Data Center Automation & Controls Engineer

SpaceXSI; Southaven, Memphis (MS, TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXSI is seeking an Automation & Controls Engineer for its data center facilities. You will design, program, commission, and own plant controls, building robust code and intuitive operator interfaces while taking full ownership of live systems.

Responsibilities include developing control narratives, commissioning sequences, and maintaining uptime with safety-focused interlocks and NEC/NFPA compliance. On-site work in a critical facility is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, controls, mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of experience in industrial controls, building or plant automation, data center facilities, or related programming (internship and extracurricular experience applies).
• Experience with live facility commissioning and safety-focused control design.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and manage facility automation projects from sequence of operations and control narrative through panel build, point-to-point checkout, commissioning, failover testing, and handoff to operations.
• Architect, write, and debug PLC and controller code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable across chillers, pumps, cooling towers, coolant distribution units, air handlers, heat rejection, and related plant equipment.
• Implement lead/lag, staging, rotation, free-cooling, and liquid-cooling control strategies that hold capacity, efficiency, and redundancy as the cluster load changes.
• Keep the plant safe and reliable with fail-safe interlocks, emergency power off and transfer logic, and alarm philosophy that meets NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 75, and applicable life-safety requirements.
• Build clear HMI and control-room graphics so operators can see plant state, acknowledge alarms, trend equipment health, and troubleshoot without calling an engineer first.
• Integrate equipment controllers into the site BMS, EPMS, and historian so power, cooling, and environmental data are one operational picture.
• Design control panels and electrical interfaces compliant with NEC, NFPA, and UL 508A, including motor and VFD interfaces, safety circuits, and network architecture.
• Own the systems after go-live: alarm rationalization, loop tuning, sequence changes, outage support, and continuous improvement of uptime and energy performance.
• Build schedules and punch lists for controls scope and drive vendors, contractors, and internal teams to hit them during construction and live expansions.

Skills

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA development

Electrical controls

Fieldbus & Ethernet networks

On-site data center operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical/mechanical/controls/mechatronics

Tools

EPLAN

Ignition

Niagara

Siemens TIA Portal

Rockwell Studio 5000

Job description

SpaceXSI is seeking an Automation & Controls Engineer for its data center facilities. You will design, program, commission, and own plant controls, building robust code and intuitive operator interfaces while taking full ownership of live systems.

Responsibilities include developing control narratives, commissioning sequences, and maintaining uptime with safety-focused interlocks and NEC/NFPA compliance. On-site work in a critical facility is required.