{"id":1253945,"url":"https://alion.io/job/groundup-iot-field-engineer-industrial-embedded-ai","title":"IOT Field Engineer - Industrial & Embedded AI","company":{"id":2413345,"name":"Groundup","domain":"groundup.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/groundup-ai","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Singapore"],"countries":["SG"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":5600,"max":7050,"currency":"SGD","period":"month","gross":true,"usd_annual":66240},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"LoRaWAN","optional":false},{"name":"MQTT","optional":false},{"name":"Zigbee","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":29,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":29},"description":"IOT Field Engineer - Industrial & Embedded AI\nLocation: Based in Singapore (Required to travel for deployments such as SEA, Australia, Europe and the Middle East)\nGroundup.ai aims to empower every workplace to be an AI-driven company. We envision that our clients will be using our AI tools as a foundation in their everyday operations. As we continue bringing our innovative approach to fast-growing companies across manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, and maritime, we are looking for an IoT Field Engineer to join us on this exciting journey.\nThis role is critical in deploying, managing, and optimizing our proprietary IoT hardware and AI-driven maintenance solutions at challenging sites, including manufacturing, shipping, oil & gas, and more. You will ensure that our field deployments operate smoothly, enabling uninterrupted data collection and analysis.\nAs an IoT Field Engineer, you will not only be responsible for installing, configuring, and supporting our IoT solutions on-site, but also for helping design practical deployment architectures that are technically sound, commercially viable, and cost-disciplined. You will play a key role in translating customer site requirements into implementable solutions, preparing deployment cost assumptions, securing customer buy-in, and ensuring that projects are delivered according to scope, budget, and intended operational outcomes.\nThis is not a pure installation role. We are looking for someone who can think like an engineer, act like a project owner, and make commercially responsible decisions on behalf of the company.\nAs part of our IoT, AI, and Data Analytics team, you will work in a fast-paced environment with a talented, international team to deliver industrial-grade solutions that drive cognitive maintenance, machine health monitoring, and workplace safety.\nWe value team members who take ownership, move fast, and are hungry to build impactful solutions. We’ve secured strategic partnerships and government recognition for our work—now we’re scaling further, and we want you on board.\nKey ResponsibilitiesDeployment & Project Coordination\nPlan and execute IoT hardware deployments tailored to client site requirements.\n\nPerform on-site installation and configuration of our software and hardware solutions.\n\nCoordinate with internal teams (R&D, Product, Sales) to ensure smooth installation, integration, and commissioning of devices.\n\nSafe commissioning and handover: Perform pre-commissioning checks, functional testing, device configuration, power-on validation, signal verification, fault diagnosis, and handover documentation. \n\nEnsure all required electrical testing, inspection, certification, or energisation approval is completed by the appropriate authorised person before equipment is placed into operation.\n\nElectrical, Circuitry & Safe Site Installation Work\nPerform low-voltage IoT electrical integration work: Carry out basic low-voltage electrical and circuitry tasks relating to IoT deployments, including device wiring, cable termination, connector assembly, sensor connection, gateway power-up, and integration with approved power sources, control panels, or industrial equipment interfaces.\n\nWork within the authorised electrical scope: Perform only electrical work that is within the employee’s competency, training, certification, and company-authorised scope. Any regulated electrical installation, modification, repair, energisation, inspection, or certification work must be carried out by, or under the supervision of, an appropriately qualified Licensed Electrical Worker, professional engineer, client-appointed electrical contractor, or other authorised person as required by applicable laws and site requirements.\n\nHandle low-voltage DC and industrial power interfaces safely: Work primarily with low-voltage DC systems, typically including 5V, 12V, and 24V DC systems, and understand safe working principles when interfacing IoT equipment with industrial AC power supplies, control panels, isolators, power distribution points, and other electrical infrastructure.\n\nInfrastructure Management\nMaintain the stability and reliability of deployed IoT systems to ensure uninterrupted data flow and operation.\n\nMonitor device performance, diagnose, and resolve technical issues proactively.\n\nTechnical Support & Troubleshooting\nProvide on-site and hands-on technical support to resolve client hardware-related issues quickly. \n\nTrain clients on product usage and maintenance best practices.\n\nConduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures to minimize downtime.\n\nUse diagnostic and test equipment: Use multimeters, clamp meters, oscilloscopes, signal testers, insulation testers where appropriate, and other diagnostic tools to verify continuity, voltage, current, grounding, polarity, signal integrity, sensor output, and device communication during installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting.\n\nAssemble and troubleshoot basic circuits: Assemble, modify, and troubleshoot basic electrical and electronic circuits used in IoT deployments, including soldering, crimping, ferruling, cable dressing, labelling, use of connectors, terminal blocks, DIN rail components, fuses, relays, power supplies, and enclosure-mounted components.\n\nSolution Architecture, Costing & Commercial Implementation\nDesign practical, cost-effective IoT deployment architectures based on each customer’s site conditions, operational requirements, asset criticality, connectivity constraints, safety requirements, and project outcomes.\n\nTranslate customer requirements into clear solution architecture proposals, including recommended sensor types, gateway placement, network/connectivity design, installation approach, data flow, edge/cloud integration, and deployment methodology.\n\nPrepare the technical and cost structure for proposed deployments, including hardware quantities, installation effort, manpower requirements, third-party vendor costs, logistics, testing requirements, maintenance assumptions, and implementation timelines.\n\nWork closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Delivery teams to ensure that proposed solutions are technically feasible, commercially viable, and aligned with Groundup.ai’s margin and budget expectations.\n\nSupport customer-facing technical discussions by explaining the proposed architecture, implementation approach, deployment assumptions, trade-offs, and cost drivers clearly and credibly.\n\nHelp secure customer buy-in by addressing technical concerns, clarifying scope boundaries, managing expectations, and ensuring that customers understand what is included and excluded in the proposed implementation.\n\nEvaluate alternative deployment options and recommend the most practical approach that meets the customer’s required outcomes without over-engineering, unnecessary customisation, or avoidable cost escalation.\n\nNegotiate technical scope, implementation assumptions, site requirements, and deployment dependencies with customers and vendors to ensure the project remains achievable within the approved budget and timeline.\n\nAct as a technical-commercial gatekeeper during implementation, ensuring that field decisions, design changes, manpower usage, hardware usage, and vendor involvement remain aligned with the agreed scope, budget, and project outcomes.\n\nIdentify potential cost overruns, scope creep, technical risks, or site constraints early, and propose mitigation plans before they affect delivery cost, customer satisfaction, or project profitability.\n\nMaintain ownership of the deployed solution design from proposal through implementation, ensuring that the final deployed system matches the approved architecture, fulfils customer requirements, and protects Groundup.ai’s commercial interests.\n\nPrepare post-deployment cost and implementation reviews, including lessons learned, actual versus planned resource usage, technical deviations, and recommendations to improve future deployment efficiency and margins.\n\nResource Optimization\nManage deployment resources efficiently to meet project timelines and budgets.\n\nCoordinate with production teams to ensure timely delivery and setup of materials.\n\nDevelop and improve SOPs for installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.\n\nQuality Assurance & Compliance\nEnsure all deployments adhere to safety, quality, and industry standards.\n\nRevisit sites for routine maintenance checks and client follow-ups.\n\nWork with QA to validate device performance and system reliability.\n\nEnsure compliance with safety regulations and company installation standards.\n\nEscalate unsafe or non-compliant conditions: Stop work and escalate immediately and resolve safely if any unsafe condition, unclear electrical scope, damaged equipment, unauthorised wiring, missing isolation, inadequate grounding, overloaded circuit, exposed conductor, or non-compliant installation is identified.\n\nComply with electrical safety and engineering standards: Carry out work in accordance with applicable laws, client site safety rules, company method statements, risk assessments, permit-to-work procedures, lockout/tagout requirements, and relevant national engineering standards and codes of practice, including Singapore electrical installation requirements where applicable. Singapore’s electrical installation regulations refer to SS 638 Code of Practice for Electrical Installations, and SS 650 for certain temporary electrical installations.\n\nReporting & Documentation\nPrepare deployment reports, including resource usage, timelines, and technical outcomes.\n\nRead and interpret electrical documentation: Read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, single-line diagrams, pin-out specifications, terminal layouts, equipment manuals, and installation drawings to correctly install and connect IoT sensors, gateways, edge devices, power supplies, relays, and communication modules.\n\nDocument installation processes and client interactions in our CRM.\n\nMaintain detailed technical documentation for future reference and process improvements.\n\nPrepare or update installation records, wiring markups, test results, photos, asset registers, as-built drawings, and commissioning reports.\n\nMaintain installation quality and documentation: Ensure all wiring, cable routing, labelling, terminations, enclosures, glands, connectors, and mounted components are installed neatly, safely, and maintainably.\n\nRequirementsBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or related field.\n\nAt least 2–3 years of experience in IoT hardware deployment, field engineering, or related roles.\n\nProficient with at least one scripting or programming language\n\nStrong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.\n\nSignificant experience in on-site installation and technical support in an IoT and technology environment\n\nProficiency in IoT device setup, calibration, and troubleshooting.\n\nFamiliarity with industrial sensors and communication protocols, including but not limited to HTTP, MQTT, Zigbee, LoRaWAN, and NTP\n\nSelf-driven and able to work independently and manage on-site responsibilities effectively.\n\nStrong communication skills and ability to work in client-facing situations.\n\nExcited about working onsite and traveling locally and internationally for deployments.\n\nExperience supporting solution design, site surveys, technical proposals, deployment costing, or implementation planning for IoT, industrial automation, electrical, mechanical, or technology projects.\n\nAbility to balance technical requirements with commercial realities, including cost control, project margins, manpower planning, vendor costs, and scope management.\n\nStrong customer-facing communication skills, with the ability to explain technical solutions, justify implementation choices, manage expectations, and negotiate practical deployment trade-offs.\n\nCommercial awareness and ownership mindset, with the ability to think on behalf of the company and protect project profitability while still 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