
Electrical Engineer Cities and Places
San Francisco, CA · HybridJobSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Jacobs seeks an Electrical Engineer for its Cities & Places team to design and deliver facilities and infrastructure projects across multiple markets. The engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and clients, provide technical leadership through project delivery, and support work from concept through construction. The role also includes mentoring junior engineers and contributing to client relationships and business development.
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Full job description
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical infrastructure and built environment challenges. As an Electrical Engineer within our Cities & Places team, you'll contribute to the design and delivery of innovative, sustainable, and resilient facilities across a variety of markets including commercial, municipal, healthcare, higher education, transportation, life science and civic infrastructure projects.
You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, engage with clients, and provide technical leadership throughout all phases of project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
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Electrical design and engineering of building and infrastructure projects from concept through construction.
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Prepare and review electrical system designs, calculations, specifications, construction documents, and technical reports.
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Design power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, grounding, and low-voltage systems in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
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Coordinate with architects, engineers, clients, contractors, and project stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
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Support project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and quality assurance activities.
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Conduct site visits, field investigations, and construction support as needed.
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Review shop drawings, respond to RFIs, and support construction administration efforts.
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Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence initiatives.
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Build and maintain strong client relationships while supporting business development opportunities.
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
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Professional Engineer (PE) license, or ability to obtain California PE in future.
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4-6+ years of electrical engineering experience in building systems, facilities, or infrastructure projects.
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Experience designing power distribution, lighting, and building electrical systems.
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Strong knowledge of applicable codes and standards including NEC, California Building Code, and energy codes.
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Experience using industry-standard design software such as Revit, AutoCAD, ETAP, SKM, or similar tools.
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Excellent communication, problem-solving, and project coordination skills.
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Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment and travel locally for client meetings and project site visits.
Ideally, you'll also have:
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California EIT license.
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Experience working in multidisciplinary project teams.
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Experience supporting, higher education, transportation, municipal, data centers, life science or commercial building projects.
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,173 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$130–186K/yr1,013 salary ranges
- California median$59–77/hr34 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,255 open Electrical Engineer jobs in California and 10,173 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Anduril Industries79 open
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- Jacobs (this employer)62 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,503 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,933 of the 10,173 open Electrical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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