Jabil

Principal PLC Controls & Automation Engineer – Data Center Infrastructure

Jabil

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $132,400 - $238,400 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Personally architect, build, and deploy PLC control systems for complex liquid cooled factory and data center environments
  • Write, structure, and maintain production grade PLC, SCADA and HMI code as the primary technical contributor
  • Establish engineering standards, templates, and reusable design frameworks
  • Lead design reviews, FAT/SAT validation strategies, and commissioning plans
  • Design and implement PLC systems (Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider, GE and other industrial PLC ecosystems)
  • Build and commission automation solutions for a full liquid cooling ecosystem including chillers and central plant systems
  • Author, implement, and validate detailed Sequences of Operations personally
  • Design and implement leak detection and mitigation logic firsthand
  • Integrate control systems with BMS, EPMS
  • Lead commissioning through direct participation, including FAT, SAT, integrated systems testing and live startup.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or Controls Engineering
  • 8+ years of progressive PLC and controls engineering experience
  • Demonstrated expert level proficiency in Allen‑Bradley and Siemens PLC platforms
  • Proven experience owning controls architecture and SOO for complex automated systems
  • Strong background in industrial networking, instrumentation and control theory.
Benefits
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
  • paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment
  • 4 weeks of paid parental leave
  • 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays)
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • employee stock purchase plan
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Hard Skills & Tools
PLC programmingSCADA programmingHMI programmingcontrols architectureindustrial networkinginstrumentationcontrol theoryFAT/SAT validationleak detection logicautomation solutions
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detail
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Systems EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Controls Engineering