Internet of Things Engineer II

Freeport-McMoRan; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 85,700 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Affordable benefits package

Life and disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Discounted auto/home insurance

Internal progression opportunities

Job summary

Freeport-McMoRan is seeking an experienced IoT Lead to design and deploy industrial IoT solutions across sites, serving as the technical lead for field engineering projects and guiding deployment within established patterns.

The role involves creating streaming analytics, real-time dashboards, and data transformations to turn telemetry into actionable insights, while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree with 1 year of relevant Eng/Tech support experience including IoT infrastructure and cloud data concepts.
• Bachelor’s degree with 3 years IoT solutions development, implementation, and integration projects.
• High School + 7 years of IoT tech, software, or data loggers with field devices experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced IoT field engineering projects, end-to-end design, gather requirements, direct execution, ensure successful handoff.
• Design and implement streaming analytics and real-time dashboards to enable operational decisions.
• Configure and program field devices and ingestion components, build reusable patterns for scalable deployments.
• Provide architecture input, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
• Perform advanced root cause analysis while maintaining stakeholder communication.

Skills

IoT concepts

Streaming analytics

Data visualization

Communication skills

Mentoring juniors

Root cause analysis

Education

Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or mining-related Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or mining-related Engineering

High School diploma or GED with 7 years IoT experience

Job description

Overview

At Freeport-McMoRan, we are committed to providing employment that recognizes excellence and encourages safe production, with a culture supported by our core values. Here, you’ll find a collaborative environment where safety is a top priority.

Where You Will Work

Our global headquarters is in Phoenix, Arizona. Several hundred employees support our operations in finance, human resources, health and safety, information technology, planning, and more. This position requires work to be performed in person at our Collaboration Hub in Phoenix. The Hub provides an open, flexible workspace for individuals and teams to come together for various business needs. Amenities at the Hub include a working café, phone booths, and meeting rooms with technology tools for virtual and in-person collaboration. Phoenix is the capital of the Grand Canyon State and enjoys mostly bright skies throughout the year. It is a great place to live and work if you enjoy the outdoors, sports, concerts, the arts and other big city amenities or technology.

What You Will Do

Under moderate supervision, designs and deploys industrial IoT solutions that connect physical assets to enterprise data platforms across Freeport-McMoRan sites. Serves as the technical lead on advanced field engineering projects, owning solution design within established architectural patterns and directing the execution of work. Designs and implements streaming analytics, video analytics, and real-time dashboards that turn deployed telemetry into operational insight. Contributes architectural roadmap input based on field implementation experience.

• Lead advanced IoT field engineering projects, owning end-to-end solution design within established architectural patterns, gathering requirements, directing execution, and ensuring successful handoff.
• Design and implement streaming analytics and real-time dashboards, building data transformations, configuring analytics rules, and enabling operational decision-making.
• Configure and program field devices and ingestion components while building reusable patterns that standardize and scale deployments.
• Provide architecture input, participate in design reviews, propose standards improvements, and mentor junior engineers.
• Perform advanced root cause analysis for complex issues while maintaining stakeholder communication and documentation.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a mining-related Engineering discipline and one (1) year of experience in an Engineering, System Administration or Technology Support role, including an intermediate understanding of IoT infrastructure, and cloud data concepts and usage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or a mining-related Engineering discipline and three (3) years of progressive experience with IoT solutions development, implementation, and integration projects, including an intermediate understanding of IoT infrastructure, and cloud data concepts and usage.
• High School diploma or GED and seven (7) years of experience in IoT technology, software, infrastructure, or computer systems maintenance and application support, including demonstrated hands‑on experience with low‑voltage field devices including cameras, sensors or data loggers, and associated field wiring and communications infrastructure.
• Must be customer service‑oriented and possess good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non‑technical site stakeholders.

What We Offer You

The estimated annual pay range for this role is currently $85,700–$120,000. This range reflects base salary only and does not include bonus payments, benefits or retirement contributions. Actual base pay is determined by experience, qualifications, skills and other job‑related factors. This role is eligible for additional discretionary and incentive payment considerations based on company and individual performance.

• Affordable medical, dental and vision benefits
• Company‑paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution/match
• Paid time off, paid sick time, holiday pay, parental leave
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounted insurance plans for auto, home and pet
• Internal progression opportunities
• Learn more about our competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

What We Require

Freeport-McMoRan promotes a drug/alcohol‑free work environment using mandatory pre‑employment drug testing as allowed by applicable laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Freeport-McMoRan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will never request payment for job‑related expenses from applicants. If you receive any suspicious emails, please disregard them, and report the incident to [e-mail].