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Research Scientist, Advanced Control

United States, Menlo Park Employment contract 184000.00 - 257000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted June 29, 2026
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At Meta IDC (Infrastructure Data Center), our goal is to deliver the trusted capacity that powers Meta's AI and products worldwide. The Physical Modeling team inside IDC develops physics-based and ML models to inform, de-risk, accelerate, and future-proof decisions across the IDC lifecycle. As Meta's data center fleet grows rapidly in scale and complexity, traditional control strategies are reaching their limits — they cannot effectively adapt to transient conditions, multi-system interactions, or next-gen configurations at the pace our fleet scales. We are looking for a technical leader with deep expertise in advanced control and AI to build on our existing modeling foundation — defining and driving the roadmap for intelligent control that improves efficiency, reliability, and sustainability at fleet scale. The chosen candidate will lead cross-functional initiatives spanning internal engineering teams and external industrial control system vendors to develop and deliver deployable, robust control strategies across Meta's data center fleet.

Job Responsibility

  • Define and own the advanced control roadmap in IDC, building on the team's existing physical modeling capabilities
  • Shape the vision for intelligent, autonomous data center operations from advisory recommendations to governed autonomy at fleet scale
  • Lead projects from problem framing through validated, deployment-ready solutions, translating ambiguous operational challenges into well-scoped research with clear success criteria
  • Develop RL-based control strategies that enable self-optimizing data center systems — improving thermal stability, energy efficiency, and operational reliability in transient conditions
  • Shape advanced control strategies into deployable solutions that align with Meta's system architecture, operational constraints, and deployment requirements
  • Establish validation frameworks and safety guardrails that build operational trust
  • Partner with internal engineering teams and external industrial control vendors to co-develop deployable advanced control solutions
  • Drive cross-functional alignment on methodology, adoption, and integration with Meta's system architecture, operational constraints, and fleet-scale deployment challenges
  • Represent advanced control capabilities to senior stakeholders, influencing investment and prioritization decisions

Requirements

  • PhD in a science or engineering discipline
  • 8+ years of experience spanning advanced control (e.g., MPC, optimal control, adaptive control, etc.), applied reinforcement learning or AI-driven control, and critical infrastructure control systems
  • Technical leadership experience architecting and delivering research-to-production projects
  • Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and thermal systems in industrial or critical infrastructure environments
  • Demonstrated track record of leading interdisciplinary research and engineering initiatives across teams or organizations
  • Experience communicating technical strategy to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience driving alignment in cross-functional, matrixed organizations

Nice to have

  • Experience in data centers or critical MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Power) infrastructure
  • Experience with HVAC controls, Building Management Systems (BMS), or hardware-in-the-loop / software-in-the-loop validation
  • Familiarity with digital twins or physics-based simulation as training environments for control
  • Experience designing safety validation frameworks or advisory-to-autonomous control pipelines
  • Experience applying reinforcement learning to physical systems or industrial control problems
  • Familiarity with industrial control system architectures and the constraints they impose on control strategy design

What we offer

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits
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