Vertiv

Thermal System Controls Developer

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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.

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