Data Center Controls Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.</p></div><h2 class="heading"><strong>About the Role</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic is seeking an experienced Datacenter Controls Engineer to join our Datacenter Infrastructure team. In this role, you will design, implement, and optimize control systems that support our global datacenter infrastructure, enabling the reliable operation of AI at scale.</p> <p>You will work on cutting-edge control systems managing critical datacenter operations including liquid cooling systems (CDUs/CDMs), HVAC, electrical power monitoring systems, and building automation systems. This position requires both technical depth in industrial automation and the ability to collaborate across disciplines to deliver integrated solutions for high-density AI compute infrastructure.</p> <h2 class="heading"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h2> <p><strong><em>System Architecture &amp; Integration</em></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Design and implement multi-site controls architecture across Anthropic's global datacenter facilities</p> </li> <li> <p>Define network topology, redundancy, and high-availability requirements for control nodes and servers</p> </li> <li> <p>Develop and maintain standardized frameworks for BACnet, Modbus TCP/IP, OPC-UA, MQTT, and SNMP communication layers</p> </li> <li> <p>Ensure integration between control systems and enterprise networks while maintaining security boundaries and compliance with cybersecurity frameworks for industrial control systems</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Control System Design &amp; Implementation</em></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Define, design, develop, and implement co