Remote AI Controls Solutions Engineer

Summary

Join Phaidra, a company building the future of industrial automation, as an AI Controls Solutions Engineer. You will work closely with Technical Account Managers and Data Scientists to operationalize and scale Phaidra's solutions for enterprise data center customers.

Requirements

• Knowledge of chiller plant fundamentals, configurations, and sequence of operations
• Understanding of applied thermodynamics for cooling systems, refrigeration systems, and hydronics
• Experience designing, programming, or strong working knowledge of industrial and commercial control systems and protocols such as BACnet and Modbus
• Deep understanding of data center specific controls and cooling methodologies
• Understanding the applications and control strategies of air side chilled water and direct expansion cooling systems
• Strong proficiency in working with data center operations teams and contributing to solving field operations related problems and challenges
• Ability to analyze the performance and viability of your engineered solutions
• Passion for problem solving and using scalable solutions to solve repeat problems
• Ability to translate a combination of customer-stated and customer-implied needs into coherent needs documentation for use by the software development team
• Good educational background in one or more related disciplines pertinent to your area of expertise. Example disciplines include Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Control Theory, Applied Mathematics and other various engineering and applied science fields
• Ability to read and write Python scripts (in collaboration with the software engineering team) to implement Phaidra's AI development tool for customer use cases
• Excellent communication skills. Ability to explain complex domain specific concepts to non-domain experts and also explain complex AI and ML specific concepts to non-AI/ML specific customers
• Shares our company values: curiosity, transparency & directness, outcome-based performance, and customer empathy

Responsibilities

• Use Phaidra's platform and tools to put AI into production
• Create a model of the facility for ingestion by the AI Agent, working closely with our AI research team as they create the algorithms that turn sensor data into actionable insights
• Work with the product team to identify and define product requirements based upon each customer’s specification and needs
• Work closely with other AI Controls Solutions Engineers and the Product team to ensure our automated tools enable Phaidra to scale across thousands of customers

Benefits

• Fast-paced and team-oriented environment where you will be instrumental in the direction of the company
• Phaidra is a 100% remote company with a digital nomad policy
• Competitive compensation & equity
• Outsized responsibilities & professional development
• Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region)
• Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 20 days off per year requirement
• Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region)
• Home office setup allowance, coworking space stipend, and company MacBook