# Controls SME, Principal at Hut 8

- Company: Hut 8
- Company website: https://www.hut8.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: St. Francisville, LA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-01
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hut8/jobs/5441399008?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hut-8-controls-sme-principal/

## About the role

Review controls designs, including BMS/BAS, EPMS, SCADA, PLC-based plant controls, CDU and cooling plant controls, and generator, UPS, and switchgear controller integration, through an operations lens. Sequences of operations, failure-mode and fail-safe behavior, loss-of-network and loss-of-controller response, manual and local override, point lists and instrumentation adequacy, alarm philosophy and prioritization, graphics clarity, and OT network architecture and access control. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience in critical environments, with a working knowledge of critical facility operations and procedure-based work
- Theoretical and practical understanding of control equipment and systems: design, maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, and construction
- Working knowledge of the mechanical, electrical, and life safety systems found in critical facilities
- Sequence-of-operations fluency: you can read one critically, catch the gaps and failure modes, and test whether it behaves as written
- Experience interpreting blueprints, CAD drawings, and controls diagrams
- Turnover documentation rigor, especially programming backups, configuration files, and version control

Tags: Managed Services

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