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Entry Level Voice, Data, Security (VDS) Engineer

Jacobs

Indianapolis, IN · HybridJobSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Location
Indianapolis, INHybrid
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Jacobs is seeking an entry-level Voice, Data, Security (VDS) Engineer for its Life Sciences North America Team, with hybrid work options in several cities, including Indianapolis. The engineer will support design delivery for advanced manufacturing and data center facilities, creating layouts, sketches, models, and electronic documents for electrical and communications systems. A bachelor's degree in a related engineering field and one year of communications or security systems design experience are required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Communications Systems DesignSecurity Systems DesignWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsTime ManagementSelf-MotivationDiscipline CoordinationANSI/TIA StandardsBICSI StandardsCSI Divisions 27 and 28AutoCADRevitNECElectrical Design

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering1 Year Design ExperienceGPA 3.0+FE Exam Passed

Full job description

At Jacobs, we don’t settle - always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference.

We're looking for a Voice, Data, Security (VDS) Engineer to join our Life Sciences North America Team. Location options include hybrid work out of either Conshohocken, PA, Cincinnati, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Cary, NC, Houston, TX, or Richmond, VA. This position is open immediately.

Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects including semiconductor manufacturing, data center facilities, and other state of the art manufacturing facilities. Come be a part of a vibrant, dynamic team that delivers world class designs for well-known clients around the world. You’ll thrive as you perform computer-aided drafting and design of electrical power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, and communication systems for our client’s advanced facilities. Utilizing AutoCAD and Revit, you’ll create layouts, sketches, 2D/3D modeling, and electronic document files. Our engineers are responsible for delivery of complex packages in coordination with designers and design leads and form the core of our delivery team

Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills and we’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what drives you - so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

  • Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering or any closely related Engineering Degree

  • 1 years' experience actively designing Communications/Security Systems (internship or professional experience accepted)

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong interpersonal and time management skills

  • Self-motivation to coordinate with other disciplines and customers

  • Ability to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship, now or in the future

Ideally, you’ll also have:

  • 3.0 GPA or higher

  • Local to one of our Life Sciences North America offices, without the need to relocate

  • Passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam· Familiarity with ANSI/TIA and BISCI standards

  • Familiarity with CSI Divisions 27 & 28

  • AutoCAD design experience

  • Revit Design Experience

  • Exposure to NEC and electrical design requirements

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 10,335 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Indiana median$95–153K/yr88 salary ranges
  • US median$40–55/hr395 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 138 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Indiana and 10,335 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Indiana
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,555 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,705 of the 10,335 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 6, 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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