Data Center Controls Engineer — Automation & OT Security

Limiting Factor Group; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Annual bonus

Medical, vision, dental

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Limiting Factor Group designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems and utility providers. The Controls Engineer designs and supports building management, electrical power monitoring and automation systems that run each site, affecting cooling, generator transfers, and operator dashboards.

You will work on new sites, expansions and upgrades from sequence of operations through commissioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or controls engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years designing or commissioning controls for data centers, industrial plants or other critical facilities.
• Experience programming PLCs or BMS controllers (e.g., AB, Siemens, Schneider, JCI, Honeywell, or Tridium Niagara).
• Strong knowledge of BACnet, Modbus and SNMP and controls network design.
• Experience writing sequences of operations for HVAC and electrical distribution equipment.
• Experience with functional and integrated systems testing on live equipment.
• Experience with AutoCAD or Revit for control drawings.

Responsibilities

• Design and review the building management system (BMS), electrical power monitoring system (EPMS) and plant control systems for each site.
• Write sequences of operations for chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, liquid cooling loops, generators, automatic transfer switches, UPS systems and switchgear.
• Design the controls network and points lists, and specify controllers, sensors, meters and instrumentation.
• Program and configure PLCs and BMS controllers, and build operator graphics and alarms.
• Write equipment and controls specifications and review supplier and integrator submittals.
• Manage outside controls integrators and review their work.
• Lead functional testing and integrated systems testing during commissioning, including failure scenarios such as utility loss and chiller failure.
• Apply cybersecurity practices to the OT network, including segmentation, access control and patching.
• Work with the Software Engineer to expose BMS, EPMS and meter data over Modbus, BACnet and SNMP for monitoring, billing and reporting.
• Investigate control faults and nuisance alarms, tune control loops and support Facility Operations after handover.
• Keep control drawings, points lists and sequences current.

Skills

PLC programming

BMS/EPMS design

BACnet/Modbus/SNMP

Control drawings

HVAC controls

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or controls engineering

Tools

Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Schneider

Johnson Controls

Tridium Niagara

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

Limiting Factor Group designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems and utility providers. The Controls Engineer designs and supports building management, electrical power monitoring and automation systems that run each site, affecting cooling, generator transfers, and operator dashboards.

You will work on new sites, expansions and upgrades from sequence of operations through commissioning.