Senior Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer, SCADA

Crusoe•Denver, CO

5d•$190,000 - $215,000•Remote

About The Position

As the Sr Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer, SCADA, you will own SCADA governance and drive the scaling strategy for deploying SCADA across an assigned portfolio of Crusoe data center projects, spanning modular, colocation, and hyperscale builds. You will define the standards and levers that ensure uniformity where it matters and flexibility where it's needed, giving the cloud team and downstream customers the operational data and telemetry required to run and improve data center performance. This role demands deep technical ownership of telemetry and data governance and the control layer, paired with the judgment to know when a standard approach should flex to meet a specific project's requirements. You will work directly with engineering peers to build approaches that vendor field teams can actually implement at speed, and you'll direct the documentation practices that keep vendor performance accountable across the pipeline. As a Sr Staff level engineer, you're expected to informally raise the technical bar for those around you, sharing knowledge and perspective with peers even where mentorship isn't a formal part of the job. This is a Full-Time position requiring an estimated 25% travel, varying by project needs and tied to escalation events, First of Kind (FOK) deployments, and direct vendor support.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in mission-critical or related critical industrial control systems environments.
Deep mastery of the Ignition SCADA platform and version control systems as applied to industrial control projects.
Strong familiarity with hosting methodologies including containerization and orchestration alongside bare-metal deployment, plus a fundamental understanding of server hardware and topologies.
Extensive knowledge of data center and industrial control protocols, including Modbus TCP/IP / RTU and BACnet IP / MS/TP, EtherNet/IP, and working knowledge of IEC 61850 and related IO protocols.
Working familiarity with OT/ICS security fundamentals, including concepts like the Purdue model and secure remote access practices, sufficient to collaborate effectively with security stakeholders.
Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders both inside and outside the department, building alignment across engineering, vendors, and cloud teams.
A Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing mission-critical applications at scale within a hyperscale portfolio, where multiple teams and workstreams are developing simultaneously, is invaluable given the coordination demands of Crusoe's pipeline.
Experience actively owning or architecting OT security controls, beyond general familiarity, is a strong plus.
Working knowledge of Linux, containerization, and industrial networking, with deeper mastery in these areas considered a strong plus.
Relevant certifications in industrial cybersecurity or SCADA-specific frameworks.

Responsibilities

Own tag naming taxonomy and govern interfacing with the control layer across assigned SCADA deployments, ensuring consistent data structures that feed downstream cloud and customer systems.
Provide guidance on version control system usage across active projects in the pipeline, establishing practices that protect configuration integrity as programs scale.
Draft and maintain the documentation that drives governance across tagging, version control, and vendor standards, ensuring the frameworks other teams rely on are clear, current, and enforceable.
Partner directly with engineering peers to develop approaches flexible enough to meet project-specific requirements while maintaining uniformity that accelerates deployment velocity.
Validate that governance frameworks and technical approaches are realistically implementable by vendor field workforces, balancing standardization with practical field constraints.
Serve as the subject matter expert for escalated or ambiguous documentation and governance questions, providing authoritative guidance where standard processes don't clearly apply.