Principal Data Center Controls Engineer

🕒 August 4

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $160k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Montera Infrastructure

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2025

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🚀 Aerospace

Construction • Logistics • Aerospace

Montera Infrastructure is a company focused on building and managing hyperscale data centers optimized for advanced digital workloads. With a strong emphasis on rapid deployment and unmatched scale, Montera’s team of experienced operators delivers critical infrastructure to support the growing demand in sectors like AI, cloud computing, and enterprise technology. The company operates mainly in North America, offering reliable and scalable solutions designed to meet the needs of leading innovators in the digital infrastructure space.

📋 Description

• Own portfolio controls schemas and reference architectures for BMS, electrical SCADA, and DCIM across greenfield and brownfield sites • Define and govern master points lists, tagging and semantic data models, naming conventions, engineering units, alarm philosophy, trending, and data-retention standards • Establish fleet-wide telemetry hierarchy and normalization for machine-readable, analytics-ready data • Set sequences of operation, interlocks, setpoint strategies, and critical alarm pathways for mechanical and electrical plant • Define the customer data-exposure model, including exposed points, granularity, latency, and update cadence • Specify northbound interfaces and contracts for customer data exposure • Partner with the Principal Network Engineer on segmentation, DMZ/broker placement, firewall policy, and role-based access • Translate lease and SLA commitments into testable telemetry deliverables and support customer technical reviews • Own equipment-points relationships with OEMs, packaged-equipment vendors, and external controls development partners • Govern third-party controller integrations and enforce Montera schema and tagging standards • Drive factory witness testing and points verification before site delivery • Establish the data foundation for AI/ML optimization, condition-based maintenance, anomaly detection, and autonomous cooling/energy optimization • Define safe AI control handoff models, guardrails, setpoint limits, human-in-the-loop, and fallback behavior • Work with the Network Engineer on secure data pipelines and edge, on-premises, or cloud connectivity • Use operational and model feedback to improve PUE, reliability, and fleet-wide standards • Define controls acceptance criteria and IST plans; lead controls scope through Level 4/5 commissioning and issue resolution • Validate failover, alarms, control behavior, customer data feeds, and AI control integrations before turnover • Establish operational runbooks, as-built controls documentation, and code/handover standards • Lead selection and technical governance of controls integrators and platform vendors • Own technical change control for the controls schema and data model

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Controls, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering, or related field • 10+ years of experience delivering BMS, electrical SCADA, and/or DCIM for hyperscale or mission-critical facilities • Experience ideally in high-density AI/inference environments • Deep command of controls data modeling and semantic tagging, including Brick, Project Haystack, or equivalent • Knowledge of northbound integration protocols: BACnet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT/Sparkplug, and REST • Proven experience defining data-exposure and demarcation models for external consumers in secure OT environments • Track record integrating third-party/OEM equipment controllers and conducting factory/site points verification • Hands-on experience with AI/ML optimization platforms such as Phaidra or comparable analytics is strongly preferred • Strong command of sequences of operation, alarm management, commissioning/IST, and multi-vendor integration • Proven collaboration with network and cybersecurity teams to deliver secure OT architectures

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage; employer pays 90% of health premiums for employees and dependents • Up to 8 weeks of paid time off per year, including holidays, PTO, and sick time • Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave after 6 months of employment • 401(k) plan with immediate eligibility • No vesting requirement • Employer 401(k) match contributions up to 6% • Up to $3,500 reimbursed annually for approved courses, certifications, conferences, and professional development opportunities • Remote work stipend • Flexible, remote-first work arrangement • Competitive total compensation package