CrusoeSenior Staff Controls Engineer, Platform
1mo ago
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Senior Staff Controls Engineer role responsible for software and data architecture governance of control systems in AI infrastructure company.
Nice to have
- Mission-Critical Databases: Expertise with Postgres, MSSQL, or other relational databases in high-availability environments.
- Controls Experience: Proficiency with industry-standard control platforms such as Rockwell, Siemens, or Codesys, etc.
- Hardware & Networking Integration: Experience with low voltage electrical systems, controls I/O, and industrial networking design and/or configuration w/ systems such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, etc.
Conditions
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance
- Additional perks & programs specific to location
- Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $180,000 -$205,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
- Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.
Other
- Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence . As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
- We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
- We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
- If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
- As a Sr Staff Controls Engineer, Platform, you will be a driving visionary force and primary governance authority for the software and data architecture of Crusoe's control systems. This role is fundamental to Crusoe’s mission: by owning the overall strategy and technical makeup of our telemetry evolution, development standards, and facility systems compute deployment, you will ensure our AI-optimized infrastructure scales seamlessly and reliably across the enterprise.
- Working closely with cross-functional technical leadership and managing enterprise-focused vendors, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the technical strategy that directly supports our rapidly expanding greenfield projects and campuses. You won't just be managing systems; you will be defining the standards and deployment blueprints that govern our global footprint. This is a Full-Time position based in Denver, CO.
- Strategic Technical Leadership: Serve as a lead architect and collaborative driver for the enterprise scaling plan and compute deployment strategy for all facility control systems and servers.
- Enterprise Collaboration: Work directly with technical peers and enterprise partners to architect and develop our global controls strategy, acting as a defining technical authority.
- Repository Governance: Maintain and govern our git repositories, ensuring the integrity and standardization of enterprise-level templates for Ignition UDT primitives and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
- Documentation & Scaling: Develop and own a comprehensive documentation strategy to enable ongoing maintenance, seamless operations, and rapid enterprise scaling.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate extensively with the broader controls team to ensure strict compliance and standardization with ongoing greenfield projects and campus build-outs.
- Telemetry Evolution: Lead the evolution of our telemetry architecture, establishing robust development and standardization strategies for critical facility data.
- Technical Mentorship: Mentor and elevate the technical capabilities of surrounding engineers and controls team members on best practices for software, data architecture, and enterprise standards.
- Extensive Experience: At least 10+ years of technically applicable, hands-on professional experience in complex engineering or critical infrastructure environments.
- Core Technology Expertise: Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least two of the following three domains: Inductive Automation Ignition infrastructure, DevOps practices, or containerization / orchestration technologies.
- Continuous Mastery: Demonstrated track record of rapidly mastering emerging enterprise tech stacks, with the expectation to achieve SME status across all three core domains (Ignition, DevOps, and containerization).
- Critical Environment Background: Direct professional experience in data centers (highly preferred) or similar mission-critical environments such as Oil & Gas, semiconductor manufacturing, or energy generation.
- Strategic Blueprinting: Proven ability to translate business goals into an actionable enterprise scaling plan and robust technical architecture.
- Mandatory Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.