Data Center Controls Engineer – BMS & EPMS Expert

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental coverage

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Stock options

Job summary

Limiting Factor Group designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems. The Controls Engineer designs and supports building management, electrical power monitoring and automation systems that run each site, determining cooling plant responses and transfer actions during outages.

You will design, program and commission controls for new sites, expansions and upgrades, and support Facility Operations after handover with cybersecurity practices and data exposure to monitoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in electrical, mechanical or controls engineering.
• 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, Tridium).
• Strong knowledge of BACnet, Modbus and SNMP; 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, ATS, UPS and switchgear.
• Program and configure PLCs and BMS controllers; build operator graphics and alarms.
• Lead functional testing and integrated systems testing during commissioning, including outage scenarios.
• Apply OT cybersecurity practices (segmentation, access control, patching).
• Collaborate with Software Engineer to expose BMS/EPMS/meter data over Modbus, BACnet and SNMP for monitoring and reporting.
• Investigate faults, tune control loops and support Facility Operations after handover.
• Maintain and update control drawings, points lists and sequences.

Skills

PLC programming

BMS design

EPMS knowledge

BACnet/Modbus/SNMP

Control networks

AutoCAD/Revit

Field commissioning

Cybersecurity OT

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/mechanical/controls engineering

PE license (preferred)

Tools

Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Schneider

Johnson Controls

Honeywell

Tridium Niagara

Job description

Limiting Factor Group designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems. The Controls Engineer designs and supports building management, electrical power monitoring and automation systems that run each site, determining cooling plant responses and transfer actions during outages.

You will design, program and commission controls for new sites, expansions and upgrades, and support Facility Operations after handover with cybersecurity practices and data exposure to monitoring