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Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise
and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems
and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple
does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central
nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions
of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life
running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Infrastructure
Services is part of IS&T and the foundation of Apple's global network operations
— managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute, storage, and
networking services for teams across Apple, including its internal developer
community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network, Infrastructure
Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without question.
Are you ready to shape the intelligence behind some of the world's most advanced
critical facilities? Can you bridge the worlds of electrical power control and
mechanical building automation, bringing both domains together into a seamless,
unified operational experience? We are actively seeking a Data Center Controls
Engineer who will thrive among a team of thinkers and doers, designing and
deploying the integrated control systems that keep Apple's global data center
infrastructure running at its best.
DESCRIPTION
The Data Center Engineering team is looking for a Controls Engineer with depth
in both electrical and mechanical control systems. The successful candidate will
design, implement, and optimize automation and control systems across the full
spectrum of data center infrastructure — spanning electrical power, mechanical
systems, and Apple's Data Center Information System (DCIS), an integrated
monitoring platform built on MQTT and Inductive Automation's Ignition. This role
spans the complete project lifecycle — design, construction administration,
commissioning, and ongoing operational improvement — with a strong emphasis on
specification authorship and cross-domain technical leadership.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems
Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent job-related
experience. 5+ years of engineering experience with control systems in data
centers or mission-critical environments for both electrical power and
mechanical/HVAC systems Understanding of controls for high-availability
electrical systems (such as EPMS and MV PDCS) and mechanical systems (such as
chilled water plants and BAS infrastructure) Experience programming DDC/PLC
controllers and redlining controls drawings. Proficiency in IEC 61131-3
programming languages such as Structured Text (ST), Ladder Diagram (LD),
Function Block Diagram (FBD), and Instruction List (IL)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years of experience with data center control systems, with demonstrated
involvement across design, construction, and commissioning phases for both
electrical and mechanical control scope. Proven experience authoring and
maintaining technical control system specifications, including the ability to
develop specifications and Sequences of Operations (SOO) from scratch for new
systems or scopes; experience with MV PDCS specifications strongly preferred.
Authored and maintained comprehensive control system specifications from the
ground up for greenfield projects or new scopes of work, including writing
Sequences of Operations (SOO). Demonstrated track record of reducing RFIs and
change orders through high-quality specification authorship, with direct
experience writing or revising controls specifications based on lessons learned
from construction and vendor feedback. Practical knowledge of electrical and
mechanical control platforms, including: Schneider Electric Modicon M580;
Siemens Desigo / Simatic S7; Johnson Controls Metasys; Tridium Niagara (JACE);
SEL RTAC; and generator controllers such as Woodward easYgen or DEIF AGC.
Experience with field communication protocols including BACnet, Modbus, OPC UA,
and IEC 61850 (MMS/GOOSE), and integration of those systems into facility
management and monitoring platforms. Experience with data center information
system stacks including: MQTT as the messaging and telemetry transport layer;
Inductive Automation's Ignition as the unified SCADA/HMI and data aggregation
platform; and cloud analytics integration — delivering a cohesive operational
view across electrical and mechanical domains. Familiarity with IEC 61499
event-driven Function Block architecture and its design principles for
distributed control; Python scripting for data analysis or system integration;
experience with Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD), data trending, and
alarming; and familiarity with software revision control tools (GitHub, GitLab).
Proficiency with AI tools to enhance daily work — including AI-assisted
authoring for specifications and sequences of operations, AI coding assistants
for control logic and Python development, and applied understanding of how
AI/ML-driven analytics can be layered over operational data platforms (such as
DCIS/MQTT) to enable predictive fault detection, anomaly detection, and
performance optimization.
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