Data Center Controls Engineer, Queretaro
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 17, 2026.
As part of the global controls team, you will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. You will be responsible for troubleshooting, project management, and maintaining the building management system (BMS) and electrical power monitoring system (EPMS). Using Amazon leadership principles, you will develop new processes and standards while innovating in the controls space. AWS Data centers have multiple components such as generators, uninterruptible power sources, diesel generators, electrical switch-gear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers, etc. All these components have local control systems that interact with each other via open and/or proprietary communications protocols. The BMS is the primary method of control of all mechanical systems within a data center. The EPMS is the primary method of monitoring all electrical systems within a data center.
Key job responsibilities
1. Complex Multi-System Management & Technical Support - Responsible for the entire lifecycle of BMS and EPMS systems including creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning, operation, and ongoing troubleshooting across multiple data centers.
2. Project Management Under Constraints - Must develop and manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and level of efforts while juggling multiple stakeholder deliverables and navigating challenging situations with competing requirements.
3. Emergency Response & Critical System Support - Required to participate in AWS global on-call schedule to provide immediate technical support to in-service data centers, demanding constant availability.
4. Extensive Vendor & Procurement Coordination - Involves managing procurement activities (RFQs, RFPs, RFIs, purchase orders), financially managing service contracts, and supervising vendor work to ensure compliance with specifications and codes.
5. Frequent Travel & On-Site Presence - Must frequently visit locally assigned data centers (both operational and under construction) for troubleshooting, customer meetings, and vendor supervision, requiring significant time away from desk work.
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Basic qualifications
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent engineering science, or 5+ years of professional experience
- 2+ years of general contractor and vendor management work (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, RFI/submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution experience
- 3+ years of experience with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.).
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent, or MS degree
- Experience directly related to the design or construction of data centers or critical infrastructure or large-scale mechanical and electrical plants
- 1+ years of Amazon experience, or experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
- Experience reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings, or experience in electrical or mechanical engineering
- Experience designing, configuring, programming, installing, troubleshooting or servicing HVAC Controls or Electrical SCADA systems application specific controllers, software and networks.
- Experiencing using common industrial communication protocols (MQTT, BACnet and/or MODBUS).
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