IoT Engineer
Cognizant · Waltham, MA · 2 days ago
HybridFull-time
About the role
We are looking for an innovative and highly skilled IoT Engineer with a specific focus on creating ISO images for our dialysis machines. In this role, you will develop and customize Lubuntu-based ISO images to run on dialysis machine hardware, ensuring efficient, secure, and regulatory-compliant operation. You will collaborate closely with hardware and software engineers to integrate IoT capabilities and optimize the operating environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and customize Lubuntu-based ISO images for dialysis machine hardware, integrating all necessary software, configurations, and drivers.
- Automate the creation, testing, and updating of ISO images for deployment across a fleet of dialysis machines.
- Work with hardware teams to ensure proper integration of IoT sensors and modules within the ISO image.
- Optimize boot times, resource utilization, and overall system stability for devices.
- Develop and integrate IoT capabilities into dialysis machines to enable real-time data gathering and transmission.
- Configure embedded Linux systems to enable communication between dialysis machines and central monitoring systems.
- Ensure devices are securely connected and comply with relevant standards and regulations.
- Maintain, configure, and troubleshoot images running on dialysis machines.
- Monitor system health, diagnose issues, and apply patches/updates for optimal performance and security.
- Create and maintain automation scripts for building, testing, and deploying ISO images.
- Automate the integration of diagnostic tools and software updates into ISO images for scalability.
- Ensure ISO images comply with regulatory standards and maintain detailed documentation for ISO creation, IoT integration, and troubleshooting.
- Collaborate with regulatory and quality assurance teams to meet medical device regulations.
- Work with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers and medical device specialists, to ensure smooth system integration.
- Provide technical support and guidance on ISO creation and IoT integration to internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Assist in training team members on the use and maintenance of IoT-enabled dialysis systems.
Requirements
- Proven experience in IoT development, particularly with embedded Linux systems and IoT device integration.
- Strong knowledge of ISO creation and customization, with experience in Linux system administration, preferably Ubuntu.
- Hands-on experience with embedded systems, hardware-software integration, and troubleshooting.
- Strong scripting skills for automation and customization tasks.
- Knowledge of networking protocols and security principles for IoT-enabled medical devices (e.g., data encryption, secure communications).
- Experience with diagnostic tools and monitoring systems for remote device management.
- Experience creating CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins.
- Experience with Ubuntu live CD customization.
- Experience with MariaDB, Perl, and Python.