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Data Center Controls Engineer (BMS / EPMS)

OpenAI · San Francisco

Frontier labonsitejunior$177k–$285k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Program and commission controls for high-density AI data center campuses.
  • Turn design requirements into reliable, tested control systems.
  • Help build infrastructure foundation for next-generation AI.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on early-career controls engineer who loves getting in the field to program, test, and troubleshoot systems. You enjoy collaborating across disciplines to turn designs into reliable data center operations.

Requirements

  • Practical hands-on experience programming, configuring, integrating, or commissioning control systems in data centers, industrial automation, buildings, or other critical infrastructure environments
  • Working knowledge of PLC programming and control logic, with the ability to implement and troubleshoot sequences of operation
  • Experience in either BMS/mechanical controls or EPMS/electrical controls, with understanding of equipment and operating sequences
  • Experience configuring field devices and instrumentation, validating I/O and point mapping, and diagnosing control system behavior
  • Working knowledge of relevant industrial communication protocols and basic OT networking to connect and troubleshoot control systems
  • Ability to read control diagrams, equipment documentation, I/O lists, and functional specifications and keep implementation records accurate
  • Hands-on experience with functional testing, commissioning, and systematic troubleshooting

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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