IoT Developer

About the role

Ashley Furniture Industries is the world's largest manufacturer of furniture, serving customers in more than 123 countries. We are transforming our production facilities into next-generation Smart Factories through investments in automation, AI, robotics, and digital manufacturing. We are seeking an IoT Developer to design and build the connected manufacturing ecosystem that powers our operations.

What You'll Do

• Design and Build Industrial IoT Solutions
• Architect and implement Industrial IoT integrations connecting PLCs, robotics, sensors, machine controllers, and production equipment
• Build secure edge-to-cloud data pipelines using technologies including MQTT, OPC-UA, REST APIs, and modern messaging protocols
• Create standardized connectivity frameworks that can be deployed across multiple manufacturing facilities
• Develop scalable data models for production, quality, downtime, and machine telemetry
• Design reusable integration patterns that accelerate future Smart Factory deployments
• Connect manufacturing equipment with enterprise platforms including MES, ERP, and our Execution Operations Platform (EOP)
• Implement material traceability solutions using RFID, barcode, serialization, and machine vision technologies
• Enable real-time production visibility through Control Tower and plant observability platforms
• Support digital twin initiatives that improve operational insight and decision making
• Build event-driven data architectures that power analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives
• Lead Plant Deployments
• Partner with controls engineers, automation vendors, and plant operations teams during equipment installations and production launches
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
• Troubleshoot machine communications and integration challenges during commissioning and live production
• Scale successful implementations across multiple manufacturing locations
• Improve Reliability and Performance
• Maintain connectivity, system health, and data quality across manufacturing sites
• Diagnose and resolve communication failures impacting production
• Improve resiliency, fault tolerance, and overall platform reliability
• Continuously optimize Industrial IoT architecture to reduce downtime and improve operational efficiency

What We're Looking For

• Experience With Several Of The Following Is Preferred:
• Industrial IoT or Industry 4.0 implementations
• PLC integration and industrial automation
• MQTT, OPC-UA, REST APIs, or industrial communication protocols
• MEs, ERP, or enterprise manufacturing systems
• Edge computing and real-time data pipelines
• Rfid, barcode, serialization, or computer vision technologies
• Robotics, automated packaging, or manufacturing equipment
• Multi-site deployment experience
• Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
• Graph databases or manufacturing genealogy platforms such as Neo4j

Why Ashley?

This is an opportunity to make a measurable impact on one of the largest manufacturing operations in the world. You'll help modernize factories, deploy Industry 4.0 technologies, influence enterprise architecture, and build solutions that improve manufacturing operations at global scale. You'll work with cutting-edge automation technologies while partnering with talented engineering and operations teams driving Ashley's digital transformation. If you're excited about Industrial IoT, Smart Manufacturing, automation, and building systems that operate at enterprise scale, we'd love to hear from you.