B

Booz Allen

Builds AI and cyber systems for the US government

Controls Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026Deadline 12/28/26
$69.3k - $158k/yr
Mid
Bachelor's
Okinawa, Japan
In Person
Electrical EngineeringTelecommunications Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience in the communications engineering field.
  • At least 3 years of experience with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) design.
  • At least 3 years of experience providing expert-level communications engineering guidance in state-of-the-art designs, engineering and scientific concepts, and modern technologies.
  • Knowledge of communications and controls engineering concepts, principles, and practices for planning, designing, constructing, renovating, maintaining, and repairing facilities normally found on military installations.
  • Knowledge of remote communications, controls, and monitoring systems planning and execution requirements for upgrading highly complex projects, including headquarters buildings, large automotive maintenance shops, aviation maintenance shops, community centers, education centers, or dining facilities.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Ability to read and write in Japanese.
Responsibilities
  • Provide expert-level technical advice on planning and programming requirements for the design and construction of existing facilities repair and alteration projects supporting the Marine Corps public works branch.
  • Conduct site investigations, evaluate conditions of existing systems, and provide reports and recommendations for correcting deficiencies.
  • Plan and direct the execution of communications designs for various types of facilities, including large, complex structures unique to military use.
  • Review design documents produced by other service engineering teams or private architect-engineer companies.
  • Coordinate with architects and engineers in architectural, electrical, civil, mechanical, communications, and electronic security specialties, as well as environmental and industrial hygiene requirements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Facility Related Control Systems (FRCS), including the design, integration, and communication requirements for Industrial Control Systems (ICS).
  • Experience expanding FRCS and associated networked systems, including ensuring hardware and software equipment, components, and applications operate effectively and properly through identifying and implementing maintenance, repair, and optimization.
  • Experience modifying FRCS systems and components to ensure they are properly incorporated into the total system for correct functionality and continued authority to operate.
  • Experience providing technical advice to the command for expansion and improvement of FRCS, including Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems and components.
  • Experience developing and providing training to maintenance, operations, and other personnel as necessary to increase in-house capabilities regarding FRCS, including AMI systems and components.
  • Experience assisting in proactive management, utilization, and analysis of data collected by the FRCS system, including providing technical advice to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programmers.
  • Experience integrating third-party vendor applications into FRCS and associated networked systems, including AMI, and developing and integrating customized applications.
  • Experience maintaining smart meter data systems, Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), AMI systems, and all other meters connected to AMI systems, and ensuring they remain in operable condition.

About the company

Booz Allen builds and runs technology for the U.S. government, mostly for the military and intelligence agencies, and its engineers work alongside consultants who know each agency's mission. In 1958, it helped the U.S. Navy create PERT, a project-scheduling method first used on the Polaris submarine missile program and later adopted across government and industry. Its teams design cyber defenses, AI and data tools, and battlefield communications, and it sells its own products, such as Vellox, a suite of AI tools that spot and fight off hackers. Agencies pay mainly through multi-year contracts that reimburse costs, bill hours, or set a fixed price. Booz Allen was founded in 1914 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1914

Get referred to Booz Allen

See people who can refer or advise you

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Product work is growing: Booz Allen bought Ultra's battlefield encryption and computing unit for $720 million in August 2026.
  • Hiring continues despite cuts: Booz Allen listed 2,282 open roles in October 2026, 1,097 of them in technology.
  • Work is lined up for years: backlog, including contract options, hit $39.5 billion in June 2026, about 3.5 years' revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Job security has slipped: staff fell from 33,400 to 30,900 in the year to June 2026 as civil work shrank.
  • Stock grants lost value: shares fell 29% in the year to October 2026 while defense IT rival CACI rose 14%.
  • Shutdowns halt paid work: the federal shutdown that began October 2025 cost Booz Allen about $50 million in unperformed work.

What makes Booz Allen unique

  • Most coworkers are cleared for secrets: about 77% of Booz Allen's 31,500 employees held security clearances in March 2026.
  • AI is its specialty: Booz Allen calls itself the federal government's largest AI provider, with about 400 active AI projects.
  • It bankrolls defense tech startups: Booz Allen tripled its venture fund to $300 million in July 2025, backing 17 companies.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Vacation

Professional Development Budget

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Company News

PR Newswire
Oct 9th, 2026
PDW integrates Booz Allen mission autonomy software on AM drones with secure fleet updates

Performance Drone Works announced it is integrating Booz Allen's mission autonomy software, powered by Shield AI's Hivemind, onto its AM drones. The software enables autonomy-assisted missions whilst operators retain decision-making authority. PDW is also deploying Booz Allen's secure over-the-air fleet update system across its aircraft portfolio. The combined product entered testing on 30 September and is planned for general availability in Q1 2027. PDW aims to extend the autonomy software to its C100 aircraft later in 2027. The integration supports PDW's strategy to rapidly field and adapt systems. The company's Huntsville facility has annual production capacity of 100,000 drones. Booz Allen's update system is designed to reduce approved update cycles from weeks to hours, even in contested environments.

Tectonic
Oct 5th, 2026
Aventra raises $17.5M for high-altitude balloon-dropped glide bombs

Virginia-based startup Aventra has raised $17.5 million in new funding, with Konvoy Ventures leading the round. Seed round backer Lavrock Ventures participated alongside new investors Booz Allen Ventures, Sands Capital, Langford Industries, and Western Alliance Bank. The company manufactures Piranha, a high-altitude balloon-dropped glide bomb that converts unguided munitions into precision-guided weapons. Since emerging from stealth with a $3.5 million seed round last October, Aventra has delivered over 400 units to US and NATO customers and doubled its production revenue. The system launches munitions from 60,000 feet and can glide approximately 100 miles, with recent demonstrations achieving accuracy within three metres of targets. Aventra plans to use the funding to scale production from 35 units monthly to 500 through a new Virginia facility called Factory Zero.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 14th, 2026
Palantir, Nvidia, Booz Allen restrict Anthropic and OpenAI models over data retention concerns

Palantir Technologies, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Hamilton are restricting use of AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI over data protection concerns, Reuters reported. The companies worry model providers could retain or extract value from sensitive corporate information. Palantir has pressed Anthropic for zero data retention guarantees. Nvidia limits Anthropic's models to less sensitive tasks, favouring its own Nemotron models for proprietary work. Booz Allen has banned staff from using Anthropic's commercial model on cybersecurity projects involving proprietary data. The pushback intensified after Anthropic introduced a 30-day data retention policy in June for its Claude 3.5 model, citing security monitoring needs. Anthropic responded by launching Enterprise Frontier Safeguards, allowing customers to store activity data in their own cloud infrastructure under their encryption keys.

Business Wire
Sep 12th, 2026
Credo AI Announces $21 Million in New Capital, Grows Leadership Team to Match the Rapid Pace of AI Innovation, Emerges as the Standard of Responsible AI Governance

Credo AI, a global leader in AI governance software, today announced that it has raised $21 million in new capital from CrimsoNox Capital, Mozilla Ventures, ...

TechCrunch
Sep 2nd, 2026
HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments | TechCrunch

Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.