NVIDIA · 8 hours ago
Senior Manager, Data Center Engineering and Controls
US, CA, Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$248K/yr - $391K/yr
12+ years expNVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. As a Senior Manager on our Data Center Controls Engineering team, you will shape how NVIDIA designs and operates the mechanical infrastructure that underpins AI and HPC at massive scale.
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Responsibilities
Leading and growing a world-class engineering group dedicated to Data Center Controls, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and day‑to‑day technical leadership across multiple sites
Owning the full life cycle of controls systems (BMS, EPMS, PLC/SCADA) used in electrical, air-based cooling, and fluid-based cooling mechanical systems. Tasks include inventing concepts, composing system elements, deployment, operations, and continuous enhancement
Partnering with teams in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering passionate about building and construction. We define control philosophies, sequences of operation, and reference architectures for new builds, expansions, and retrofits
Diving in personally to provide deep technical mentorship on building management systems. This includes electrical power management and vendor platforms such as Cronus and Siemens, or comparable background. This includes configuration, programming, integrations, alarming, and data quality. Diving or comparable experience is considered
Driving incident response, root‑cause analysis, standards, and automation that improve uptime, safety, energy efficiency, and operational excellence across NVIDIA’s data centers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls/Automation, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
12+ overall years of demonstrated experience in controls, critical facilities, or data center engineering, including significant work with power and cooling infrastructure and their control systems
6+ years of proven experience leading engineering or operations teams as a people manager in large‑scale data center, HPC, or other critically important environments
Demonstrated deep, hands‑on expertise with BMS/EPMS and industrial controls, including architecture, configuration, fixing, and commissioning
Strong knowledge of critical electrical systems (e.g., MV/LV distribution, UPS, generators, switchgear, PDUs) and mechanical systems (e.g., chillers, cooling towers, pumps, AHUs/CRAC/CRAH, liquid cooling loops) in data centers
Proven track record to work in 24x7 production environments with high availability and strict SLAs, and to lead multi-functional initiatives with engineering, operations, procurement, and vendors
Excellent communication, organizational, and prioritization skills, with the ability to clearly present technical concepts and program status to senior technical and business leaders
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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