Staff Controls Operator — Data Center Operations

Socket.dev; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO policy

Retirement plan

Competitive total compensation (cash +

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a dedicated controls technician to maintain and troubleshoot BMS/ EPMS and PLCs in a 24/7 data center environment. You’ll work with Ignition, Metasys, Niagara, and EcoStruxure, diagnose faults, tune PID loops, and support system integration alongside Central Engineering.

You should be comfortable calibrating field sensors, wiring and programming PLCs, and documenting as-built drawings.

Qualifications

• Maintain BMS/EPMS controllers in a 24/7 data center environment.
• Diagnose control faults using front-end software and field tools.
• Configure BMS platforms, alarms, setpoints, and graphics.
• Support PLC and HMI troubleshooting, PID tuning, and sequence development.
• Contribute to commissioning, deployments, and system integration with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot BMS/BAS controllers, EPMS, PLCs, field devices, sensors, and control panels in a 24/7 mission-critical data center, keeping as-builts accurate.
• Diagnose control faults using front-end software and field tools (multimeters, loop calibrators, clamp meters), and resolve them at the source.
• Navigate and configure BMS platforms (Ignition, Metasys, Niagara, EcoStruxure): point mapping, alarm configuration, setpoint adjustments, and graphics updates.
• Support PLC and HMI troubleshooting, PID loop tuning, and sequence development from a Sequence of Operations.
• Contribute to commissioning, deployments, system integration, and documentation alongside the Central Engineering and Operations teams.

Skills

BMS front-end operation

Field sensor calibration

PLC programming

Sequence of Operations

Documentation & as-builts

Rockwell/Siemens programming

BACnet/Modbus

Tools

Ignition

Metasys

Niagara

EcoStruxure

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

How We Operate

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.

• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

• First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

The Controls Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Lead the design, development, and execution of 10s to 100s of GWs of data centers this decade.

• Build real-time load control systems, pushing the limits of MEP infrastructure and behind-the-meter systems.

• Automate L4/L5 commissioning and functional tests for fully modular data center builds.

• Develop autonomous robotic solutions for data center deployment.

Role Scope

• Maintain and troubleshoot BMS/BAS controllers, EPMS, PLCs, field devices, sensors, and control panels in a 24/7 mission-critical data center, keeping as-builts accurate.

• Diagnose control faults using front-end software and field tools (multimeters, loop calibrators, clamp meters), and resolve them at the source.

• Navigate and configure BMS platforms (Ignition, Metasys, Niagara, EcoStruxure): point mapping, alarm configuration, setpoint adjustments, and graphics updates.

• Support PLC and HMI troubleshooting, PID loop tuning, and sequence development from a Sequence of Operations.

• Contribute to commissioning, deployments, system integration, and documentation alongside the Central Engineering and Operations teams.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You're equally comfortable on a BMS front-end, calibrating a field sensor, or programming a PLC, and you want to grow from strong controls technician into a full engineering role.

• You troubleshoot BMS, EPMS, and equipment-level control faults hands-on, with real field-test instruments, not just from a screen.

• You work fluently across at least one major BMS platform (Ignition, Metasys, Niagara, EcoStruxure) and can read and write to a Sequence of Operations.

• You document rigorously and keep as-builts trustworthy in a live critical environment.

• Bonus: PLC and HMI programming (Rockwell, Siemens). Data center or critical-facilities controls. BACnet/Modbus. NETA or commissioning exposure.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (cash + equity).

• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.