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About the role
We are seeking a Controls Engineer to design, program, integrate and commission on-site power generation and microgrid control systems serving large AI data center campuses. You will own control architecture and functional requirements across generation packages, balance-of-plant systems, electrical protection, microgrid controls, and data center monitoring. You will work from concept through factory testing, site commissioning, performance validation, and operational improvement. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, programming, integrating and commissioning industrial controls for power generation, industrial plants, utilities, or mission-critical infrastructure
- Strong hands-on experience with PLC, DCS, SCADA, historian, industrial-networking, and control-system integration
- Experience with plant power control, generator controls, synchronization, load sharing, islanding and load-shedding schemes
- Experience integrating controls with power generation equipment, protective relays, SCADA/EPMS and other plant systems
- Experience developing functional specifications, sequences, I/O, alarms, graphics, and factory or site test procedures
- Ability to troubleshoot across software, instrumentation, electrical, mechanical, communications, and operating-process boundaries
More about this role
OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital and delivery partners, is building the infrastructure required to support frontier AI systems. The Data Center Engineering team defines repeatable technical standards and carries them through design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. The team works across data center facilities, power generation, compute infrastructure, construction, procurement, and operations to deliver reliable capacity at unprecedented scale and speed.
We are seeking a Controls Engineer to design, program, integrate and commission on-site power generation and microgrid control systems serving large AI data center campuses. You will own control architecture and functional requirements across generation packages, balance-of-plant systems, electrical protection, microgrid controls, and data center monitoring. You will work from concept through factory testing, site commissioning, performance validation, and operational improvement.
This role requires hands-on experience with industrial control systems, including PLC and DCS programming, plant-level control sequences, equipment integration, simulation, testing and commissioning. The engineers...
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