
Lead Technology Systems Engineer
San Antonio, TXJob$120–174K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
WSP is seeking a Lead Technology Systems Engineer for its Federal Programs Team, with the potential to work from any of several listed WSP offices. The role designs campus outside plant, structured cabling, audio/visual, and electronic security systems, and supports projects from concept design through construction administration. The engineer oversees selected design processes or provides specialized technical expertise while maintaining quality standards and project schedules and budgets.
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This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Lead Technology Systems Engineer, with the potential to work out of any WSP office, which includes Dallas, TX; Virginia Beach, VA; New York City, NY; Arlington, VA; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; San Diego, CA; San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA; and Tacoma, WA. Be involved in projects with our Federal Programs Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients’ objectives and solves their challenges.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines.
Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
Your Impact
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Serve as a resource for the delivery of campus outside plant, structured cabling systems, audio/visual and electronic security systems design
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Work with other design team members to deliver projects from concept design through construction administration.
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Responsible for oversight of the entire design process for select projects, and/or assisting as a technical expert on specialized project components.
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While working on several concurrent projects, maintaining proper quality standards on all deliverables and adhering to project schedules and budgets.
Who You Are
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
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10+ years of experience designing structured cabling systems infrastructure, audio visual, and electronic security systems.
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Current BICSI Registered Communications Distribution (RCDD) certification.
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Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
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Due to client requirements, U.S. citizenship is required.
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Proficient designing using Autodesk Revit (starting, linking and setting up models, navigating views, 3D plans, trouble shooting, etc.).
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on the ability to organize and present design information to clients.
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Create and perform quality control of construction documents (drawings and specifications).
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Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active US Government security clearance.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $119,600 - $174,400
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $119,600 - $163,700
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,187 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–174K/yr
- Texas median$108–180K/yr291 salary ranges
- US median$116–186K/yr8,198 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $147K, is close to the Texas median midpoint ($147K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 585 open Systems Engineer jobs in Texas and 11,187 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Lockheed Martin57 open
- RTX Corporation32 open
- Serco32 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,476 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,656 of the 11,187 open Systems Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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