoT integration

Networking and digital security

Excellent communication skills

Hands-on experience with Industrial IoT devices

Team-oriented mentality

Education

Degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

Job Description: Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

About the role

Join our results-focused team with an inclusive, high-performance culture. In this role, you will test, set up and integrate Industrial IoT devices, ensure connectivity, configure software and support data communication. You will participate in all phases of the Industrial IoT solution lifecycle – including implementation, testing and security – and work with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals. Your contributions directly advance key business priorities.

What you will deliver

• Deploy or guide deployment of physical devices, sensors and gateways to a customer's site or production environment.
• Integrate Industrial IoT systems with existing field networks, cloud platforms (like Azure, AWS) and other infrastructure.
• Ensure reliable device network connections using protocols such as MQTT, Modbus and OPC-UA.
• Ensure seamless and efficient flow of data from devices to the cloud for analysis and decision intelligence.
• Conduct end-to-end testing, debug issues and ensure the system meets security, performance and reliability standards before and after deployment.
• Research Industrial IoT solutions and vendors – test and document capabilities.
• Create implementation package detailing end-to-end solution.
• Create design in accordance with bp networks guidance.
• Set up and configure device applications ensuring the software is correctly deployed, functional and meets end user needs.
• Provide ongoing technical support and guidance to customers after the system is deployed.
• Write and maintain documentation for product operating and testing procedures.
• Generate and implement ideas for improving deployment processes and system performance.

What you will need to be successful

• Prior experience in the Oil & Gas industry or similar industrial and regulated setting is required.
• Degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with industrial machinery condition-based monitoring solutions.
• Hands‑on experience with Industrial IoT devices, configuring and integrating them.
• Understanding of networking and digital security.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain and advocate goals/objective, team‑oriented mentality with a highly developed collaborative leadership style.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and services, Azure and/or AWS (desirable).
• Familiarity with Robotics solutions such as crawlers/quadrupeds/drones (desirable).

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre‑placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance

This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working.