Controls Engineer

What you'll do

You'll support controls for data center cooling products: CDUs, FWUs, chillers, and chiller plant managers. Job entails product development and improvement, field support, factory testing, and troubleshooting. You'll also update as-built drawings and make design changes when needed.

Where you'll work

We are an in-office culture — velocity matters when you're building physical infrastructure, and the best decisions happen in the room. This role is ideally based in ourSan Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices, with full-time onsite expectations outside of bi-weekly WFH Fridays.

That said,we will make exceptions for truly exceptional talent if you live outside one of our hubs. If you're the right person for this role, we'll have a conversation about what works.

Responsibilities

Product Support

• Review Schematics, Layouts, BOM and verify against control narratives and basis of design.

• Support PLC logic on CDUs, FWUs, chillers, and chiller plant managers.

• Make logic changes and tune PID loops as needed.

• Support Ignition BMS screens, tags, and alarms.

• Work with OEMs on product issues and improvements.

• Support factory acceptance testing (FAT) and unit validation before shipment.

Field Support

• Support startup and commissioning on site.

• Troubleshoot PLCs, VFDs, instruments, and networks.

• Do loop checks and I/O checkouts.

• Resolve comms issues (EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC-UA).

• Capture field changes and redlines.

Design (as needed)

• Turn field redlines into as-built drawings.

• Update schematics, wiring diagrams, and P&IDs for design changes.

• Update I/O lists and control narratives to match.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of controls experience

• Bachelor's in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

• Design experience with control schematics and P&IDs

• AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN

• Rockwell Studio 5000 programming

• PID tuning experience

• Strong field troubleshooting skills

• Able to travel up to 50%

Bonus points

• Data center experience.

• OEM or product-based controls experience.

• Hands-on work with CDUs, FWUs, or chillers.

• Ignition or BMS experience.