Amazon
Critical Infrastructure Controls Engineer, Data Center Field Engineering
$117K–$160K
Umatilla, OR · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed engineering discipline, or an equivalent technical degree or experience.
About the job
Supports AWS data center controls engineering across the facility lifecycle, improving reliability, availability, safety, and standardization.
What you'll do
- Investigate controls incidents, identify root causes and recurring failures, and recommend corrective actions and reliability improvements.
- Develop and maintain controls logic, reusable code, technical baselines, and engineering standards for mechanical and electrical systems.
- Lead legacy-controls pilot projects and provide technical escalation support, including on-site investigations and cross-team issue resolution.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission-critical facilities, including data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Controls Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical degree or experience.
- Valid US driver's license and reliable personal transportation by start date.
Nice to have
- Experience with controls platforms and industrial protocols such as BMS, BAS, SCADA, PLC, BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, or OPC.
- Experience applying machine learning or generative AI to anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, fault classification, or engineering workflow automation.
Pay
116,800.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
BMS, BAS, SCADA, PLC, BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, OPC
AI focus
Preferred experience applying machine learning or generative AI to anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, fault classification, or engineering workflow automation, with data governance and output validation.
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