Controls Engineer, Power Generation and Microgird
OpenAI · San Francisco
Frontier labonsite$257k–$327k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design and commission microgrid controls for large AI data center campuses.
- Own power controls from concept through factory testing to site commissioning.
- Validate grid-connected, islanded and black-start modes via real-time simulation.
What they offer
- equity
Ideal candidate
Hands-on controls engineer who thrives owning complex power systems end-to-end, from design through commissioning. You care about reliability at scale and collaborating across vendors to keep AI infrastructure running safely.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with industrial control systems including PLC and DCS programming
- Experience with plant-level control sequences, equipment integration, simulation, testing and commissioning
- Experience with plant power controllers and microgrid controls for gas turbine and engine plants
- Experience with real-time simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing using RTDS and RSCAD
Lab profile
About OpenAI
Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.
What they build
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI API
- Frontier AI models
Known for
- Frontier-scale distributed ML training
- Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
- Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
- AI alignment and safety research
Key facts
- Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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