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Automation & Controls Engineer, Data Center Facilities

xAI · Southaven, MS; Memphis, TN

Posted Nov 9, 2026

Est. total comp~$178K–$272K

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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

AUTOMATION & CONTROLS ENGINEER, DATA CENTER FACILITIES

As an Automation and Controls Engineer, you will design, program, commission, and own the controls for that plant. You will write robust control code, build operator interfaces people can trust, and take total ownership of live systems — tuning sequences, closing reliability gaps, and bringing new capacity online while the cluster is already in production.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design, develop, and manage facility automation projects from sequence of operations and control narrative through panel build, point-to-point checkout, commissioning, failover testing, and handoff to operations. …

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Job inventory

Required 9 items

  • 1y

Education: Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, controls, mechatronics or a related field

Experience: 1+ year of experience in industrial controls, building or plant automation, data center facilities

Skills and tools: PLC, HMI, SCADA, Schematics, Multimeter, Oscilloscope, Troubleshooting

Preferred 3 items

Skills and tools: Networking, Instrumentation, Actuators

Also in the posting: Ability to work long hours, nights, and weekends; Willingness to work on site

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