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Senior Staff Controls Engineer, Platform

180k – 205kDenver, COOnsite10+ YOE
Summary

Lead architect and governance authority for Crusoe's facility control systems software and data architecture. Own telemetry strategy, enterprise scaling plans, and technical standards for AI infrastructure.

About the role

What You’ll Be Working On

  • Strategic Technical Leadership: Serve as a lead architect and collaborative driver for the enterprise scaling plan and compute deployment strategy for all facility control systems and servers.
  • Enterprise Collaboration: Work directly with technical peers and enterprise partners to architect and develop our global controls strategy, acting as a defining technical authority.
  • Repository Governance: Maintain and govern our git repositories, ensuring the integrity and standardization of enterprise-level templates for Ignition UDT primitives and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
  • Documentation & Scaling: Develop and own a comprehensive documentation strategy to enable ongoing maintenance, seamless operations, and rapid enterprise scaling.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate extensively with the broader controls team to ensure strict compliance and standardization with ongoing greenfield projects and campus build-outs.
  • Telemetry Evolution: Lead the evolution of our telemetry architecture, establishing robust development and standardization strategies for critical facility data.
  • Technical Mentorship: Mentor and elevate the technical capabilities of surrounding engineers and controls team members on best practices for software, data architecture, and enterprise standards.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

  • At least 10+ years of technically applicable, hands-on professional experience in complex engineering or critical infrastructure environments.
  • Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least two of the following three domains: Inductive Automation Ignition infrastructure, DevOps practices, or containerization / orchestration technologies.
  • Demonstrated track record of rapidly mastering emerging enterprise tech stacks, with the expectation to achieve SME status across all three core domains (Ignition, DevOps, and containerization).
  • Direct professional experience in data centers (highly preferred) or similar mission-critical environments such as Oil & Gas, semiconductor manufacturing, or energy generation.
  • Proven ability to translate business goals into an actionable enterprise scaling plan and robust technical architecture.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Bonus Points

  • Expertise with Postgres, MSSQL, or other relational databases in high-availability environments.
  • Proficiency with industry-standard control platforms such as Rockwell, Siemens, or Codesys.
  • Experience with low voltage electrical systems, controls I/O, and industrial networking design and/or configuration w/ systems such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
  • Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
  • Employer contributions to HSA account
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
  • Professional development & tuition reimbursement
  • Mental health & wellness support
  • Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
  • Cell phone stipend
  • 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
  • Volunteer time off
  • Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
  • Daily meals allowance
Skills
Inductive Automation IgnitionDevOpsContainerizationOrchestrationGitInfrastructure as CodePostgresMSSQLRockwellSiemensCodesysCiscoAristaJuniper
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