Senior Controls Engineer for AI Data Center Cooling

Schneider Electric; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Motivair by Schneider Electric seeks a Controls Engineer for New Product Development to design, develop, program, integrate, and validate control systems for liquid cooling products. You will push advances in industrial automation, PLC programming, and embedded control architectures across the product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings strong PLC experience, knowledge of Modbus/BACnet/SNMP, and an ability to collaborate with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and service teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in a relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years in industrial automation, controls, embedded systems or similar.
• Experience developing and troubleshooting PLCs using LD, ST, and FBD.
• Experience with BMS/SCADA/industrial automation environments.
• Strong knowledge of Modbus, BACnet, SNMP.
• Understanding of PID control and control system integration.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, P&IDs, and wiring diagrams.
• Experience with system validation and root-cause analysis.
• Excellent organizational and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, program, test, and troubleshoot PLC logic, HMI, and control algorithms.
• Design automation architectures with sensors, pumps, VFDs, and networks.
• Create and maintain electrical and controls docs and wiring diagrams.
• Configure and validate Modbus, BACnet, SNMP, and Ethernet networks.
• Contribute to embedded control solutions and platform architectures.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, quality, and service teams.
• Support FAT, commissioning, and field startup activities.
• Analyze and troubleshoot hardware, software, and controls issues.
• Translate customer requirements into effective controls solutions.
• Support continuous improvement and reusable controls frameworks.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps for AI/data center cooling apps.

Skills

PLC programming

Ladder Logic

Structured Text

Function Block Diagrams

Modbus

BACnet

SNMP

PID control

Embedded software

Industrial automation

Electrical schematics

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related

Tools

Schneider Electric EcoStruxure platforms

Modicon PLCs

Carel controls

C.Suite

1Tool

Git/GitHub

Job description

Motivair by Schneider Electric seeks a Controls Engineer for New Product Development to design, develop, program, integrate, and validate control systems for liquid cooling products. You will push advances in industrial automation, PLC programming, and embedded control architectures across the product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings strong PLC experience, knowledge of Modbus/BACnet/SNMP, and an ability to collaborate with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and service teams to deliver