Advanced Controls Engineer
Vertiv · Westerville, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Travel
- 10%
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Vertiv (industrial) in Westerville, OH. In addition, this position will work with design engineering to create and work with system simulation models.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Automation
- Day to day
- about 10% travel
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $100k–$148k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 40 controls engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 39 other live controls postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $100k–$148k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 80%
- PLC 78%
- Robotics 68%
- Team leadership 30%
- Root cause 28%
- AutoCAD 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Vertiv in Westerville
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Full description from VertivAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Job Summary
The Advanced Thermal Control Engineer will provide technical expertise in Thermal Controls algorithm development focused in the areas of optimization and conditional-based maintenance routines and logic. This position will support the integration of these algorithms into the base Vertiv Thermal Controls embedded and software platforms throughout the R&D, implementation, and testing verification phases. In addition, this position will work with design engineering to create and work with system simulation models. Heavy integration of these models and algorithms into the Thermal Controls testing frameworks to provide automated testing support is expected.
Job Role
This role will work on a global team with resources and physical/virtual lab environments spanning multiple regions and time zones. The position will report into the Global Thermal Line of Business and will impact the global product portfolio. The Global Thermal product portfolio includes traditional air cooled (DX), pumped refrigerant economizer, Chilled water/Chiller, Liquid Cooled, heat rejection, software, and controls-based products. This position will look holistically across the portfolio and help identify opportunities for advanced algorithm development and then take those ideas to production driving significant customer value around the world.
Requirements
gathering, algorithm prototyping, data analysis, test campaign design
- ✓Project management: Project planning, task estimation, version control
- ✓Full lifecycle algorithm development: Design, review, testing, integration assistance to firmware developers
- ✓Documentation: Program commentary, user guides for service and troubleshooting
- ✓Product testing: Unit testing, system integration testing, and field test support
- ✓Leadership: Effective lead engineer, consistent positive attitude, creativity, accepts broad responsibility
- ✓Other tasks and activities as required by management
Requirements
- ✓5+ years experience with mechanical system controls and algorithm/code design
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation/Controls, or equivalent experience.
- ✓Experience with control design
- ✓Understanding of applying algorithms to production code
- ✓Expertise with software programming languages including but not limited to C, C++, and Python
- ✓Familiarity with software development environments and tools including Source code version control / Git
- ✓Familiarity with ML/AI technologies
- ✓Fluency in English
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Understanding of HVAC Thermodynamics and various refrigeration cycles
- ✓Single phase, two phase, and direct-to-chip liquid cooling experience
- ✓Machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies
Travel
Requirements
- ✓Willingness to travel up to 10%
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
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Our strategic priorities
- •High-Performance Culture
- •Customer Focus
- •Operational Excellence
- •Innovation
- •Financial Strength
Vertiv behaviors
- •Own it
- •Act with urgency
- •Foster a customer-first mindset
- •Think big and execute
- •Lead by example
- •Drive continuous improvement
- •Learn and seek out development
- •Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.