# Principal Control Systems Engineer

Job title - Principal Control Systems Engineer Locations - Austin, TX | Chicago, IL | Denver, CO (Centennial) | Des Moines, IA | Minneapolis, MN | or Muscatine, IA Job type - Hybrid Requisition ID - 11374 Stanley Consultants is seeking a Principal Control Systems Engineer to serve as a technical specialist and leader with deep expertise in process instrumentation and control systems. This role requires comprehensive understanding of advanced control theories, concepts, and principles to lead complex projects and solve unique technical challenges. The Principal Engineer will provide strategic direction for control systems design across power plants, microgrid control systems, municipal water/wastewater systems, industrial automation systems, and combined heat and power (CHP) systems for utilities, universities, campuses, and industrial facilities. What You Will Be Doing: Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Design: Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate complex control systems engineering assignments, often dealing with unique problems that have significant project impact Lead technical responsibility for evaluation of existing systems and design of plant control and in

- **Id**: 1233256
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/stanley-consultants-principal-control-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States, Chicago, United States, Denver, United States, Des Moines, United States, Minneapolis, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-24T21:52:39Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T01:00:55Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4991
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Architecture, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 684912
- **Name**: Stanley Consultants
- **Domain**: stanleyconsultants.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/stanleyconsultants>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 38
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.579
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 49
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 159200
- **Max**: 214100
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 214100

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-25T15:35:27Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 32
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.582
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 50
- **Expected fill days**: 49
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 214100
- **Is top pay**: yes

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