R&D Engineer

Perfect Vision - KSA; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Perfect Vision - KSA is seeking an IoT Engineer to design how thousands of devices connect, authenticate, provision and stream data securely, building the connectivity layer and fleet-management tooling that keep our connected estate healthy at scale.

You will design and operate the device-to-cloud connectivity using MQTT and cloud services (AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub or equivalent) and build provisioning, identity and lifecycle workflows for large device populations.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS or related field.
• Hands-on IoT cloud platform experience.
• Strong IoT protocols knowledge (MQTT/HTTP).
• Programming in Python/Node.js/Go/Java.
• Knowledge of device security and identity management.
• Experience with data pipelines or streaming systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate device-to-cloud connectivity using MQTT and cloud IoT services.
• Build provisioning, identity, and lifecycle workflows for large fleets.
• Develop ingestion pipelines feeding telemetry into the platform.
• Implement mutual TLS, certificates, and secure onboarding.
• Create edge and cloud logic for remote config and OTA orchestration.
• Monitor connectivity health, observability, and reduce downtime.
• Collaborate with embedded and backend teams on APIs and storage.

Skills

IoT cloud platforms

IoT protocols (MQTT/HTTP)

Backend programming (Python/Node.js/Go

Device security and identity

Data pipelines / streaming

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

IoT Engineer Device-to-cloud connectivity fleet provisioning and platform integration

As IoT Internet of Things Engineer you will design how thousands of devices connect authenticate provision and stream data reliably and securely building the connectivity layer data pipelines and fleet-management tooling that keep our connected estate healthy at scale

Key Responsibilities

• Design and operate the device-to-cloud connectivity layer using MQTT and cloud IoT services AWS IoT Core Azure IoT Hub or equivalent
• Build device provisioning identity and lifecycle fleet-management workflows for large device populations
• Develop ingestion pipelines and data processing that feed telemetry into our platform and analytics
• Implement device security mutual TLS certificate key management and secure onboarding
• Create edge and cloud logic for command-and-control remote configuration and OTA orchestration
• Monitor connectivity health build observability alerting and drive down device downtime
• Partner with embedded engineers on data contracts and with backend platform teams on APIs and storage
• Optimise cellular data usage cost and SIM connectivity management across the fleet

Nice to Have

• Experience managing cellular connectivity APNs and SIM fleets
• Cloud infrastructure-as-code Terraform and containerisation Docker Kubernetes
• Familiarity with time-series databases and telemetry visualisation
• Prior work with telematics automotive or asset-tracking data

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software/Electronic Engineering, or equivalent, with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with an IoT cloud platform (AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google Cloud IoT, or similar).
• Strong grasp of IoT protocols (MQTT, HTTP; CoAP a plus) and networking fundamentals.
• Programming proficiency in Python, Node.js, Go, or Java for backend/edge services.
• Understanding of device security, certificates, and identity management.
• Experience with data pipelines, message queues, or streaming (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).