Principal Engineer, Modeling & Controls Engineering

Carrier

Principal Controls Engineer providing technical leadership in control systems development for Carrier’s HVAC and refrigeration products. Engaging with multiple business units to deliver innovative solutions.

Posted 8/1/2026full-timeSyracuse • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $117,500 - $234,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in advanced control systems, including feedback control, nonlinear control, and system identification, while leading the development of robust control solutions and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Proven ability to drive project execution, manage teams, and enhance organizational quality through technology advancement.

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Advanced Controls System ExperienceMATLAB-Based Toolsets Including SimulinkControls Engineering FoundationsRequirements Management and System IntegrationExperience with Vapor-Compression Cycles

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Hard Skills

Feedback ControlNonlinear ControlMultivariable ControlSystem IdentificationConstrained OptimizationPredictive ControlControl Algorithm DevelopmentUnit-Tests and Integration TestsAcausal Modeling LanguagesControl System Analysis

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsEffective Teamwork

Tools & Technologies

MATLABSimulink

Certifications & Qualifications

Master’s in Electrical EngineeringMaster’s in Control Systems EngineeringMaster’s in Mechanical EngineeringMaster’s in Chemical Engineering

Industry Keywords

Industrial Control ApplicationsVapor-Compression CyclesHeat ExchangersTurbomachinery Compression TechnologiesModel-In-The-Loop (MIL)Software-In-The-Loop (SIL)Hardware-In-The-Loop (HIL)

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the development and adoption of common controls platforms to accelerate product development, improve technology reuse, and ensure consistent product quality across multiple product lines.
Lead the development and delivery of robust, production-ready control solutions by ensuring compliance with customer and technical requirements, industry standards, and best practices.
Drive project execution by setting clear technical goals, managing timelines, and coordinating teams.
Mitigate risks, align stakeholders, and ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.
Support system-level requirement definition and drive low-level control requirement decomposition.
Provide technical leadership in the development of advanced control algorithms, including system identification, controllability, robustness, stability, optimization, and nonlinear control methodologies.
Support the development and calibration of physics-based plant models.
Utilize models for design exploration, control system analysis, verification, and validation.
Develop & execute unit-tests & integration tests for control system.
Lead laboratory and field validation activities, including hands-on testing in psychrometric laboratories, and analyze results to drive continuous improvements in plant models, control algorithms, and overall system performance.
Apply best-in-class strategies to push testing further upstream in the development lifecycle (MIL/SIL/HIL).
Drive strategic initiatives to improve organizational quality and efficiency through technology advancement and process improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s in Electrical, Control Systems, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering
15+ years of advanced controls system experience.
Proficient knowledge of controls engineering foundations, including feedback control, linear/nonlinear control, multivariable control, system identification, and constrained optimization and predictive control.
Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering results through effective teamwork.
Experience with industrial control applications.
Experience with vapor-compression cycles, including heat exchangers and turbomachinery compression technologies.
Experience driving controls platforming initiatives, common architectures, and technology roadmap development.
Proficient in the use of MATLAB-based toolsets including Simulink to design, implement, and test embedded controls algorithms.
Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering results through effective teamwork.
Experience in requirements management and system integration, specifically test strategies across model-in-the-loop (MIL), software-in-the-loop (SIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) domains.
Knowledge of acausal modeling languages, such as Modelica.
Reside within a commutable distance to the Syracuse, NY facility.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Care Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
Retirement Benefits
Time off and Leave : Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
Disability : Short-term and long-term disability
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
Tuition Assistance