Lead Data Center Cooling Controls Design Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a Lead Cooling Controls & Solutions Design Engineer to join a global team delivering advanced control and automation solutions for data center environments .

This role acts as a technical authority for cooling systems and control design, translating mechanical system requirements into fully integrated control strategies across BMS, PLC, and SCADA platforms.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring cooling systems perform reliably under real-world conditions , including load variations, failure scenarios, and live operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design of cooling control strategie s for data centers (chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC, cooling towers, pumps, valves)
• Translate mechanical designs into practical, executable control logic
• Define system behavior for normal, partial load, and failure scenarios
• Develop sequences of operatio n, including redundancy (N, N+1, 2N) and failover strategies
• Design and support control architecture across BMS, PLC, and SCADA systems
• Ensure integration between cooling systems and power, monitoring, and building systems
• Support testing, startup, and system validatio n in real operating environments
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and field teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Instrumentation, or a related technical field preferred. Equivalent practical experience in mission-critical cooling controls may be considered.
• 8–15 years of experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial controls, central utility plants, or complex mechanical infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with cooling system control strategies, including chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, valves, VFDs, cooling towers, dry coolers, economizers, and hydronic distribution.
• Experience designing, commissioning, troubleshooting, or operating control systems in BAS/BMS, PLC, or SCADA environments.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Niagara, Johnson Controls, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Honeywell, Rockwell, Siemens PLC, or similar systems.
• Working knowledge of BACnet, Modbus, OPC, EtherNet/IP, and industrial network integration.
• Direct experience supporting commissioning, startup, FAT, SAT, IST, functional performance testing, and issue resolution in live or mission-critical environments.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, control schematics, sequences of operation, specifications, and commissioning scripts.

Preferred:

• Direct experience in data center environments.
• Familiarity wi th industrial communication protoc ols (BACnet, Modbus, etc.)
• Experience integrating cooling systems wi th power and monitoring infrastructure

Why This Role?

• Work on high-impact, mission-critical proj ects
• Exposure to global data center prog rams
• Remote work with a highly technical, international team
• Opportunity to influe nce scalable and standardized engineering solut ions