Senior Building Automation Applications Engineer (New York)

Summary

Empowered Buildings is a fast-growing building automation company seeking a motivated, detail-oriented engineer with 8+ years of experience in the building automation industry, a deep understanding of mechanical and control systems, and a passion for providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and supporting project teams.

About Empowered Buildings: Empowered Buildings helps building owners and operators reduce operating costs, improve system reliability, and optimize building performance through the integration of building automation, engineering, IoT connectivity, AI-driven analytics, and intelligent software.

We combine a consultative approach with scalable solutions to deliver measurable outcomes across commercial real estate, multifamily, banking, healthcare, education, and quick service restaurant portfolios.

Our focus is delivering measurable business outcomes by improving operational efficiency, enabling proactive monitoring and predictive maintenance, mitigating catastrophic risk, and transforming building data into actionable insights through the intelligent integration of engineering, connected technologies, and AI-driven analytics.

Role Description

The Senior Building Automation Applications Engineer is a full-time, remote, or on-site role based in New York, NY. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership and engineering support for project managers, field technicians, and customers. This role is responsible for developing controls applications, programming, graphics, submittals, commissioning support, and engineering standards to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and consistently.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead all controls application engineering across the company.
• Review and approve system designs; develop and maintain engineering standards.
• Develop graphics standards and design or oversee complex graphics and operator user interfaces.
• Review all submittals and as-builts before release.
• Mentor engineering staff and standardize programming, templates, and documentation.
• Manage projects using project-management platforms — tracking open items, documenting activity, and coordinating field dispatch.
• Improve engineering processes and quality control.

Required Qualifications

• Accredited engineering degree (equivalent experience will be considered), ideally with a mechanical engineering background.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in the building automation / controls industry.
• Deep understanding of mechanical and HVAC system operation.
• Expertise in the design and submission of control systems, control-system hardware, control sequences, and installation.
• Knowledge of low and line-voltage controls wiring, networking, and blueprint reading.
• Circuit design, and the ability to choose the correct equipment and controllers for the application.
• Controls-system troubleshooting — finding the problem in a system by reviewing programs, points, and data.
• Preparation of submittals and as-builts.
• Graphics design for building management systems — building clear, visually appealing, and intuitive operator interfaces, including animations and custom data-graphic objects.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to fully understand how a system works in order to display it correctly.
• Mentoring skills to motivate and supervise engineering and technical staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with higher-level object-oriented programming and software design — some programming experience beyond controls.
• Familiarity with Python, JavaScript, HTML, or a similar language.
• Using AI tools to build software and workflow automations.
• Proficiency in Visio; ability to create macros and custom programmed graphic objects.
• Photoshop / image-editing experience and a natural eye for visually appealing design.
• Remote server management.
• Reliable Controls Experience, or Distech, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, or Schneider controls experience.
• Niagara certification; Registered PE; CEM, other nationally recognized trade certifications.
• Experience with LON, BACnet, LoRa, or Modbus protocols.

Compensation & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary of $140,000–$195,000 per year, plus a comprehensive benefits package and the ability to grow with our fast-growing company.

• Health, dental, retirement, and vision insurance

• Flexible spending account

• Paid time off

• Professional development assistance

Schedule & Location

• Standard business hours, Monday to Friday.
• Extended and after-hours work are required as needed to meet project demands.
• Remote or In-person role based in the New York, NY.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Empowered Buildings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.