Lead Reliability Engineer, BMS & Controls
RemoteUnited States or Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Conduct advanced forensic data analysis of Building Management System and electrical power monitoring trends during high-severity incidents to identify latent automation failures and tuning issues. Review drawings and contract documents to audit controls logic and Sequence of Operations for new capital projects, issuing binding engineering change orders to correct architectural blindspots. Perform programmatic audits of active facility control systems to monitor adherence to standards, mitigate alarm fatigue, and verify telemetry alignment with fleet-wide reliability requirements. Partner with the Advanced Cooling Lab to validate new control sequences in a virtual environment and feed real-world telemetry into the High-Fidelity System Simulator for stress-testing. Translate highly technical controls data into clear, executive-level incident summaries and provide Tier-3 technical escalation support to triage and recover critical equipment during complex automation failures.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of Operational experience in data centers
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent training/experience + 5+ years of critical facility exposure
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) designation in BMS/controls equipment and systems
- Expert-level knowledge of PLC/DDC logic
- Expert-level knowledge of industrial communication protocols
- Expert-level knowledge of the tuning of complex systems for massive-scale chiller plants
- Proven ability to analyze critical infrastructure sequence of operations, design parameters, alarms and indicators, and performance trends to reverse-engineer cascading failures
- Expertise to create standards and programs required to ensure 'best in breed' data center operations
- The ability to communicate complex technical topics to work groups of varying technical experience and senior leadership
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in PLC, Delta, or ALC logic
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