Data Center Controls Systems Engineer

Company: Google
Location: Austin
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 1 year of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments. Experience with industrial control platforms such as schneider electric (e.g., Power SCADA Operations), inductive automation (ignition), or rockwell (factory talk). Experience with Building Management Systems (BMS) for mechanical plants, including chiller and boiler controls, and HVAC sequences of operation. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree in Engineering, Business, or other relevant fields. Professional Engineering (PE) license. Experience in estimating, electrical design, operation, and commissioning of substations, switchgear, ATP/ATS, emergency power systems and their control systems, power monitoring, and electrical protection. Experience in design, construction, and commissioning of high voltage substations, medium or low voltage electrical distribution systems, AC/DC systems, and associated power management or SCADA tools. Experience with data center equipment and environments (e.g., switchgear, generators, transformers, controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems), with an understanding of start up/commissioning processes. About the job Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians. With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical). Google is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Data Center Control Systems Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will apply your design, operations, and construction expertise to our mission-critical facilities. You will have knowledge of electrical and mechanical controls and monitoring systems to grow in a collaborative, team based environment. The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $102,000-$145,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google . Responsibilities Collaborate with internal teams to develop and review data center monitoring and control system designs for both electrical and mechanical systems. Be responsible for the successful delivery of vendor products and services according to Google's design and hardware standards. Work with site operations teams to troubleshoot and resolve control system issues across all facility infrastructure. Implement and manage Operational Technology (OT) security protocols for our industrial control systems (e.g., vulnerability assessment, threat detection, and the qualification and deployment of patches for OT devices and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems). Create and manage scopes of work, update internal design specifications, and maintain all controls and monitoring system interface documents. Develop protocols to manage critical operational data. Analyze trends related to power usage effectiveness and other key metrics to drive continuous improvement and plant efficiency.

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