Controls Engineer, PLC Programming

Controls Engineer, PLC Programming LocationAustin, TX; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeOn-siteDepartmentDevelopmentCompensation$203K – $232K • Offers EquityTo provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings. Our compensation package includes base salary, equity for all full time roles, benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans.This range reflects a good-faith estimate based on the applicable pay scale, the range previously established for this role, the compensation of individuals currently in equivalent positions, and/or the budgeted amount for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, qualifications, and other factors.We welcome compensation discussions if this range doesn't meet your requirements. Outstanding candidates may be eligible for adjusted terms, plus meaningful equity that ensures you benefit directly from the company's long-term performance.Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restricted stock units. About FluidstackWe exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it. We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!How We OperateExtreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.The Controls TeamExamples of key problems the team is working onDeliver the controls behind 10s to 100s of GWs of data centers this decade.Own real-time load control and MEP and behind-the-meter integration.Automate Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning.Drive autonomous, robotic deployment.Role ScopeDevelop and test template PLC programs for the standard mechanical equipment across every data center, chiller skids, fan wall units, CRAHs, and the rest, so one validated program deploys fleetwide instead of being rebuilt site by site.Write portable code across mixed PLC hardware, Siemens, Codesys, and virtualized PLCs, so a program built once runs regardless of the controller underneath it.Develop and tune sequences of operations with the controls and mechanical teams, then implement those SOOs directly in PLC code.Install and wire PLCs and sensors in a lab environment, standing up real hardware to validate programs before they ever run on live equipment.Debug programs against real IO and failure conditions on the bench so field commissioning becomes a verification step, not a debugging session.What We're Looking ForThe below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don’t fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.You’ve written and tested PLC programs for mechanical equipment, chillers, air handlers, pumps, or similar, and watched them run on real hardware, not only in simulation.You’ve programmed across more than one PLC platform,...