RTAC Controls Engineer
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Job overview
The RTAC Controls Engineer supports configuration, maintenance, testing, and deployment of controls solutions for data center infrastructure. Working with a technical lead, the engineer updates SEL RTAC files, I/O and symbol lists, and site-specific configuration files. The role also involves reviewing configurations before field deployment and supporting lab testing, troubleshooting, product documentation, and controls package releases as products and site requirements evolve.
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Job Description
This RTAC Controls Engineer will support the configuration, maintenance, testing, and deployment of controls solutions for data center infrastructure. The engineer will work closely with the technical lead to configure and update SEL RTAC files, maintain I/O and symbol lists, and modify existing configuration files based on individual site requirements. A major focus will be gathering and reviewing configuration files, updating parameters and objects, and ensuring configurations are accurate before they are deployed into the field. The engineer will also support lab testing, troubleshooting, product documentation, and controls package releases as products and site requirements evolve.
Skills and Requirements
- 2–5+ years of relevant controls, PLC, RTU, or automation engineering experience
- Hands-on experience with SEL RTAC / AcSELerator RTAC
- Experience configuring or modifying RTAC files and objects
- Experience working with I/O lists, symbol lists, and controls configuration files
- Experience with SEL AcSELerator Architect or similar configuration work
- Strong testing and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify and prevent configuration issues
- Comfortable learning new controls technologies and working across different communication protocols
- AcSELerator Diagram Builder experience
- Experience with IEC 61850 MMS, Modbus, and/or EtherNet/IP
- Rockwell PLC experience
- Python coding/automation experience
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 2,402 open Controls Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$135–190K/yr169 salary ranges
- US median$38–57/hr190 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 220 open Controls Engineer jobs in California and 2,402 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Controls Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,034 postings).
- Education
- 1,198 of the 2,402 open Controls Engineer jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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