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Instrumentation and Controls Project Engineer

Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC Other
POSTED ON 1/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/9/2027

Overview

Join a Team Where Engineering Excellence Drives Opportunity

 

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is a leading, multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm and collaborative community of over 900 employees across 22 offices who plan, design, and deliver high-performance, innovative, and holistic engineering solutions.  

 

Recognized as a top engineering firm nationally, AEI is dedicated to enhancing the built environment through remarkable design and award-winning projects.

As an Instrumentation and Controls Engineer in our Chapel Hill office, you’ll join a collaborative community where your expertise fuels innovation, your ideas drive progress, and your work helps shape a brighter future for all.

 

Expertise of our most successful Instrumentation and Controls Project Engineers: 

  • BSME or BSEE (or other engineering discipline with applicable experience).
  • 5 years of experience in the consulting engineering industry
  • Experience with communicating with clients, partners and individuals at all levels within an organization.

 

Effective skills to help you flourish:

  • Experience in consulting engineering in utility plant design
  • Professional Engineering License (PE) in one or more states.
  • Detailed, hands-on knowledge of PLC or DCS control systems.
  • Experience with industrial networks and communication protocols.
  • Ability to travel for client meetings, field survey, commissioning, and startup support.
  • Strong spoken and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organization and time management skills.
  • Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client outcomes.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
  • Ability to work effectively individually and within team environments.

Our dedication to you: 

  • AEI passionately invests in our brilliant talent by allowing for personal and professional growth through supporting clients like NASA; the National Institutes of Health and Cone Health System; the US Department of Homeland Security and US Department of Energy; and Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology.
  • Our flexible and collaborative work environment demonstrates our dedication to employee appreciation and collective commitment to excellence.
  • We provide the opportunity to serve the greater good of humanity through work on cutting-edge, state-of-the-art projects like Promega Corporation’s Kornberg Center, The University of Arizona’s Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, AbbVie’s West Coast Oncology Hub, and BioMed Realty’s Gateway of Pacific.
  • Our culture encourages professional development while adhering to a set of core values that drive company and team decisions. Our commitment to these values – innovation and expertise, integrity, communication, quality, responsibility, opportunity, and growth – informs both project decisions and behavior amongst colleagues and clients
  • An exceptional benefits package (health, dental, vision) and a year-end bonus based on company profits, individual responsibility, and performance.

We provide the tools and a support system to ensure a thriving career. If this environment and opportunity to work on world-changing projects align with your goals, we would be thrilled to meet you. 

 

Come and collaborate with us!

 

To be considered, apply online at https://aeieng.com/about/careers/.

 

If you know other candidates that would excel at this position, please share this posting with them directly via email, or to your network on LinkedIn.

 

AEI is proud to be an EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled.

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