Electrical Engineer - Military Aviation Focus

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At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape and innovative lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a rewarding career working with the industry’s best and most innovative aviation professionals, then Jacobs is where you belong, as we are currently looking for a driven and curious professional engineer to join our specialized military aviation team.

Continue your career with a team that seeks out the most challenging projects and inspires innovative and cost-effective solutions for our Clients.  You’ll work side-by-side with the best aviation planners, engineers, and construction managers in the business – preparing solutions for our military clients around the world. Jacob’s hybrid work model allows for you to maximize your work-life balance while enabling you to benefit from the in-person collaboration that comes from working as part of a team on complex solutions for some of our nation’s most critical aviation infrastructure.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in planning-level aviation assignments
• Perform electrical engineering design including computer modeling, calculations, and reporting
• Prepare specifications and perform plan set production for airfield projects
• Coordinate and collaborate with other aviation design professionals and disciplines as part of a cohesive design team
• Perform bid-phase and construction-phase services such as answering requests for information, preparing design clarifications, reviewing shop drawings, and submittals
• Attend site visits to perform engineering services to include construction quality, acceptance testing and construction management activities
• Attend and participate in design team and client meetings
• Attend industry-level training and collaboration events

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Strong analytical, conceptual, communication and organizational skills
• Registered Professional Engineer
• Airfield lighting and power distribution experience
• Computer-Aided Drafting and Engineering (CAD/CAE) knowledge
• United States Citizenship

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A passion for aviation
• Unified Facility Criteria and Unified Facility Guide Specification experience
• Familiarity or experience with design and analysis software such as SKM, AGi32, Revit, and ArcGIS

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

97,700.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

171,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $97,700.00 to $171,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on October 29, 2025. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	United States