Instrumentation & Controls Power Generation Engineer - Data Center (on-site Nashville, TN)

Oracle•Nashville, TN

30d•$146,300 - $306,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Instrumentation & Controls (I&C) Power Generation Engineer drives the design, integration, commissioning, and operational readiness of control, automation, protection, and monitoring systems supporting mission-critical data center power-generation infrastructure. The role requires extensive experience with gas turbines, reciprocating generators, diesel and natural-gas generation, generator controls, plant control systems, and associated instrumentation. The engineer partners with design, engineering, construction, delivery, commissioning, and operations teams from project concept through operational handoff to ensure power-generation controls are resilient, safe, cyber-secure, maintainable, and capable of meeting data center availability requirements. The position is full-time and on-site at Oracle’s Nashville, Tennessee offices, involves a minimum of 25% travel with additional travel as business needs require, and may offer relocation assistance in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
10+ years of extensive experience designing, commissioning, operating, or maintaining I&C systems for industrial, utility, or mission-critical power-generation systems.
Strong working knowledge of gas turbine and reciprocating generator control systems, generator paralleling, synchronization, load sharing, protective interlocks, and emergency power systems.
Experience with PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, industrial networking, control-panel design, instrumentation selection, and calibration.
Ability to interpret and develop P&IDs, control narratives, cause-and-effect matrices, I/O lists, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, and sequence-of-operations documents.
Demonstrated experience taking projects from design through construction, commissioning, and operational turnover.
Proven ability to collaborate across design, engineering, construction, project delivery, commissioning, and operations teams.
Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, documentation, vendor-management, and communication skills.
Ability to support 24/7 critical operations, including maintenance windows, system tests, and emergency events.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hyperscale data centers, microgrids, distributed energy resources, or utility-scale generation.
Experience with OEM controls from providers such as GE, Solar, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Caterpillar, Jenbacher, MTU/Rolls-Royce, Wartsila, Woodward, ComAp, or Deep-Sea Electronics.
Familiarity with NFPA, ISA, IEC, NERC/CIP principles, OSHA, and relevant environmental/emissions requirements.
Professional Engineer license, ISA certification, TÜV Functional Safety certification, or equivalent controls/power-generation credentials.
Experience with control-system cybersecurity, including industrial-network segmentation, secure remote access, patching, backup, and recovery practices.

Responsibilities

Serve as the I&C technical subject matter expert for power-generation systems from early design through construction, commissioning, turnover, and operations support.
Define controls architecture, instrumentation requirements, automation philosophy, functional specifications, control narratives, alarm philosophy, and cause-and-effect matrices.
Design and review control systems for gas turbines, reciprocating generators, diesel and natural-gas generators, alternators, fuel systems, cooling systems, lubrication systems, ventilation, exhaust, emissions controls, and balance-of-plant equipment.
Specify, review, and validate PLCs, DCS platforms, generator control panels, turbine controls, SCADA systems, HMIs, remote monitoring, historians, sensors, transmitters, actuators, valves, and network interfaces.
Ensure reliable integration among generator controls, paralleling switchgear, protection relays, automatic transfer switches, utility interfaces, UPS systems, building management systems, and data center infrastructure-management platforms.
Partner with mechanical, electrical, controls, network, and cybersecurity teams to deliver interoperable and maintainable systems.
Review design packages, equipment submittals, I/O lists, P&IDs, wiring diagrams, loop diagrams, panel drawings, network architecture, and vendor control narratives.
Lead technical review of OEM and contractor proposals, factory acceptance tests, site acceptance tests, software configurations, and control-system modifications.
Support construction teams through installation verification, field inspections, loop checks, punch-list resolution, commissioning readiness reviews, and technical change control.
Develop and execute commissioning procedures for instrumentation calibration, loop checks, functional tests, sequence-of-operations testing, generator startup, synchronization, load sharing, transfer testing, load-bank testing, black-start testing, and integrated system testing.
Diagnose control-system faults, communication failures, alarms, trips, failed starts, synchronization issues, and abnormal equipment behavior; lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Establish operating procedures, alarm response procedures, bypass-management standards, maintenance plans, calibration requirements, software backup and recovery processes, and control-system documentation.
Ensure commissioning and turnover packages include validated as-built drawings, control narratives, logic diagrams, software backups, setpoints, test records, and training materials.
Support operations teams with troubleshooting, performance monitoring, periodic testing, maintenance strategy, upgrades, and lifecycle replacement planning.
Apply functional-safety, cybersecurity, access-control, and change-management practices to protect critical control environments.
Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, safety requirements, and environmental/emissions regulations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Life insurance and AD&D.
Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
Paid time off, with flexible vacation for eligible salaried non-overtime-eligible employees and accrued vacation for other eligible employees.
11 paid holidays.
72 hours of paid sick leave upon hire, refreshed annually, with unused balances carrying over up to a 112-hour cap.
Paid parental leave.
Adoption assistance.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Financial planning and group legal benefits.
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
Potential eligibility for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.