Senior Engineer - OT Enablement, WI-FI, Oil and Gas Industry

Job Title: Senior Engineer – OT Enablement (RTLS) role with WIFI,OT environments, and Oil & Gas operations Location: Houston, TX (Onsite) - Prefer locals Employment Type: Contract About Smart IT Frame: At Smart IT Frame, we connect top talent with leading organizations across the USA. With over a decade of staffing excellence, we specialize in IT, healthcare, and professional roles, empowering both clients and candidates to grow together. Job Summary: The role requires hands-on experience deploying WiFi Bluetooth BLE and anchorbased positioning solutions in OT environments while ensuring high availability cybersecurity and compliance with Oil Gas standards. Experience Level: 5-15 years Key Responsibilities: RTLS Safety Enablement Design and deploy RTLS solutions for o Personnel tracking and mandown mustering o Asset and tool tracking in hazardous zones Enable geofencing restrictedzone s and emergency evacuation support Support realtime visibility for offshore platforms refineries and remote sites Network Infrastructure Optimize industrial WiFi and BLE networks for harsh environments Perform RF surveys heat mapping and accuracy tuning in o Offshore platforms o Refineries and tank farms o LNG and pipeline facilities Ensure redundancy resilience and high availability for safetycritical systems Select and validate intrinsically safe RTLS tags anchors and gateways Support audits HAZOP and safety reviews Operations Reliability Lead endtoend RTLS deployments Provide L3 support troubleshooting and root cause analysis Define SOPs runbooks and maintenance strategies Expertise in o WiFi based positioning o Bluetooth Low Energy BLE o Bluetooth anchoring and beaconing Deep understanding of o RSSI AoA ToF trilateration fingerprinting o Indooroutdoor positioning accuracy challenges in metalheavy environments OT Networking • Industrial networking fundamentals WLAN VLANs segmentation • Experience working with SCADADCS environments • Knowledge of OT security zoning and conduits • Familiarity with harshenvironment deployments and redundancy models Tools Platforms Preferred: • Industrial RTLS platforms Cisco Aruba etc • Oil Gas digital platforms Siemens AVEVA • Cloud and edge IoT platforms Azure IoT AWS IoT Mandatory Skills: RTLS, Device Engineering