Senior Datacenter Engineer, DCTS Controls Engineering
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in industrial controls and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) related systems, specifically within a critical environment (e.g., data center, pharmaceutical, power, manufacturing, oil and gas).
- 5 years of experience with the operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Building Management Systems (BMS), particularly in mechanical plants.
- 5 years of experience in controls or electrical project coordination with multiple teams or vendors to meet project requirements.
- 5 years of experience providing immediate technical support and performing troubleshooting on operational control systems (BMS/EPMS) and associated field devices.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering fields.
- Experience designing, configuring, programming, installing, and troubleshooting Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS) applications and associated SCADA systems (e.g., FactoryTalk, Ignition).
- Experience with common control system communication protocols such as TCP/IP, EtherNet IP, BACnet, or MODBUS, including IEC 61850.
- Experience with the Management Of Change (MOC) process.
- Understanding of engineering documentation, including PMS/BMS drawings and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
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).
As a Data Center Controls Engineer and a member of the global controls team, you will work with motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. Using Google leadership principles, you will develop new processes and standards while innovating in the controls space. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle support of the Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS), including troubleshooting, project management, system maintenance, and ensuring the stability and optimization of these critical systems across Google's data centers. You will interact with local control systems for generators, electrical switchgear, chillers, and other mechanical and electrical components.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $144,000-$211,000 + 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
- Troubleshoot, perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and implement Corrective Actions (CA) for complex issues related to the BMS and EPMS to ensure data center operational uptime and reliability.
- Develop the scope of work, schedule, budget, and Level of Effort (LOE) for BMS and EPMS improvement projects, then manage their execution, commissioning, and final closeout.
- Provide immediate, high-level technical support for in-service data centers and work collaboratively with internal customers and stakeholders to design, configure, validate, and commission new controls standards and Sequences Of Operation (SOO).
- Review and modify controls logic programming, update Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), and manage engineering documentation, including reviewing results from quarterly maintenance to ensure compliance with design and standards.
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