Controls Engineer

Giga Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Data center experience

OEM/产品相关经验

Job summary

Giga Energy is seeking a Controls Engineer to support data center cooling products, including CDUs, FWUs, and chillers. You will contribute to product development, field support, and factory testing, while updating as-built drawings and design docs.

The role emphasizes hands-on controls work, PLC logic tuning, and field troubleshooting, with onsite expectations in Houston area offices and occasional travel.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of controls experience.
• Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering required.
• Design experience with control schematics and P&IDs.
• AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN experience.
• Rockwell Studio 5000 programming experience.
• PID tuning and field troubleshooting skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Review schematics, layouts, BOMs and verify against control narratives.
• Support PLC logic on CDUs, FWUs, chillers, and plant managers.
• Make PID tuning changes and tune loops as needed.
• Support Ignition BMS screens, tags, and alarms.
• Collaborate with OEMs on product issues and improvements.
• Support FAT and unit validation before shipment.
• Provide field startup and commissioning support.
• Troubleshoot PLCs, VFDs, instruments, and networks.
• Perform loop checks and I/O checkouts.
• Resolve comms issues (EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA).
• Capture field changes and redlines.

Skills

Controls experience

Troubleshooting

Field support

PID tuning

PLC programming

Wiring diagrams

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

EPLAN

Rockwell Studio 5000

Job description

What you'll do

You'll support controls for data center cooling products: CDUs, FWUs, chillers, and chiller plant managers. Job entails product development and improvement, field support, factory testing, and troubleshooting. You'll also update as-built drawings and make design changes when needed.

Where you'll work

We are an in-office culture — velocity matters when you're building physical infrastructure, and the best decisions happen in the room. This role is ideally based in our San Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices, with full-time onsite expectations outside of bi-weekly WFH Fridays.

we will make exceptions for truly exceptional talent if you live outside one of our hubs.

Responsibilities

Product Support

• Review Schematics, Layouts, BOM and verify against control narratives and basis of design.

• Support PLC logic on CDUs, FWUs, chillers, and chiller plant managers.

• Make logic changes and tune PID loops as needed.

• Support Ignition BMS screens, tags, and alarms.

• Work with OEMs on product issues and improvements.

• Support factory acceptance testing (FAT) and unit validation before shipment.

Field Support

• Support startup and commissioning on site.

• Troubleshoot PLCs, VFDs, instruments, and networks.

• Do loop checks and I/O checkouts.

• Resolve comms issues (EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA).

• Capture field changes and redlines.

Design (as needed)

• Turn field redlines into as-built drawings.

• Update schematics, wiring diagrams, and P&IDs for design changes.

• Update I/O lists and control narratives to match.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of controls experience

• Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

• Design experience with control schematics and P&IDs

• AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN

• Rockwell Studio 5000 programming

• PID tuning experience

• Strong field troubleshooting skills

• Able to travel up to 50%

Bonus points

• Data center experience.

• OEM or product-based controls experience.

• Hands-on work with CDUs, FWUs, or chillers.

• Ignition or BMS experience.