Job (Assignment) Title: Lead – Controls Engineer Testing
Function / Department: Engineering – Controls / Automation
Reports To: Team Lead/Manager – Controls Engineering
FLSA (Exempt / Non‑Exempt):
Safety Sensitive / Non‑Safety Sensitive:
Leads Controls Testing Engineer is responsible for verifying, testing, and validating control systems for modular buildings and critical infrastructure projects. The role focuses on Leading the functional testing, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) support, and issue resolution based on approved design documentation.
This position does not own control system design and does not perform original design activities. BUT expected to contribute to things in Design and customer approval of testing documents
RESPONSIBILITIES- Execute functional and integration testing of BMS, PLC, DDC, and SCADA systems
- Prepare and execute test cases, test procedures, and FAT documentation.
- Participates or discussed with customer the various aspects of FAT points and co-ordinates with ELV vendor if required for FAT documentation and performance.
- Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and internal system testing
- Identify, document, and track control system defects and non‑conformities
- Verify correct implementation of I/O lists, alarms, and sequences of operation
- Coordinate issue resolution with Controls Engineers and system integrators
- Maintain complete testing records, logs, and evidence along with Project execution & Quality team.
- Communicates with stakeholders in North America, India, EMEA or Australia based on project & time overlap as required.
- Approve control system test results for completeness prior to release
- Request corrective actions for failed tests or deviations from expected behavior
- Escalate unresolved testing or functional issues to Controls Engineers
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering, Automation, or a related field [Diploma +3 yrs additional experience also preferred]
- 6+ years of experience in controls testing, validation, or commissioning roles
- Hands‑on experience with PLC, DDC, BMS, and SCADA systems
- Ability to interpret control diagrams, I/O lists, and sequences of operation
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
No special physical requirements
TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED30%
About the TeamSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Instrumentation Engineering, Automation, or related field
- Diploma with 3+ years additional experience (alternative to degree)
- 6+ years experience in controls testing, validation, or commissioning
- Hands-on experience with PLC, DDC, BMS, and SCADA systems
- Ability to interpret control diagrams, I/O lists, and sequences of operation
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications 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 extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
