Data Center Automation & Controls Engineer

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 134,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack in New York is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI and operates data centers worldwide. This role sits in the Data Center Operations Team, solving high‑scale control software challenges and ensuring reliable live operations.

You will write software for facility controls, integrate with BMS/EPMS, and automate responses to plant conditions, with an emphasis on safety and fast recovery. Fluency in Python or Go plus OT data is essential.

Qualifications

• You've written software against building or industrial controls: BACnet, Modbus, OPC-UA.
• You've fixed an alarm flood problem with engineering, not with acknowledgment fatigue.
• You respect the blast radius of touching live plant and design accordingly.
• You're fluent in Python or Go plus the messiness of OT data.

Responsibilities

• Build and run the software layer over facility controls: BMS and EPMS integrations, alarm pipelines, and automated response.
• Write integrations against controls protocols so plant data lands in one queryable place.
• Build alarm rationalization and routing so operators see signal, not noise.
• Automate controlled responses to known plant conditions, safely, with rollback.

Skills

Python

Go

OT data

Job description

Fluidstack in New York is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI and operates data centers worldwide. This role sits in the Data Center Operations Team, solving high‑scale control software challenges and ensuring reliable live operations.

You will write software for facility controls, integrate with BMS/EPMS, and automate responses to plant conditions, with an emphasis on safety and fast recovery. Fluency in Python or Go plus OT data is essential.