# Controls Engineer, Power Generation & Microgird at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $257K to $327K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/554a6565-0c9a-42e8-8f6f-a22ba23f336b?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-controls-engineer-power-generation-and-microgird/

## 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

Tags: Scaling

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