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Security Electronics Engineer I

CHA Consulting, Inc.

Albany, NYJob$70–80K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$70–80K/yr
Location
Albany, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

CHA Consulting is seeking a Security Electronics Engineer I to support building design projects in Albany or Syracuse. The engineer will assist with electronic security and life safety systems for public, private, and institutional facilities, support senior engineers with design documentation and calculations, and participate in field assignments. The role offers hands-on design experience, field exposure, and guidance from experienced professionals.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Security Systems Design, nice to haveRevit, nice to haveAutoCAD, nice to haveBluebeam, nice to haveMicrosoft Office, requiredOrganization, requiredCommunication, requiredCollaboration, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, requiredPrior Internship or Relevant Coursework, nice to haveProfessional Engineering Society Participation, nice to haveEngineer-in-Training Certification, nice to have

Full job description

Join Us:

Build Safer, Smarter Spaces as a Security Electronics Engineer I – Design Systems That Protect People and Places

Are you ready to apply your engineering skills to technology that helps keep buildings and communities safe? Join a collaborative team designing integrated security and life safety systems for the spaces where people work, learn, receive care, and connect.

CHA Consulting, Inc. is seeking aSecurity Electronics Engineer Ito join ourMEP TeaminAlbany, NY or Syracuse, NY. In this role, you’ll gain hands-on experience supporting innovative building design projects while developing practical solutions that strengthen security, improve system performance, and create safer environments.

What You'll Do:

  • Assist in the design, development, and implementation of electronic security and life safety systems for public, private, and institutional facilities including CCTV, access control, intercom, perimeter intrusion detection, mass notification, monitoring, and other related security technologies

  • Support senior engineers in preparing design drawings, technical specifications, reports, and calculations

  • Perform calculations and design tasks using industry standards, regulatory guidelines, codes, and best practices for optimizing integrated building solutions

  • Join field assignments with senior staff to document existing conditions, evaluate systems, and support project planning and design

What You Bring:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering required

  • No experience required; however prior internships and/or relevant coursework is preferred

  • Strong theoretical foundation and familiarity with engineering software (Revit, AutoCAD, BlueBeam, etc.)

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office

  • Excellent organizational and communication skills with a desire to work in a collaborative team

  • Participation in professional engineering society/organization preferred

  • Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification a plus

Why You'll Love It Here:

  • Build practical experience designing security and life safety systems that help protect people, facilities, and communities

  • Collaborate with architects, engineers, and technical specialists across a wide range of building projects

  • Grow your skills through hands-on design work, field exposure, and guidance from experienced professionals

  • Contribute to smarter, safer, and more efficient spaces from the earliest stages of your career

Curious about the impactful work our MEP team is doing? Explore how CHA delivers integrated, energy-conscious solutions for high-performance buildings by visiting: CHA MEP (https://www.chasolutions.com/solutions/building-design/) .

Salary Range:

$70,000 - $80,000

Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards.

Culture/EEO Statement:

At CHA, we work every day to create solutions, help people, and improve our world, committed to creating and fostering excellence in our diverse and highly talented teams. Our teams continually strive to find better ways – always searching, never settling – to achieve extraordinary results. Our values around hiring, training, and community engagement reflect a company culture that is forward leaning , welcoming , and always pushing the limits of what is possible.

We as an organization celebrate the values of belonging and collaboration , and advocate for the full participation of all people in an environment free of discrimination. To support these values, we invite all qualified applicants to be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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LocationUS-NY-Albany | US-NY-Syracuse

Job ID 7935

Positions 1

Category Building Design

How this job compares

Set against the 9,980 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70–80K/yr
  • New York median$96–140K/yr322 salary ranges
  • US median$105–165K/yr6,551 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $75K, is 38% below the New York median midpoint ($120K) — in the lowest quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 425 open Electrical Engineer jobs in New York and 9,980 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (8,401 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,450 of the 9,980 open Electrical Engineer jobs (65%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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