Senior IoT Solutions Engineer - Remote (EMEA) - Flexible

Factbird; Portugal; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Competitive salary

Internet reimbursement

Thoughtful onboarding

Job summary

Factbird is seeking a Senior IoT Solutions Engineer to join Engineering Services. You will design and implement custom data integrations and hardware-software solutions that capture machine data across sites.

You’ll work with Kepware, Ignition, OPC UA, MQTT and more, while documenting reliably for scalable customer support and cross-team reuse. This remote role requires relocation eligibility for Denmark and EU work permits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in automation, electrical engineering, mechatronics, or similar, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• At least 5 years in industrial automation or controls engineering, including hands-on shop floor work (7+ years preferred).
• Hands-on PLC experience with major vendors (Siemens, Omron, Rockwell/Allen-Bradley).
• Solid understanding of industrial protocols (OPC UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, MQTT).
• Working knowledge of sensors and signals (digital, analog 4-20 mA, 0-10 V, IO-Link, PNP/NPN).
• Root cause analysis across hardware, networks, and software in live production.
• Field experience commissioning or troubleshooting equipment in live plants.
• Comfortable troubleshooting site networks (IP setup, routers, SIMs, firewalls).
• Clear communicator in English who can explain trade-offs to non-engineers.
• Strong documentation habit: when you build it, you write it down.

Responsibilities

• Answer feasibility questions from Sales: can we connect this machine, PLC, or sensor, and how.
• Design and build custom solutions: logic boxes, signal converters, IO-Link modules, EDGE flows, and Factbird powered by OMRON NX1.
• Design the integration: map OT/IT environment, data sources, tag structures, transformations, and security.
• Root cause troubleshooting in live production.
• Document everything you build and fix: runbooks, wiring guides, and version history.

Skills

Strong documentation habit

English communication

Root cause analysis

Site network troubleshooting

Industrial protocols knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in automation

Equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

Siemens PLC

Omron PLC

Rockwell/Allen-Bradley PLC

Job description

Factbird is seeking a Senior IoT Solutions Engineer to join Engineering Services. You will design and implement custom data integrations and hardware-software solutions that capture machine data across sites.

You’ll work with Kepware, Ignition, OPC UA, MQTT and more, while documenting reliably for scalable customer support and cross-team reuse. This remote role requires relocation eligibility for Denmark and EU work permits.