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Controls Engineer: Power Generation is a still-open role at OpenAI on Jobrow. Location: Remote · US - Remote · United States. Listed pay: $177k–$285k. Sourced from the company's public Ashby board. First seen 2 hours ago; last confirmed 2 hours ago. Apply on the employer ATS — Jobrow is not the employer.

Pay
$177k–$285k
Workplace
Remote
Location
US - Remote · United States
First seen
2 hours ago
Last seen
2 hours ago
Board
Ashby
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About this role

About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital and delivery partners, is building the infrastructure required to support frontier AI systems.

  • Function: Engineering
  • Seniority: mid

Location & pay

Remote · US - Remote · United States Listed pay on Jobrow: $177k–$285k.

Source

Jobrow reads the public Ashby board for OpenAI. First seen 2 hours ago; last seen 2 hours ago. We are not the employer — apply only on the company ATS.

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About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital and delivery partners, is building the infrastructure required to support frontier AI systems. The Data Center Engineering team defines repeatable technical standards and carries them through design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. The team works across data center facilities, power generation, compute infrastructure, construction, procurement, and operations to deliver reliable capacity at unprecedented scale and speed. About the Role We are seeking a Controls Engineer to design and integrate automation systems for on-site power generation serving large AI data center campuses. You will own control architecture and functional requirements across generation packages, balance-of-plant systems, electrical protection, microgrid controls, and data center monitoring. You will work from concept through factory testing, site commissioning, performance validation, and operational improvement. Role focus: Control-system architecture, integration, and commissioning for on-site generation Travel: 50% Responsibilities - Define control-system architecture, functional design specifications, sequences of operation, cause-and-effect matrices, alarm philosophy, and interface requirements. - Integrate OEM controls, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, historian, microgrid controllers, protection systems, and data center BMS or EPMS platforms. - Develop and review I/O lists, network architecture, control narratives, graphics, alarm limits, interlocks, permissives, and fail-safe behavior. - Coordinate synchronization, load sharing, islanding, black start, load shedding, restoration, and generation-to-data-center operating modes. - Evaluate cybersecurity, redundancy, time synchronization, communications protocols, data quality, and remote-support requirements. - Lead or support software reviews, simulator testing, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, and tuning. - Troubleshoot control-system and plant-performance issues and convert findings into corrective actions and reusable standards. - Partner with electrical, mechanical, CSA, IT, security, operations, OEM, EPC, and data center controls teams. QUALIFICATIONS - 8+ years of controls, automation, or instrumentation engineering experience in power generation, industrial plants, utilities, or mission-critical infrastructure. - Strong experience with PLC, DCS, SCADA, historian, industrial-networking, and

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