SCADA Engineer - Operations

Job Description

Job Description

We’re a team of friends bound together by a mission to preserve our planet for future generations through innovative energy solutions and modern infrastructure. Intersect develops, constructs, and operates the most ambitious power and data center infrastructure in the country by co-locating industrial demand with dedicated gas and renewable power generation.

Intersect was acquired by Google in March 2026 and operates as an independent subsidiary. We are developing and constructing multiple gigawatts of energy and data center projects in the U.S., enabling more data center and generation capacity to come online faster. We’re on an aggressive growth trajectory and looking for people hungry to tackle the largest energy challenges on the planet.

Location & Team Gatherings

We are currently looking for candidates located within 60 miles of any of the listed location.

We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations - SF Bay Area, NYC Metro Area, NY; Denver, CO; Austin, TX; Calgary, AB; and Toronto, ON.

About this role

As a SCADA Engineer on Intersect's Operations team, you'll provide hands-on support for the real-time operational control systems, telemetry pipelines, and SCADA infrastructure that power our utility-scale clean energy fleet, working closely with and in support of the Control Room. You'll be hands-on day-to-day — maintaining systems, adjusting control parameters, and troubleshooting issues — to ensure high availability across our multi-tech assets, while supporting critical ISO dispatch interfaces, field hardware integration, and OT network security. Partnering closely with trading, engineering, and field operations, you'll play a key role in supporting fleet uptime and operational reliability.

Team overview

This team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect's mission to accelerate the clean energy transition. The Operations team manages, monitors, and optimizes Intersect's growing fleet of energy assets around the clock. Joining this team means driving operational resilience, supporting enterprise SCADA standards, and collaborating with top-tier technical talent dedicated to long-term reliability and performance.

What You'll Do

Provide Hands-On SCADA Support and Maintenance

• Maintain and troubleshoot Ignition SCADA HMIs, alarm modules, and control workflows for utility-scale solar PV and BESS facilities, including hands-on control parameter adjustments and logic fixes

• Diagnose and resolve plant communications and control system issues under time-sensitive conditions

• Support and extend the Canary Labs high-speed time-series historian for real-time archiving, performance trending, and operational analytics

• Ensure high system availability and rapid root-cause analysis, providing as-needed escalation support for forced outages, trips, and critical telemetry loss

Support IOC Build-Out and Ongoing Operations

• Support the ongoing build-out of Intersect's Integrated Operations Center (IOC) from an operational standpoint, applying and helping maintain established standards for data mapping, alarm management, HMI configuration, and version control

• Support ISO telemetry and field hardware integration efforts across ERCOT, including protocols such as ICCP, DNP3, Modbus, and MQTT (Sparkplug B)

• Assist in programming and troubleshooting SEL RTACs, PLCs, protection relays, and Power Plant Controllers (PPC)

• Support FAT, SAT, and commissioning activities, including telemetry validation, for new sites entering real-time operations

Work With and Support OT Security and Compliance

• Work with OT network segmentation practices and support firewall-related tasks (Palo Alto/Fortinet) as needed

• Maintain awareness of NERC CIP compliance standards and access control policies in day-to-day work

Support Operational Excellence and Fleet Standards

• Apply standardized practices for data management, HMI configuration, and alarm handling across operational facilities

• Partner cross-functionally to optimize system visibility and response times

• Contribute to ongoing improvements in reliability and performance across the fleet

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.

• 3–5+ years of hands-on SCADA and controls experience supporting control room operations for utility-scale solar PV, BESS, or high-voltage substation assets.

• Demonstrated expertise developing and maintaining Inductive Automation Ignition SCADA platforms and HMI interfaces.

• Proven proficiency with industrial communications protocols and ISO telemetry including ICCP, DNP3, Modbus, MQTT (Sparkplug B), and IEC 61850 in ERCOT, CAISO, or PJM markets.

• Direct experience programming and troubleshooting SEL RTACs, PLCs, protection relays, and Power Plant Controllers.

• Willingness and ability to participate in an on-call rotation to respond to forced outages, grid trips, and critical telemetry loss.

• Experience supporting or maintaining a Canary Labs historian (or comparable industrial time-series historian) in a production SCADA environment.

• Familiarity with Palo Alto/Fortinet firewalls and NERC CIP compliance requirements.

• Strong technical composure and problem-solving mindset under high-stakes operational pressure.

• Alignment with Intersect's core values: Equity, Humility, Authenticity, Long-run Value, and People Come First.

Total Rewards

Total Compensation: $188,500 - $205,400 (total compensation includes base salary + bonus in USD)

Equity: Beyond your salary, you’ll receive an Equity Grant, giving you a meaningful stake in our parent company. 

Health & wellness: 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision

Time to recharge: Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year)

Family support: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning and family care support through Carrot and Maven

Mental health: Free access to Spring Health, including 5 free therapy and psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+

Perks & extras: $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup, free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly company-paid credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical

Intersect maintains a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling Intersect's commitment to equal employment opportunity. Intersect does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by and consistent with applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline.

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