Entry Level SCADA Controls Engineering Graduate
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Jacobs’ New York team designs and integrates SCADA and control systems for transportation, aviation, water and wastewater, and mission-critical environments. The role involves field engineering work on PLC-based systems, including troubleshooting, installation, testing, commissioning, and retrofits. Candidates should have an electrical or mechanical engineering degree focused on control systems, hands-on instrumentation experience, and authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
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Full job description
At Jacobs, we’re transforming intangible ideas into innovative solutions designing the future -today. By joining our New York team, you will too.
Our Control System Field Engineers provide technically complex and robust SCADA systems to support Critical transportation and aviation infrastructure, water/wastewater and mission-critical environments. Our Engineers are in involved in designing or integrating Power Systems, Life Safety systems (Ventilation and Fire), Traffic systems and mechanical systems You will be exposed to and become proficient in designing and implementation of SCADA systems. Additional requirements include knowledge of PLC and HMI programming, panel building, power distribution system, Mechanical Systems (Pump, Fuel and Generators), fire alarm and life safety systems and construction administration services.
Your daily job function will include one or more of the following:
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Troubleshooting SCADA networks, control panels, human machine interfaces.
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Installation, start up and testing of new PLC based SCADA systems
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Commissioning of PLC based SCADA systems
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Retrofitting existing PLC controls panels, PLC software and HMI software
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Engaging with SCADA vendors and manufactures to understand product capabilities.
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Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with a control system focus
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Expertise with hands-on field experience with instrumentation commonly used in control systems
Authorization to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship, now or in the future
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
How this job compares
Set against the 471 open Field Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$107–169K/yr196 salary ranges
- US median$20–25/hr60 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Field Engineering jobs in New York and 471 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- Field Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (326 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 127 of the 471 open Field Engineering jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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