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Lead Controls Systems Engineer, Deployment Engineering

Lead deployment, commissioning, and reliability of BMS, SCADA, and EPMS control systems for AI data center infrastructure across multiple greenfield sites. Requires end-to-end ownership of controls commissioning on mission-critical facilities, standards development, troubleshooting, and 50-70% travel.

300k – 340k
Hybrid7+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

Role Scope

  • Lead end-to-end deployment and commissioning of BMS, SCADA, and EPMS systems across concurrent greenfield sites, from pre-deployment readiness through live handover to operations.
  • Own operational reliability of deployed control systems across the live fleet, driving root cause analysis on failures and closing out permanent fixes that stop repeat incidents.
  • Build and maintain the commissioning standards, acceptance test procedures, and runbooks that any site team can execute without central support.
  • Lead integrated systems testing, functional acceptance, and live cutover on site, resolving integration failures before they delay handover.
  • Set and enforce controls reliability standards across the portfolio: alarm rationalization, control loop tuning, redundancy validation, and failover testing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Owned field deployment and commissioning of controls systems on industrial or mission-critical facilities from end to end.
  • Commissioned and troubleshooted PLCs, SCADA systems, and HMIs on at least one major platform (Rockwell, Siemens, Ignition, or equivalent) in live environments.
  • Built commissioning standards, acceptance test procedures, and reliability runbooks that hold up at a portfolio level, not just for a single site.
  • Diagnosed and resolved control system failures and integration issues on live or commissioning-phase infrastructure under time pressure.
  • Mentored controls engineers in the field and built their ability to commission independently.
  • Can travel to deployment and operations sites 50 to 70 percent of the time.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license.
  • Data center BMS/EPMS experience across chilled water, HVAC, power monitoring, and data hall environmental systems.
  • Experience building or leading a controls commissioning or reliability program across multiple concurrent sites.
  • Familiarity with CMMS platforms, ISA-18.2 alarm management, and IEC 62443 control system cybersecurity.
  • Experience with controls system virtualization, remote monitoring, and automated diagnostics.

Skills

BmsScadaEpmsPlcHmiRockwellSiemensIgnitionCommissioningControls SystemsRoot Cause AnalysisAlarm RationalizationControl Loop TuningIsa-18.2Iec 62443
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