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# Senior IoT Engineer at Sensorfact

- **Company:** Sensorfact
- **Location:** Utrecht, Netherlands
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sensorfact/0e7be163-26f7-419e-86e9-674704ea6b26

## Job description

Ready to scale your career in a high-growth scale up where your results drive real world change?

We’re Sensorfact, Europe’s #1 smart monitoring platform for the industry, on a mission to make industry smarter, cleaner, and more efficient. Every day, our technology helps thousands of manufacturers cut energy waste, reduce costs, and lower carbon emissions through intelligent data insights and automation.

Today, we’ve joined forces with ABB, a global leader in electrification and automation. This partnership has propelled us onto the world stage, enabling us to expand rapidly and help more businesses optimize their energy efficiency, cut costs, and make a positive impact on the planet.

Apply today and help shape a smarter and more sustainable industry.

What you will do:

You will eliminate industrial waste by architecting the next generation of IoT solutions that bridge the gap between hardware and the cloud. As a primary enabler in this hardware enabled SaaS mission, you lead the end to end development of wireless sensor systems from initial research and customer pilots to managing a massive scalable fleet. You will work within cross functional teams to master embedded software and automated factory feedback while ensuring data science teams have the high quality insights needed to drive global efficiency. Beyond technical execution, you provide the engineering leadership necessary to mentor peers through design reviews and scale a greener industrial future.

In this role you will be part of the Edge Infrastructure team that is responsible for part of the platform. You will work mainly on our connected bridges that gather data from sensors and ingest the data to our cloud platform. Deep technical knowledge about systems, embedded Linux, and networking are required in this team.

Some of the things you will be doing in your day-to-day work will be:

- Develop and maintain our embedded software on the Debian based gateways.
- Design, develop, and maintain our tools for fulfillment and onboarding, always striving to make them better but also more efficient.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and architect end-to-end IoT solutions that meet product goals and technical requirements.
- Code reviews and provide feedback on your colleague's work.
- Participate in brainstorming and ideation sessions to solve scalability challenges like, for example, building a VPN, optimizing data communication.

What you bring:

Must have:

- 6 years of experience building software for connected devices, with (industrial) IoT products based on embedded Linux.
- You have experience with the following scripting languages: Python and bash.
- You have experience with at least one of the following languages: C/C++ and/or Rust.
- Solid grasp of the embedded Linux boot chain (U-Boot, kernel, and device tree) and comfortable customizing device trees and kernel configuration for custom hardware.
- Experience building and maintaining embedded Linux images with a rootfs/image build system (e.g. Yocto, Buildroot, pi-gen, debootstrap) and integrating kernel and userspace components
- You have worked with a variety of interfaces such as serial ports, and Ethernet.
- Networking concepts (TCP, UDP, DHCP, ARP, IP, etc).
- Embedded systems communication protocols (MQTT, NATs, etc)
- You are comfortable in a growing, changing environment; even more than that, you thrive in these. We are a product-driven company, so customer impact is what guides us, engineering sustainability and excellence is what fuels us.
- You like an effective and clear communication style and work well with colleagues from different backgrounds and expertise.

Nice to have:

- Have an MSc level education in a technical field, preferably specializing in embedded systems, industrial technology, or similar.
- You have knowledge or experience with wireless protocols e.g: EnOcean, BLE, WiFi, LTE
- You are familiar with electronics design (enough to read schematics and debug a board).
- Experience with over-the-air update systems and A/B-style robust updates (Mender, Memfault, etc), including update safety and rollback across a device fleet.
- Familiarity with secure boot and the ARM TrustZone stack (TF-A, OP-TEE) and/or packaging services onto a Linux image.
- Previous experience in IoT system architecture and design

Why you will love working here:

- Grow your career as we scale
- Pension Contribution of 4% with an employer sponsored retirement plan
- Public transport allowance via NS business card
- Employee Referral Incentives up to €3,000 for a successful referral
- 27 Vacation Days to rest and recharge
- Remote Work Flexibility up to 2 months/year (with manager approval)
- Structured Onboarding & Mentorship support
- Social Events like Sensorfact Week & team dinners
- Office Perks like unlimited coffee, snacks, and free Friday lunch

On top of that…We offer you the usual: a contract for 32-40 hours per week. Maximum flexibility regarding working from home/office: You decide where the best and most efficient workplace is. An open culture where you get a lot of freedom and where taking ownership is valued and encouraged. We value our craftsmanship, but at the same time, pragmatism is one of our core values.

Visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/sensorfact/, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sensorfact_/, and Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.nl/Overzicht/Werken-bij-Sensorfact-EI_IE4191438.11,21.htm?countryRedirect=true to stay updated on our journey.

## About Sensorfact

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Sensorfact provides a smart IoT platform for industrial SMEs to monitor energy consumption, machine condition, and overall equipment effectiveness, helping them identify and eliminate waste.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Acquired by ABB in January 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Utrecht, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Pieter Broekema

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Industrial IoT, Energy Management, Predictive Maintenance
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) globally
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To reduce the human environmental footprint by eliminating all waste in the industry. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)

## Products & Services
- **Smart IoT Platform (SaaS + Hardware)**: A combined hardware and software solution that is easy to install and use. It includes sensors for monitoring energy consumption (electricity, gas, compressed air, water), machine condition, temperature, and humidity. The platform provides real-time data and analytics to help manufacturers identify inefficiencies and savings opportunities.
- **Energy Consultancy**: In addition to the platform, Sensorfact offers customized advice from energy consultants to help customers interpret data and implement changes in their plants. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. Acquired by ABB in January 2025; the purchase price was not disclosed. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sensorfact)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised: $59.76M prior to acquisition. Key customer milestone: 4,000+ customers in 80+ countries. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors included Blume Equity (lead investor in Series B), FORWARD.one, SET Venture, Korys, and others. Acquired by ABB. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sensorfact)
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid customer growth to 4,000+ across 80+ countries; identified 420+ GWh of energy savings; team of 300+ employees with 50+ nationalities; acquisition by global industrial giant ABB in 2025 signals strong technology validation and future growth potential. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Ease of Use**: The solution is designed for simple self-installation, avoiding costly downtime for manufacturers, which is a key differentiator for SMEs.
- **End-to-End Solution**: Combines affordable hardware, a powerful IoT analytics platform, and expert human consultancy to drive measurable results.
- **Proven Impact**: A track record of identifying over 420 GWh of energy savings, providing a clear ROI for customers.
- **Strong Market Position**: As one of the fastest-growing scale-ups in the Netherlands, they have established a significant footprint in the industrial energy management space before being acquired by ABB. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/careers/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Post-Acquisition Growth**: Under ABB, the focus is on expanding the digital energy management offering globally, leveraging ABB's vast industrial network and resources. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)
- **Continued Innovation**: Developing products that make smart monitoring even simpler and more accessible for industrial SMEs.
- **Global Expansion**: Scaling the customer base and operational footprint beyond the existing offices in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: Employees are motivated by the company's core mission to eliminate industrial waste and create a more sustainable world. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/careers/)
- **Strong Culture & Happiness Focus**: Employee happiness is a key strategic objective, measured quarterly with dedicated initiatives for improvement. The company culture emphasizes freedom, flexibility, and ownership without micromanagement. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/careers/)
- **Fast-Growing & International**: A scale-up environment with 300+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities, offering dynamic career growth opportunities. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)
- **Hybrid Work & Perks**: Offers remote work flexibility (including up to two months abroad per year), a home office budget, pension, laptop, phone allowance, travel cost reimbursement, and training opportunities. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/careers/)
- **Offices**: Located in Utrecht (HQ) and Amsterdam (Netherlands), Barcelona (Spain), and Berlin (Germany). [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/careers/)

## Sources
1. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/careers/)
2. [sensorfact.eu](https://www.sensorfact.eu/about-us/)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/sensorfact)
4. [nl.linkedin.com](https://nl.linkedin.com/company/sensorfact)
5. [sensorfact.nl](https://www.sensorfact.nl/)

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