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Controls Engineer, SCADA

Austin, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, deploy, and standardize SCADA architecture and telemetry platforms to monitor and control power, cooling, and mechanical systems across gigawatt-scale data center sites.

Role type

Senior IC Controls Engineer (SCADA/Industrial Automation)

Builds

Gigawatt-scale data center power and cooling infrastructure

Domain

Data Center Infrastructure / Industrial Automation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

SCADA system design and commissioning, industrial control system integration, field device and protocol integration (Modbus, BACnet, DNP3, OPC UA), HMI and alarm logic development, controls standardization for multi-site deployment, instrumentation validation and data quality assurance

Preferred skills

Data center or high-density power environment experience, Ignition or AVEVA SCADA platforms, time-series data pipelines and historians, Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning exposure

Technologies

Modbus, BACnet, DNP3, OPC UA, Ignition, AVEVA

Responsibilities

Design and deploy SCADA architecture for real-time monitoring of power, cooling, and mechanical systems; Integrate telemetry from switchgear, generators, and chillers into a unified data platform; Build tag databases, HMI screens, and alarm logic for operations teams; Standardize SCADA and telemetry stack into a repeatable reference design; Validate points and signals with commissioning and operations teams before site launch; Write precise configuration and point documentation for system maintenance

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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