2 months ago
Westerville, OH, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop software and control logic for system-level thermal controls and optimization solutions.
- Create PLC/control code primarily with Codesys and IEC 61131-3 languages, especially Structured Text.
- Develop Python scripts, data-processing routines, automation utilities, and software support tools.
- Build and configure GUI/HMI interfaces, dashboards, visualization pages, and operator workflows.
- Implement control strategies for hydronic and liquid cooling systems, including CDUs, pumps, valves, chillers, buffer tanks, heat rejection equipment, and heat reuse applications.
- Develop reusable software modules, control blocks, and libraries for scalable deployment.
- Customize controls for customer requirements, site-specific sequences of operation, and project architectures.
- Support integration with Vertiv and third-party equipment using industrial communication protocols.
- Participate in factory testing, software validation, simulation, functional testing, project preparation, commissioning support, and remote troubleshooting.
- Maintain software documentation, version control, release notes, and development records, and use field feedback to improve releases and product roadmaps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Automation, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
- Experience in industrial automation, HVAC controls, liquid cooling controls, building management systems, PLC programming, or data center thermal controls.
- Strong programming capability with Codesys or similar PLC development environments.
- Knowledge of IEC 61131-3 programming languages, especially Structured Text.
- Working knowledge of Python for scripting, automation, data handling, or support tools.
- Experience with HMI/GUI development, SCADA systems, or industrial visualization platforms.
- Understanding of control systems, sensors, actuators, control loops, and plant-level automation.
- Knowledge of Modbus TCP, BACnet, MQTT, or similar industrial communication protocols.
- Ability to interpret control diagrams, sequences of operation, P&IDs, electrical schematics, and I/O lists.
- Ability to work in a global cross-functional environment and communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
- Preferred experience with chilled water, hydronic plants, liquid cooling, CDU systems, secondary fluid networks, or data center cooling systems.
- Preferred experience with plant optimization, energy efficiency, PID tuning, equipment sequencing, supervisory controls, Ignition, Unify, Git, FAT, SAT, commissioning, or field troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with data center infrastructure, mission-critical environments, and thermal system integration.
Benefits
- Willingness to travel up to approximately 20%, including customer sites, Vertiv facilities, factory testing, commissioning support, and project troubleshooting activities.
About Vertiv
Vertiv builds power, cooling, and IT infrastructure for data centers, communication networks, and industrial facilities, sold as hardware, software, and services. Its portfolio spans UPS systems, thermal management, racks, prefabricated modules, and monitoring/management software, backed by global field service and commissioning. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Vertiv was formed from Emerson Network Power and became a publicly traded company on the NYSE.