Fluidstack
Controls Engineer, Thermofluids
$210K–$260K
Austin, TX +5 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
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CA
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 10+ years.
About the job
Own and validate control systems for thermofluid machinery and test rigs, then integrate them into production chillers and plant systems.
What you'll do
- Design control architecture, safety interlocks, fault handling, and capacity control for machinery and test rigs.
- Validate controls with hardware-in-the-loop testing and prove interlocks before deployment.
- Integrate control systems into production chillers, including site BMS and wider plant systems.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of controls engineering experience for rotating machinery, including control architecture, safety interlocks, and hardware-in-the-loop validation.
- Experience writing and commissioning control logic for rotating machinery.
- Experience designing safety-critical interlocks and conducting hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Comfort with regular travel of 25% or more, depending on business needs.
Nice to have
- Propulsion or vehicle test controls; variable-speed drives and high-speed motor control; refrigeration and chiller control.
- Industrial control platforms and model-based development/HIL tools, including Beckhoff, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, CODESYS, Simulink, dSPACE, and NI VeriStand.
Pay
$210K – $260K USD base salary
Tools
BMS, Beckhoff, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, CODESYS, Simulink, dSPACE, NI VeriStand
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