Design, deploy, and standardize SCADA architecture and telemetry for real-time monitoring and control of power, cooling, and mechanical systems at gigawatt-scale AI data centers. Requires experience commissioning industrial control systems, integrating protocols, building trusted HMIs/alarms, and ensuring data quality for operations.
197k – 227k/yr
On-site5+ YOEHardware Engineering
About the role
Role Scope
Design and deploy the SCADA architecture that monitors and controls power, cooling, and mechanical systems across gigawatt-scale data center sites in real time.
Integrate telemetry from switchgear, generators, chillers, and building management systems into a unified data platform so operators see the full state of a site from a single view.
Build the tag databases, HMI screens, and alarm logic that let a lean operations team run live sites without missing a fault.
Standardize the SCADA and telemetry stack into a repeatable reference design so each new site deploys the same instrumentation and data model rather than a bespoke build.
Validate every point and signal with the controls, commissioning, and operations teams before a site goes live, so the data operators depend on is trustworthy from day one.
What We're Looking For
You've designed and commissioned SCADA or industrial control systems for critical facilities, mission-critical, industrial, or power infrastructure.
You've integrated field devices and protocols (Modbus, BACnet, DNP3, OPC UA) into a working telemetry platform rather than a pile of disconnected points.
You've built HMI and alarm systems that operators actually trusted and used under real fault conditions.
You've standardized a controls or telemetry design so it could be deployed repeatably across multiple sites instead of rebuilt each time.
You've caught instrumentation and data-quality problems during commissioning before they reached a live operations team.
You write configuration and point documentation precise enough that another engineer can maintain or extend the system without reverse-engineering it.
Bonus: Data center or high-density power environment experience. Ignition, AVEVA, or comparable SCADA platforms. Time-series data pipelines and historians. Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning exposure.
Skills
ScadaModbusBacnetDnp3Opc UaHmiIgnitionAvevaTime-Series Data PipelinesIndustrial Control Systems
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