Controls Engineer
Vertiv · Delaware
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Controls
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level controls role at Vertiv (industrial) in Delaware. Foster a customer-first mindset.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- PLC, AutoCAD
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $99k–$141k.
Median of the low and high ends of 336 live postings that list pay, out of 957 controls engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Delaware plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 956 other live controls postings in the US.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $98k–$140k, from 330 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Automation 73%
- ✓ PLC 69%
- Robotics 41%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 25%
- Root cause 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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requirements
and fall within budgetary requirements.
- ✓Design optimal FMS/BMS design in compliance with the customer’s
requirements
and specifications.
- ✓Work with 3 rd party suppliers to design the control schemes for their equipment, utilizing PLCs and/or relays, to accomplish the overall FMS/BMS designs.
- ✓Generation of bills of material, and modification of standard assemblies as required to satisfy the application.
- ✓Familiarity with various Ethernet protocols including Modbus, SNMP and TCP/IP communications protocols, as well as RS-485 and Ethernet interfaces.
- ✓Manage and Support contracted integration companies to provide a detailed Schematic Design(SD), Detail Design(DD) and Construction Drawing(CD) narrative for FMS/BMS design aspects of the solution
- ✓Collaborate with other disciplines and external partners – General contractors or architects to create a construction document set.
- ✓Work with Vertiv’s business units, Business Partners and preferred vendors to specify the appropriate BMS and controls equipment.
- ✓Work with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal
requirements
and building codes.
- ✓Review and approve FMS/BMS product submittals.
- ✓Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to and during construction phases.
- ✓Quality control during integration of FMS/BMS systems
- ✓Support for all on site integration support
- ✓Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to and during construction phases.
- ✓Work with commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation and performance of FMS/BMS systems.
- ✓Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite field engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, FMS/BMS systems audits and start-up as needed.
- ✓Offer creative, out of the box solutions to the customer.
JOB
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or possess acceptable experience and subject knowledge
- ✓Professional engineering (PE) License – optional
- ✓Minimum 4 years of Controls Engineering experience
- ✓Knowledge of FMS/BMS design concepts, installation, and use
- ✓Knowledge of local, state, & federal codes governing the installation and use of FMS/BMS control requirements.
- ✓Working knowledge in AutoDesk suite of Engineering software including AutoCAD and Revit
- ✓Proven experience with Microsoft Office Applications
- ✓Experience reading and interpreting modular construction drawings and equipment specifications
- ✓Interpreting customer specification requirements.
- ✓Have the ability to research new designs, technologies and construction methods for data center equipment and facilities
- ✓Ability to think outside the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality, reliability or maintainability.
- ✓Must possess excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- ✓Must be detail oriented.
- ✓Proven leadership and problem solving skills.
- ✓Proven Project Management skills
15 – 25% Domestic and International travel required
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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Essential job functions
- •Serve as the Controls Engineer on assigned projects from pre-sales to final commissioning stage.
- •Create designs which meet or exceed Vertiv quality
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.