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# Data Center Controls Engineer, Midwest, Global Data

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Kansas City, MO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Communications Protocols, Data Centers, Data Integrity, Monitoring of Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Modbus, Simple Network Management Protocols, Systems Integration, Virtual Machines, Bacnet, Physical Design
- **Published:** September 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13660557

## About the Role

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area., + Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.

 + 5 years of experience as a program manager or technical program manager.

 + 5 years of experience in controls engineering, automation, or systems integration within industrial or mission-critical environments.

 + 5 years of experience in BMS/EPMS architectures, including DDC, PLC, virtual machines, and SCADA systems and with communication protocols including BACnet, Modbus, and SNMP.

 + Ability to travel 50% of the time to provide on-site support across various project locations.

Preferred qualifications:

 + Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems to facilitate effective cross-discipline collaboration.

 + Ability to trace a failure from a software dashboard back to a physical wiring or sensor issue in the field.

 + Ability to translate complex automation logic into clear instructions for field technicians and electrical contractors.

 + Ability to focus on "point-to-point" accuracy to ensure 100% data integrity for the facility's monitoring systems.

 + Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to navigate a complex matrix organization.

## Description

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department - cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements - even small changes that can
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