{"id":2824273,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer","title":"CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEER","company":{"id":4391201,"name":"Bascom Hunter","domain":"bascomhunter.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bascomhunter","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"ADP","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Baton Rouge, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":60000,"max_usd":108000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":4038},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"DO-178C","optional":false},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":false},{"name":"MIL-STD-882","optional":false},{"name":"Simscape","optional":false},{"name":"Simulink","optional":false},{"name":"StateFlow","optional":false},{"name":"DO-160","optional":true},{"name":"Kotlin","optional":true},{"name":"MIL-STD-461","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-08T20:02:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-08","last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T17:37:27Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":13,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":13},"description":"Bascom Hunter is seeking an Associate Control Systems Engineer to support the modeling, development, integration, and verification of control systems for aerospace and defense applications.\nThis role is intended for new graduates and engineers with approximately 0-3 years of experience. Working under senior engineering guidance, you will develop dynamic system models, implement and tune control algorithms, support Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, and participate in system integration and verification.\nAssignments will increase in scope and independence as technical capability develops. Control architecture, safety-critical decisions, and final verification approaches remain subject to senior technical review.\nResponsibilities\nControl Systems Development\nDevelop dynamic models using MATLAB, Simulink, Simscape, and Stateflow for thermal, fluid, mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems.\nTranslate system requirements into measurable control and software requirements.\nDevelop and tune control algorithms including feedback control, sequencing, state logic, limiters, protection functions, fault handling, and actuator commands.\nSupport control strategies for motors, compressors, fans, pumps, valves, heaters, sensors, and related equipment.\nAnalyze system dynamics, stability, transient response, operating limits, and control authority.\nDevelop block diagrams, state diagrams, interface definitions, and control-system documentation.\nModeling, Simulation, and Verification\nDevelop and execute MIL simulations across nominal, transient, boundary, and fault conditions.\nSupport SIL and HIL testing and real-time simulation as programs mature.\nDevelop test scenarios, automated scripts, and data-analysis tools.\nAnalyze simulation and test results to identify instability, performance limitations, model discrepancies, or unexpected behavior.\nCorrelate analytical models with laboratory and system-test data.\nSupport requirements-based verification and document test results, anomalies, and acceptance evidence.\nIntegration and Testing\nWork with systems, software, electrical, mechanical, FPGA, and test engineers to integrate controls with production-representative hardware.\nSupport bench, subsystem, and system-level testing of sensors, actuators, controllers, motor drives, and related equipment.\nAssist in troubleshooting controls, communications, timing, sensor, actuator, and integration issues.\nParticipate in prototype builds, laboratory testing, system-performance testing, and qualification activities.\nSupport resolution of differences between model predictions and physical system behavior.\nEngineering Process and Documentation\nMaintain models, requirements, interfaces, test artifacts, and technical documentation under configuration control.\nSupport requirements traceability from system requirements through implementation and verification.\nParticipate in design reviews, peer reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, and engineering change activities.\nSupport implementation of model-based designs into embedded software and review generated or manually developed C/C++ code where applicable.\nLearn and apply applicable aerospace development processes and standards, including DO-178C, DO-331, and MIL-STD-882, as required by the program.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Controls, Mechatronics Engineering, or a closely related discipline.\nApproximately 0-3 years of relevant experience; prior full-time engineering experience is not required.\nFoundational understanding of dynamic systems, feedback control, and classical control concepts.\nAcademic, project, internship, or professional experience with MATLAB and Simulink.\nAbility to interpret technical requirements, engineering data, plots, schematics, and control diagrams.\nStrong problem-solving, technical communication, and documentation skills.\nAbility to work effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.\nU.S. citizenship required with ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience or exposure in one or more of the following areas is beneficial:\nSimscape, Stateflow, or other physics-based modeling tools.\nPID, feedforward, gain-scheduled, state-space, or supervisory control development.\nMIL, SIL, or HIL simulation and testing.\nReal-time platforms such as Speedgoat, dSPACE, or National Instruments.\nEmbedded controls, real-time systems, microcontrollers, or C/C++.\nSensors, actuators, motor drives, compressors, pumps, valves, fans, or other electromechanical systems.\nMATLAB or Python-based data analysis and test automation.\nAerospace or defense development standards including DO-178C, DO-331, MIL-STD-882, DO-160, or MIL-STD-461.\nAdditional Information\nAll positions at Bascom Hunter are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable background screening, including criminal-history and identity verification.\nBascom Hunter is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5127,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electrical & Electronic Engineering","Hardware","Science & Engineering","Defense Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-18T20:33:04Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":77,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:mid","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T18:13:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":741,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4391201},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4391201"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbascom-hunter-control-systems-engineer"}]}