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Control Systems Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 26+ control systems jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include CHAOS Industries, CERN, and The Aerospace Corporation.

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9-day fortnights 7
compressed weeks 2
generous PTO 8
unlimited PTO 9
best places to work 1

Updated September 26, 2026

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Sales Engineer, Mid Market - TOLA

3mo

Samsara · Remote · Texas, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$96k – $145k

Audio-Visual Support Technician

University of Manchester · Onsite · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Audio Visual Engineer

University of Manchester · Onsite · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

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Specialist, Software Engineering

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L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Salt Lake City, UT, USA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

GNC Spacecraft/Payload Control Systems Analyst

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$87k – $150k

Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineering Intern

AV · Onsite · Moorpark, CA, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Electrical Design Engineer (EP-DT-DI-2026-225-GRAE)

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 5k – CHF 6k

IC 2027 Guidance and Navigation Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$100k – $115k

Aerospace Software and Simulation Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation · Onsite · El Segundo, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$90k – $100k

Propulsion Controls Engineer

General Atomics · Hybrid · Poway, CA, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Machine Learning Engineer

15d

Gigaton · Hybrid · London, UK

69 · GoodGenerous PTO

Controls and Automation Engineer (EN-CV-CL-2026-205-GRAE)

22d

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 5k – CHF 6k

Junior Test & Measurement Engineer (BE-CEM-MTA-2026-216-GRAE)

26d

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 5k – CHF 6k

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Robotics and Navigation

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Onsite

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Engineer

2mo

Runway · Onsite · New York, USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$270k – $370k

Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Plant Control

1mo

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$250k – $290k

Mechanical Engineer

1mo

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$120k – $182k

R&D Manager - LabVIEW Controls Systems

1mo

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$162k – $192k

Principal Machine Learning Engineer (Reinforcement Learning)

2mo

Amgen · Onsite · Hyderabad, India

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Embedded Software Engineer

3mo

Waabi · Hybrid · Toronto, ON +2 more

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$148k – $249k

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Employers hiring for Control Systems on this page include CHAOS Industries, CERN, and The Aerospace Corporation. Control Systems roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Control Systems is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Control Systems roles span the full seniority range — we list 27 open roles requiring Control Systems across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Control Systems hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Control Systems roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Control Systems candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Control Systems on current listings.

Control Systems Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 26+ control systems jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include CHAOS Industries, CERN, and The Aerospace Corporation.

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