Abstract: A system and method for controlling gas turbine engines with maximum thrust of less than 500 kgf. The control system includes electronic control unit (“ECU”), sensors and actuators. To ensure the requirement of compactness, physical control system simplicity but maintain stability and accurate operation for the engine, the control system does not include components such as Fuel Control Unit (“FCU”), alternator and corresponding rectifier circuits. A sensor, instead of alternator's wave form signal, is used to detect the rotational speed of the engine. Voltage regulation into the electric motor driving the fuel pump controls fuel flow, instead of the FCU. The control method consists of upper and lower limits computation calculation blocks of the control signal, and PID control algorithm block with coefficients designed to be suitable for the engine operating ranges. Control is implemented through a 7-step calculation process. Piecewise linearization modeling and tuning PID coefficients is also presented.