Senior Automation Systems Engineer, Delivery, NA (Data Center Automation)

Location: Port Washington, Wisconsin, United States; hybrid schedule with three days in the office and two flexible days. Travel throughout North America may be required up to approximately 25%.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates data center infrastructure for hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.

What you will do

• Deliver, integrate, test, commission, and hand over automation systems for new data center capacity and major expansions.
• Review drawings, sequences of operation, points lists, network architectures, submittals, and control narratives against established standards.
• Develop, review, test, and validate SCADA, BMS, EPMS, PLC, HMI, alarming, historian, and integration configurations.
• Provide technical direction to system integrators and contractors while maintaining quality, documentation, and issue closure.
• Lead bench tests, factory witness tests, point-to-point validation, integrated systems testing, commissioning support, and defect resolution.
• Coordinate complex controls and integration issues across design, construction, commissioning, OT, cybersecurity, telemetry, and operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent education and experience.
• Typically 7+ years of experience in industrial automation, controls integration, mission-critical facilities, or data center environments.
• Advanced experience with SCADA, BMS, and industrial PLC platforms, including control system development and support.
• Experience developing control logic, graphics, data models, alarms, integrations, and operator interfaces from design through commissioning and operational handoff.
• Knowledge of industrial networking, Windows and server environments, SQL databases, cybersecurity controls, version control, change management, and software release processes.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, commissioning, operations, and vendor teams; willingness to travel throughout North America up to approximately 25%.

Nice to have

• Experience with Ignition and Rockwell Automation platforms.
• Familiarity with EPMS, MQTT, OPC UA, BACnet, Modbus, Git, and automated testing methodologies.
• Experience developing reusable engineering assets, templates, standards, and best practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and paid time off.
• 401(k) program with company match and additional voluntary benefits.
• Training, development, recognition, and employee assistance programs.
• Collaborative workplace culture centered on respect, support, and no ego or arrogance.