IoT Engineer - Smart Factory & Enterprise Connectivity

Ashley Furniture Industries; Advance (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashley Furniture Industries is seeking an IoT Engineer to design and build the connected manufacturing ecosystem powering one of the world’s largest furniture makers. You’ll bridge factory-floor equipment with enterprise systems, creating edge-to-cloud data pipelines, digital twins, and scalable architectures across multiple plants.

Join a team advancing Industry 4.0, modernizing automation, and delivering production visibility, reliability, and performance improvements that enable growth at

Qualifications

• Experience with Industrial IoT or Industry 4.0 implementations.
• PLC integration and industrial automation.
• MQTT, OPC-UA, REST APIs, or industrial protocols.
• MES, ERP, or enterprise manufacturing systems.
• Edge computing and real-time data pipelines.
• RFID, barcode, serialization, or computer vision technologies.
• Robotics or automated manufacturing equipment.
• FAT and SAT testing familiarity.
• Graph databases or manufacturing genealogy platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Industrial IoT integrations across PLCs, robotics, sensors, and production equipment.
• Build secure edge-to-cloud data pipelines and standardized integration patterns.
• Create scalable data models for production, quality, downtime, and telemetry.
• Connect manufacturing equipment with MES/ERP and EOP platforms.
• Support digital twin initiatives and real-time production visibility.
• Collaborate with controls engineers, vendors, and plant operations during launches.
• Troubleshoot integration and communication challenges during commissioning.

Skills

Industrial IoT

PLC integration

MQTT/OPC-UA

REST APIs

MES/ERP systems

Edge computing

RFID/barcode/serialization

Robotics

FAT/SAT

Graph databases

Tools

Neo4j

Job description

Ashley Furniture Industries is seeking an IoT Engineer to design and build the connected manufacturing ecosystem powering one of the world’s largest furniture makers. You’ll bridge factory-floor equipment with enterprise systems, creating edge-to-cloud data pipelines, digital twins, and scalable architectures across multiple plants.

Join a team advancing Industry 4.0, modernizing automation, and delivering production visibility, reliability, and performance improvements that enable growth at