openai · US - Remote
About the Team 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. About the Role We are seeking a Controls Engineer to design and integrate automation systems for on-site power generation 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. Role focus: Control-system architecture, integration, and commissioning for on-site generation Travel: 50% Responsibilities - Define control-system architecture, functional design specifications, sequences of operation, cause-and-effect matrices, alarm philosophy, and interface requirements. - Integrate OEM controls, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, historian, microgrid controllers, protection systems, and data center BMS or EPMS platforms. - Develop and review I/O lists, network architecture, control narratives, graphics, alarm limits, interlocks, permissives, and fail-safe behavior. - Coordinate synchronization, load sharing, islanding, black start, load shedding, restoration, and generation-to-data-center operating modes. - Evaluate cybersecurity, redundancy, time synchronization, communications protocols, data quality, and remote-support requirements. - Lead or support software reviews, simulator testing, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, and tuning. - Troubleshoot control-syst…
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