Senior I&C Engineer & Data Center SME

Jacobs; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs, a global leader in engineering and design, seeks a senior SME for Instrumentation & Controls within our Data Center team. You will guide I&C engineering across new builds and retrofits, mentoring leads and coordinating with interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-performance, code-compliant designs.

You will influence design strategy, ensure robust controls solutions, and help scale our hyperscale data center portfolio while advancing delivery excellence and the Design-Build approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years in instrumentation, controls, or automation engineering with 5+ years in mission-critical/data center design.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Experience with BAS/PLC/SCADA/EPMS and data center operations.
• Knowledge of industry standards and cybersecurity.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and communicate with executives.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality reviews of complex projects spanning building automation, ICS, SCADA, EPMS, and monitoring platforms for hyperscale data centers.
• Lead controls architecture evaluations and select control methodologies, networks, instrumentation, and platforms.
• Develop and validate advanced control sequences, network architectures, and system integration strategies; mentor team members.

Skills

Controls engineering

Project leadership

Mentoring teams

Client communication

Systems integration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE)

Tools

Siemens

Schneider Electric

Johnson Controls

Honeywell

Rockwell Automation

Aveva Wonderware

Ignition

Tridium Niagara

Job description

Jacobs, a global leader in engineering and design, seeks a senior SME for Instrumentation & Controls within our Data Center team. You will guide I&C engineering across new builds and retrofits, mentoring leads and coordinating with interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-performance, code-compliant designs.

You will influence design strategy, ensure robust controls solutions, and help scale our hyperscale data center portfolio while advancing delivery excellence and the Design-Build approach.