IoT Engineer - Edge & Predictive Maintenance (Remote)

Sensorfact; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Contribution of 4%

Public transport allowance via NS card

Employee Referral Incentives up to €3,

27 Vacation Days

Remote Work Flexibility up to 2 months

Job summary

Sensorfact in the Netherlands is seeking an embedded software engineer to champion end-to-end IoT sensor systems, bridging hardware and cloud platforms. You will drive gateway and sensor software development and collaborate with hardware, cloud, and data science teams to meet ambitious product goals.

You will improve sensor installation quality, data reliability, and move analytics to the device with edge computing, while supporting proactive maintenance use cases and scalable fleets.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building software for connected devices, preferably with industrial IoT products based on RTOS.
• Embedded Linux user-space knowledge and experience.
• Hands-on embedded software development for MCUs/SoCs with RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS).
• Experience with Wi‑Fi and BLE.
• Knowledge of bootloaders and OTA update flows (MCUboot, ESP-IDF).
• Understanding TCP/IP, DNS, TLS from an embedded perspective.
• Strong RTOS fundamentals: scheduling, priorities, synchronization, ISR, debugging timing issues.
• Comfort in a changing, product-driven environment and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded software on gateway devices and sensors.
• Optimize sensor solutions based on product requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect end-to-end IoT solutions.
• Perform code reviews and provide feedback to colleagues.
• Address scalability challenges like regulatory differences and fleet management.

Skills

Embedded Linux

RTOS fundamentals

Embedded software on MCUs/SoCs

Wi-Fi & BLE

Nordic nRF52/53

Espressif ESP32

Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP)

Bootloaders & OTA

Cross-functional collaboration

Edge computing

Education

MSc in Embedded Systems

Bachelor in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Nordic toolchain

ESP-IDF

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Power Profiler Kit

Job description

Sensorfact in the Netherlands is seeking an embedded software engineer to champion end-to-end IoT sensor systems, bridging hardware and cloud platforms. You will drive gateway and sensor software development and collaborate with hardware, cloud, and data science teams to meet ambitious product goals.

You will improve sensor installation quality, data reliability, and move analytics to the device with edge computing, while supporting proactive maintenance use cases and scalable fleets.