System Controls Engineer- Power Generation

Pacifico Energy develops, finances, builds, and operates energy infrastructure that powers businesses and communities. In the U.S., we are tackling one of the biggest challenges facing AI and large-scale data centers: access to reliable power. Our private grids bring dedicated generation and energy storage directly to customers, helping projects move forward without waiting for traditional utility connections. We draw on Pacifico Energy Group’s experience across the U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam, spanning solar, wind, battery storage, and natural gas.

Joining Pacifico means helping turn ambitious energy projects into operating infrastructure, with work that connects directly to the people and businesses building the future of AI.

We are seeking a talented System Controls Engineer to support Power Generation for Data Center projects. Reporting to the Director of Engineering
- Controls and Commissioning, this role will design, implement, test, commission, and optimize control systems for distributed energy assets, including solar PV, battery energy storage, microgrids, backup generation, and monitoring systems. This position requires strong controls engineering capability, hands-on commissioning discipline, clear documentation, and the ability to work closely with engineering, construction, vendors, customers, and operations teams.

• Support the Director of Engineering
  - Controls and Commissioning in planning and executing controls deliverables for Power Generation for Data Center projects from design through commissioning and O&M handoff.
• Lead SCADA and controls implementation activities, including design review, programming, configuration, testing, commissioning documentation, and closeout support.
• Coordinate controls, protection, communications, and monitoring deliverables while maintaining clear action trackers, issue logs, and project documentation.
• Collaborate with project engineering, construction, EPC partners, equipment vendors, customers, and operations teams to ensure technical solutions meet project goals and client expectations.
• Support project schedule and budget commitments by identifying controls risks early, communicating status clearly, and driving timely resolution of technical issues.

• Design and implement control strategies for Data Center, BTM, and microgrid projects, including renewable integration, battery energy storage, backup generation, and energy management optimization.
• Configure and program SCADA and energy management platforms such as Citect, Ignition, Wonderware, WinCC, Aveva or similar systems.
• Configure and program SEL RTUs, RTAC, protection relays and meters.
• Review electrical one-lines, control schematics, I/O lists, network diagrams, and vendor documentation for seamless integration of PLCs, meters, relays, inverters, BESS controllers, gateways, and network infrastructure.
• Integrate field devices and control systems using protocols and networks such as Modbus TCP/RTU, CANbus, TCP/IP, OPC UA, DNP3, IEEE 61850, IEEE C37.118 and related industrial communication standards.
• Develop or review control narratives, sequence of operations, controls architecture, philosophy, points lists, alarm lists, and SCADA graphics requirements.

• Specify and implement monitoring and asset management solutions that capture performance, availability, alarms, battery state of charge, and energy output data.
• Configure event logging, alarm management, historian/database tags, dashboards, and secure data transfer to internal cloud or server environments.
• Perform system diagnostics and troubleshooting to improve uptime, reliability, availability, and response…