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Senior Controls Systems Design Engineer
United States, Washington, Redmond
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Job description
Company and benefits
Job number
200059545
Date posted
Oct 16, 2026
Work site
0 days / week in-office – remote
Travel
Less than 25%
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Service Engineering
Role type
Individual Contributor
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview
Microsoft’s continued investment in AI and high-performance computing is driving new requirements for datacenter electrical infrastructure, particularly in how power systems are monitored, integrated, and controlled. AI workloads introduce unique and rapidly evolving power characteristics that require new approaches to electrical telemetry and controls.
The Senior Controls Systems Design Engineer will help develop and deliver power monitoring, telemetry, and controls solutions that support Microsoft’s next generation of AI datacenters. This role provides an opportunity to work at the intersection of AI infrastructure, electrical power systems, industrial controls, and data acquisition, translating emerging requirements into reliable and scalable engineering solutions.
The engineer will work with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate new requirements, develop technical solutions, validate new technologies, support deployment, and help transition emerging capabilities into standardized solutions that can be used across Microsoft’s global datacenter portfolio.
In addition to the AI infrastructure focus, the role will apply strong Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) and industrial controls expertise to the design, integration, testing, and commissioning of datacenter monitoring and controls systems.
Responsibilities
- AI Infrastructure and Power Telemetry
- Develop power monitoring, telemetry, and controls solutions supporting AI and high-density datacenter infrastructure.
- Translate emerging AI infrastructure requirements into electrical monitoring and controls solutions.
- Develop and evaluate advanced power telemetry capabilities used to understand the electrical characteristics and behavior of AI workloads.
- Support the development of monitoring and controls solutions addressing emerging power quality and electrical system challenges associated with AI infrastructure.
- Define technical requirements for instrumentation, metering, communications, data acquisition, time synchronization, alarming, and system availability.
- Evaluate new technologies and work with internal engineering teams and industry partners to develop solut