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# Data Center Controls Engineer

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Trenton, OH, United States
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Software Code Optimization, Communications Protocols, Data Centers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), HMI Screens, Data Analytics
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2995167087-2

## About the Role

* Data center infrastructure controls
 * PLC programming (e.g., Rockwell, Siemens)
 * SCADA/HMI systems design
 * Building management systems (BMS)
 * HVAC and mechanical systems controls
 * Electrical power monitoring and controls
 * Industrial networking and communication protocols (Modbus, BACnet, OPC)
 * Control system commissioning and testing
 * Data analysis and system optimization
 * Technical documentation and standards development

## Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Data Center Controls Engineer to design, implement, and optimize control systems that power AWS's global data centers. You'll develop and support PLC/SCADA-based solutions for mechanical and electrical infrastructure, ensuring high availability, safety, and efficiency. Partnering with capacity delivery, operations, and design teams, you'll drive commissioning, automation improvements, and root-cause analysis while creating standards and documentation. This role suits engineers who thrive in fast-paced, data-driven environments and want to impact cloud-scale infrastructure., * Design, program, and optimize data center control systems to support AWS capacity delivery

 * Implement and maintain monitoring, alarming, and automation for mechanical and electrical infrastructure
 * Collaborate with design, operations, and capacity planning teams to integrate controls into new builds and retrofits
 * Analyze system performance data to improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability
 * Support commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of control systems across global data centers
 * Ensure controls designs and operations comply with safety, security, and regulatory standards
 * Develop technical documentation, standards, and best practices for data center controls
 * Provide engineering escalation support for complex incidents impacting capacity or availability