Controls Engineer, Data Center Engineering

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.