Controls Engineer, BMS & EPMS
OpenAIVisit OpenAI website
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
49 current maintainers29 active leads5 new active leads117 lead step-downs16 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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About the Role
You will program, configure, integrate and commission PLCs and control systems for building management or electrical power monitoring in AI data center campuses. You'll implement and test sequences of operation, integrate field devices, troubleshoot industrial communications, and work with integrators, vendors and commissioning teams. Periodic travel (50%) is required.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience programming, configuring, integrating or commissioning control systems
- Working knowledge of PLC programming and control logic
- Experience in BMS/mechanical or EPMS/electrical controls
- Experience configuring field devices and validating I/O and point mapping
- Knowledge of industrial communication protocols and basic OT networking
- Ability to read control diagrams and specifications
- Experience with functional testing and commissioning
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience
Responsibilities
- Program and configure PLCs and control systems for BMS or EPMS applications
- Implement and test sequences of operation, control logic, alarms and interlocks
- Review and maintain controls documentation
- Integrate field devices, sensors, instrumentation and supervisory systems
- Maintain control programs, backups, version history and rollback procedures
- Partner with mechanical, electrical, IT/networking, cybersecurity and operations teams
- Configure and troubleshoot BACnet, Modbus, OPC UA or IEC 61850
- Work with integrators, vendors and contractors to resolve issues
- Execute and document FAT, SAT and integrated systems testing
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Paid medical and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO
- 13+ paid company holidays
- Paid company office closures
- Paid sick time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid life and disability coverage
- Learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
- Performance-related bonus