Senior Building Automation Engineer (michigan)

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · MI

Senior Building Automation Engineer responsible for technical expertise, troubleshooting, and quality governance of building automation and operational technology systems in mission-critical data center facilities. Focuses on reliability, cybersecurity, and lifecycle performance of BMS, EPMS, PLC, SCADA, and OT infrastructure.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as a senior technical resource for BMS, EPMS, PLC, SCADA, HMI, and OT network systems supporting mission-critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
  2. Lead complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective action development for controls, automation, integration, and OT network issues affecting uptime or operational readiness.
  3. Review and improve control logic, sequences of operation, alarm philosophy, points structures, graphics, integrations, and configuration quality across supported sites.
  4. Provide technical leadership for commissioning, startup, turnover, retrofits, and upgrades involving building automation and OT controls systems.
  5. Support development and enforcement of standards for automation architecture, controls integration, cybersecurity practices, documentation, and operational supportability.

Skills

Required

  • 6–10 years of experience in building automation, controls engineering, industrial automation, instrumentation, OT systems, or mission-critical facility controls environments.
  • Deep experience supporting BMS, EPMS, PLC, SCADA, HMI, industrial networking, and integration of automation systems with mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
  • Strong working knowledge of data center or other high-availability environments such as utilities, manufacturing, semiconductor, healthcare, or industrial plants.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical decisions without formal people management.
  • Advanced troubleshooting and systems thinking across controls, OT networking, automation logic, and facility infrastructure interfaces.
  • Strong technical judgment in time-sensitive or high-consequence situations.
  • Ability to influence standards, drive technical quality, and improve operational supportability without formal authority.
  • Clear communicator able to translate technical issues, risk, and recommended actions to varied audiences.
  • Strong documentation, procedure, and quality-review discipline.

Nice to have

  • Deep experience with one or more major automation ecosystems such as Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Ignition, Niagara, Johnson Controls, or equivalent.
  • Experience with OT cybersecurity practices and frameworks such as IEC 62443 or NIST 800-82.
  • Experience supporting alarm rationalization, commissioning strategy, controls governance, data integration, trend analytics, and multi-site standardization.
  • OEM, platform, or advanced industry certifications in controls, networking, industrial cybersecurity, or BMS/SCADA systems are strongly preferred.
  • Experience with scripting, automation tooling, data analysis, or digital monitoring improvements is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • mission-critical
  • controls troubleshooting
  • reliability
  • cybersecurity
  • BMS
  • EPMS
  • PLC
  • SCADA
  • OT infrastructure
  • high-availability environments
  • mission-critical onsite role