Data Center Design BMS​/EPMS Engineer; US Remote

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You are a strategic and technically skilled engineer with deep expertise in industrial controls and mission‑critical environments. You thrive on creating scalable solutions, setting standards, and leading cross‑functional teams to deliver advanced building management and power monitoring systems. You are passionate about innovation, quality, and mentoring others to achieve excellence.

As a Principal Data Center Infrastructure Management Delivery Engineer (DCIM-DE), you will serve as the design authority and standards leader for QTS’s DCIM platforms. You will drive the development and implementation of enterprise‑wide controls, alarming strategies, and integration models across our data‑center portfolio. Your work will ensure consistency, reliability, and scalability in systems that power QTS’s global infrastructure.

• Lead development and refinement of the DCIM Basis of Design (BOD) and owner requirements.
• Manage and onboard AEOR Controls teams and Design System Integrators (DSI); conduct business reviews and calibration sessions.
• Direct design consultants and partners on architecture, instrumentation, alarming, and integration requirements.
• Develop and implement enterprise‑wide controls and alarming standards across BMS/EPMS/SCADA platforms.
• Define product and platform requirements for Aveva System Platform, Ignition, and open I/O frameworks.
• Review sequences of operations, system architecture, and P&.
• Establish point naming conventions, alarming logic, historical data trending, and DCIM integration schemas.
• Oversee QA/QC during design, deployment, and commissioning phases.
• Drive digital twin and simulation initiatives to validate controls logic pre‑deployment.
• Support procurement and project teams with SOW creation, RFP responses, and vendor onboarding.
• Serve as technical escalation point for DCIM execution issues.
• Influence control panel layout, I/O wiring diagrams, system interlocks, and cable schedules.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, IT, and construction teams to align controls with project goals.
• Manage design change requests, RFIs, and updates to DCIM documentation.
• Contribute to alarm optimization initiatives using FMEA methodology.
• Mentor regional engineers and partners on QTS standards and quality expectations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Automation, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience with control systems in mission‑critical environments (data centers, N+1 design).
• Expert‑level knowledge of EPMS, BMS, and SCADA platforms.
• Experience with Rockwell, Schneider Electric, Siemens PLC platforms.
• Proficiency in BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, TCP/IP, SNMP, and ISO 16484 standards.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams and manage partner deliverables.
• Strong understanding of sequences of operations, instrumentation documentation, and alarm hierarchy design.
• Ability to travel up to 50% and work across multiple time zones.

• Rockwell and Ignition certifications.
• Experience with psychrometries, thermodynamics, and data center mechanical systems.
• Hands‑on experience with factory/software acceptance testing.
• Familiarity with digital twin platforms and high‑fidelity simulation.
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