28 days 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.
