AI Controls Solutions Engineer

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Work closely with Technical Account Managers and Data Scientists as the technical experts for Phaidra's customers
• - Use Phaidra's platform and tools to put AI into production
• - Create a model of the facility for ingestion by the AI Agent
• - Work closely with AI research and machine learning application engineering teams
• - Help customers get the most out of Phaidra's technologies
• - Define the AI problem, understand technology capabilities and limitations
• - Identify opportunities for value creation and process improvement
• - Rapidly deploy solutions to production using Phaidra's platform and tools
• - Work with the product team to identify and define product requirements
• - Ensure automated tools enable Phaidra to scale across thousands of customers

Required Skills

• - 5-10 years of work experience as a controls engineer, programmer, or equivalent
• - Knowledge of chiller plant fundamentals, configurations, and sequence of operations
• - Understanding of applied thermodynamics for cooling systems, refrigeration systems, and hydronics
• - Experience in controls design engineering or strong working knowledge of industrial and commercial control systems and protocols such as BACnet and Modbus
• - Experience programming control systems with PLC, ladder logic, text, or block programming languages
• - Deep understanding of data center specific controls and cooling methodologies
• - Understanding the applications and control strategies of air side chilled water and direct expansion cooling systems
• - Strong proficiency in working with data center operations teams
• - Ability to analyze the performance and viability of engineered solutions
• - Passion for problem solving and using scalable solutions to solve repeat problems
• - Ability to translate customer needs into coherent needs documentation
• - Good educational background in related disciplines
• - Ability to read and write Python scripts
• - Excellent communication skills
• - Supports peers and helps them to improve their work
• - Shares company values: curiosity, transparency & directness, outcome-based performance, and customer empathy

Benefits

• - Fast-paced and team-oriented environment
• - 100% remote company with a digital nomad policy
• - Competitive compensation & equity
• - Outsized responsibilities & professional development
• - Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training
• - Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region)
• - Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 20 days off per year requirement
• - Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region)
• - Home office setup allowance, coworking space stipend, and company MacBook