Senior DCIM Design Engineer: BMS/SCADA Systems Lead

QTS Data Centers

Phoenix (AZ)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching

Every employee is bonus or commission-

Generous PTO and Volunteer Days

Stock Purchase Plan

11 paid Holidays Annually

Pet and Legal Insurance

Q-Rest Sabbatical Program

Q-Anniversary Service Award

Parental Leave

Military Benefits Package

Charitable Matching Gift

Scholarship for Dependents

Crisis Fund

Wellness Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

QTS Data Centers is seeking a Principal DCIM Design Engineer to lead the design, standardization, coordination, and delivery of advanced BMS/EPMS/SCADA across our data center portfolio. You will drive design standards, operations sequences, instrumentation and control documentation, and commissioning readiness with strong vendor coordination and cross-functional leadership.

The ideal candidate brings a deep background in industrial controls engineering for mission-critical environments and will

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Automation, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of experience with control systems in mission‑critical environments (data centers).
Expert-level understanding of EPMS, BMS, and SCADA platforms.
Experience with Rockwell, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and other PLC platforms.
Proficiency with BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, TCP/IP, SNMP, and ISO 16484 standards.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing partner deliverables.
Strong understanding of sequences of operations, instrumentation documentation, and alarm hierarchy design.
Willingness to travel up to 50% and work with remote teams across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

Lead development and refinement of the DCIM design Basis of Design (BOD) and owner requirements.
Manage, onboard, and lead AEOR Controls teams as well as owner directed Design System Integrator (DSI) to include business review and cadenced calibrations.
Direct design consultants and partners in defining architecture, instrumentation, alarming and integration requirements for control systems.
Develop and implement enterprise-wide controls and alarming standards across BMS/EPMS/SCADA platforms.
Define product and platform requirements across Aveva System Platform, Ignition, and open I/O frameworks.
Lead internal reviews of sequence of operations, system architecture, and P&ID diagrams.
Champion point naming conventions, alarming logic, historical data trending structure, and DCIM integration schemas.
Collaborate with consultants and integrators during software and factory testing, and ensure consistency with QTS expectations.
Provide QA/QC oversight during design, deployment, and commissioning.
Drive digital twin and simulation initiatives to de-risk controls logic and optimize system behavior pre-deployment.
Partner with procurement and project teams to support Scope of Work (SOW) creation, RFP responses, and vendor onboarding.
Serve as primary design authority and technical escalation point for DCIM partner execution issues.
Influence control panel layout, I/O wiring diagrams, system interlocks, and cable schedules.
Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, IT, and construction teams to align controls with project goals.
Coordinate design change requests, technical RFIs, and updates to DCIM documentation packages.
Contribute to FMEA-based initiatives for alarm optimization and reduce system noise.
Mentor regional engineers and partners on QTS standards, expectations, and quality requirements.