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Control Systems Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 23+ 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 Samsara, L3Harris Technologies, and Helion.

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9-day fortnights 11
generous PTO 4
unlimited PTO 3
best places to work 5

Updated August 17, 2026

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Sales Engineer - Mid-Market West

2mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

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

Sales Engineer - Mid-Market Southeast

2mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

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

Sales Engineer (Northeast)

2mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

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

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Sales Engineer II, SE Desk - Northeast

2mo

Samsara · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$77k – $104k

Enterprise Sales Engineer

2mo

Samsara · Remote · Canada

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$220k – $259k

Embedded Software Test Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation · Hybrid · El Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$87k – $150k

Senior Specialist, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Salt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Specialist, Software Engineer

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Salt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Associate, Software Engineer

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Salt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

2027 University New Hire - Refining Engineer

Phillips 66 · Onsite · Linden +7 more

60 · Good9 Day Fortnight$111k – $121k

IC&E Specialist - Bakken

ConocoPhillips · Onsite · Watford City or New Town

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Software Engineer

10d

Emesent · Onsite · Brisbane, Australia

64 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Satellite Control Systems Analyst

10d

The Aerospace Corporation · Hybrid · El Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$117k – $227k

Multi-Agent and Data Driven Planning and Controls Robotics Technologist

13d

Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Onsite · Pasadena, USA

68 · Good9 Day Fortnight$150k – $187k

Board Operator

11d

Marathon Petroleum · Onsite · Bulger, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior AMO Physicist

19d

Nu Quantum · Onsite · Cambridge, UK

63 · GoodGenerous PTO

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

1mo

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Centennial, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Software Engineer, Plant Control

19d

Helion · Onsite · Everett, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$185k – $240k

LabVIEW Controls Engineer

19d

Helion · Onsite · Everett, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$164k – $200k

R&D Manager - LabVIEW Controls Systems

19d

Helion · Onsite · Everett, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$162k – $192k

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Employers hiring for Control Systems on this page include Samsara, L3Harris Technologies, and Helion. 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 23 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 23+ 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 Samsara, L3Harris Technologies, and Helion.

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