Senior Mechanical Controls Engineer

Highlights

• Own controls standards for mechanical systems in large-scale AI data centers.
• Define automation for cooling plants, heat rejection and liquid-cooling loops.
• Support commissioning and bring-up of cooling systems from factory to site.

What they offer

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan

Ideal candidate

A hands-on mission-critical controls engineer who thrives translating complex cooling operations into reliable automation and partnering across teams to bring large-scale facilities live.

Requirements

• Experience designing or commissioning mechanical controls for data centers, mission-critical facilities, central plants, or industrial environments
• Understand chilled-water, condenser-water, heat-rejection, air-cooling, and liquid-cooling systems
• Can develop and review sequences of operation, P&IDs, control diagrams, wiring diagrams, points lists, and functional test procedures
• Understand PLC, DDC, and BMS architectures and common protocols such as BACnet, Modbus, and OPC UA
• Have experience with instrumentation, sensor selection, control loops, alarms, interlocks, and equipment safeties
• Understand how mechanical systems should respond during equipment failures, power events, and changing thermal loads
• Can translate operational requirements into clear, testable control behavior
• Communicate effectively with engineers, programmers, vendors, commissioning teams, and facility operators
• Hold a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, controls, or systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience