Industrial IoT / Sensor Integration Engineer

Job description

Why AIS? When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements. Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth. Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued. Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities. What are we looking for? At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles. Working@AIS At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer. Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs complex network and hybrid‑cloud solutions; implements security controls, DR/BCP, and automated IaC with deployment pipelines; performs advanced performance tuning. Work & Complexity: Solves complex issues, designs and delivers new infrastructure solutions, performs capacity planning, and leads advanced automation initiatives. Quality & Independence: Drives root‑cause analysis, enforces best practices and QA on changes, optimizes for reliability and user experience; operates with high autonomy. Teamwork & Communication: Leads cross‑functional efforts, mentors juniors, facilitates knowledge transfer, and aligns stakeholders with technical plans. Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic input on infrastructure initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships. As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Industrial IoT / Sensor Integration Engineer. Project Summary AIS is s eeking an Industrial IoT / Sensor Integration Engineer to support the installation, retrofit, and integration of aftermarket and OEM sensors onto existing equipment within a shipyard environment. This role will focus on instrumenting equipment for telemetry collection, troubleshooting sensor and connectivity issues, and interfacing installed sensors with local edge/gateway devices for upstream data transmission to enterprise monitoring platforms. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience working with industrial equipment, sensors, instrumentation, and field wiring in manufacturing, maritime, shipyard, or heavy industrial environments. This role requires frequent on-site presence. Travel to one or more industrial locations will be required . Key Responsibilities Install and commission aftermarket and OEM sensors on existing shipyard and manufacturing equipment. Assist in determining appropriate sensor placement and mounting methods for telemetry collection. Perform retrofits of legacy equipment to support instrumentation and monitoring. Run, terminate , and test field wiring for sensors and instrumentation. Interpret and update wiring diagrams, schematics, and installation documentation. Connect sensors to local edge/gateway devices or industrial controllers. Configure basic communication settings for data transmission to upstream platforms. Support troubleshooting of device-to-gateway and gateway-to-network connectivity. Validate sensor performance and telemetry accuracy after installation. Diagnose and resolve issues involving faulty sensors, wiring, power, signal quality, or connectivity. Work with equipment operators and maintenance personnel during commissioning and troubleshooting. Document installations, wiring paths, sensor mappings, and configuration settings. Coordinate with engineering, maintenance, IT, and operations teams to schedule installations and minimize operational disruption. Required For This Opportunity Associate's or Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics, or related discipline. Equivalent hands-on field experience may be substituted for formal education. Five (5) years of experience installing, wiring, and commissioning industrial or aftermarket sensors on mechanical or electrical equipment. Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and equipment drawings. Familiarity with industrial signal types and interfaces including 4–20mA, 0–10V, digital I/O, and serial communications. Experience troubleshooting sensor , cabling, and instrumentation issues in industrial environments. Basic understanding of industrial networking and connectivity including Ethernet, serial communications, and field protocols. Ability to work safely in active industrial/shipyard/manufacturing environments. Strong hands-on mechanical aptitude and comfort working directly with equipment in the field. Nice to Have Skills Experience with industrial gateways, edge devices, or telemetry collection hardware. Familiarity with PLCs, industrial controllers, or SCADA-connected equipment. Experience in shipyard , maritime, manufacturing, defense, or heavy industrial environments. Exposure to industrial communication protocols such as Modbus, OPC-UA, or MQTT. Experience supporting predictive maintenance, equipment monitoring, or industrial telemetry initiatives. At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $102,000-$154,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process. Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.