Senior Controls Systems Design Engineer
Microsoft· Service Engineering
Redmond, WA, Multiple Locations$119.8k - $234.7kFull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Senior engineer to develop and deliver power monitoring, telemetry, and controls solutions for Microsoft AI datacenters, applying EPMS and industrial controls expertise across design, integration, testing, commissioning, and deployment.
Responsibilities
- Develop power monitoring, telemetry, and controls solutions supporting AI and high-density datacenter infrastructure.
- Translate emerging AI infrastructure requirements into electrical monitoring and controls solutions.
- Develop and evaluate advanced power telemetry capabilities to understand electrical characteristics of AI workloads.
- Support monitoring and controls solutions addressing power quality and electrical system challenges in AI infrastructure.
- Define technical requirements for instrumentation, metering, communications, data acquisition, time synchronization, alarming, and system availability.
- Evaluate new technologies and collaborate with internal teams and industry partners to develop solutions for emerging datacenter requirements.
- Plan and support engineering validation, lab testing, functional testing, and field deployment of new monitoring and controls technologies.
- Analyze system performance and troubleshoot complex electrical monitoring, controls, communications, and integration issues.
- Support transition of emerging technologies into scalable, repeatable datacenter solutions.
- Develop technical documentation and guidance for deployment, commissioning, operation, and troubleshooting of new solutions.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering, networking, software, commissioning, operations, equipment manufacturers, and industry partners.
- Design and configure EPMS hardware, communications, networks, databases, graphics, alarming, and notifications.
- Develop and test integrations for electrical power monitoring equipment and systems.
- Develop technical submittal packages including network drawings, device lists, communication settings, and equipment requirements.
- Develop and review TCP/IP and serial communication network designs.
- Coordinate EPMS designs across engineering, software, networking, commissioning, A/E firms, equipment vendors, general contractors, and commissioning agents.
- Ensure EPMS and controls designs meet project specifications and engineering standards.
- Troubleshoot complex EPMS, controls, device, and communications issues.
- Contribute to standardized and scalable EPMS and power monitoring solutions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Controls, Building Automation or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls OR equivalent experience.
Skills
Required:Power monitoring and telemetryEPMS design and configurationTCP/IP and serial communicationsTechnical documentation
Nice to have:Systems integration and commissioning
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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