# Controls Engineer, Design Development

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Controls Design, Sequences Of Operations, Points Lists, Bills Of Materials, Division 25 Specification, Bacnet, Modbus, Bms, Scada, Csi Masterformat, Io Scheduling
**Posted:** 2026-07-06

> Create standardized controls designs, sequences of operations, points lists, BOMs, and Division 25 specs for modular data center builds. Coordinate across MEP teams for repeatable, error-free deployment of 50GW+ infrastructure.

## Job Description

## Role Scope
- Create template controls designs for fully modular data center builds, enabling one validated design set to deploy across every site.
- Write sequences of operations defining how mechanical and electrical systems run; hand them to the programming team as the source of truth for code.
- Build standard points lists and bills of materials that lock in instrumentation, IO, and controls hardware for every modular build.
- Own the Division 25 integrated automation specification end to end, keeping it current as equipment, vendors, and site designs change.
- Coordinate controls design across mechanical, electrical, and commissioning teams to ensure alignment with equipment and required tests.

## Requirements
- Produced controls design packages, drawings, points lists, or specifications that contractors or programmers built from without follow-up questions.
- Written sequences of operations for mechanical or electrical systems and seen them implemented in real controllers.
- Authored or owned a Division 25 integrated automation specification (or equivalent controls spec) and kept it accurate across multiple projects.
- Built standard points lists and BOMs, understanding how errors lead to change orders.
- Design for repeatability: turn one-off engineering into reusable templates.
- Identify coordination gaps between mechanical, electrical, and controls scopes before they reach the field.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Data center mechanical and electrical systems (chiller plants, CRAH/CRAC, fan wall units, switchgear).
- Modular or productized build delivery.
- BMS and SCADA platforms over BACnet and Modbus.
- CSI MasterFormat and Division 25 spec writing.
- Points list and IO schedule tooling.

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