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February 4, 2026
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Data Center Controls Systems Engineer

Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
$102K/yr - $146K/yr
Entry Level
Google is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Data Center Control Systems Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will apply your design, operations, and construction expertise to mission-critical facilities, ensuring compliance with codes and standards while optimizing efficiencies across electrical and mechanical systems.
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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

Qualification

Required

  • 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

  • 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

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
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