Telecommunications Systems Engineer

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At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. Your impact: we don’t settle. We’re 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.

Start your Jacobs career that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed today and into tomorrow.

We are looking for a licensed Telecommunications Systems Engineer who is excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business. This is a geographically flexible, hybrid position in the US. Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects, including semiconductor manufacturing and other state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing and research facilities. Come be a part of a vibrant, dynamic team that delivers world‑class designs for well‑known clients around the world.

You will thrive as you provide telecommunications systems design documentation for our client’s advanced facilities which, in turn, shape our world.

As a Telecommunications Systems Engineer, you will have project leadership opportunities as a design lead and work in conjunction with supporting design staff while producing complex design packages. This is done in coordination with architects and other discipline engineers and design leads all under one Jacobs design team. You will interface directly with our client counterparts to design these facilities to meet their needs.

Our teams leverage AutoCAD and Revit MEP design software to create fully coordinated 3D models across all disciplines (C,S,A,M,E,P,T,I,L). Through a mixture of full 3D BIM delivery, construction specifications and 2D sheets, you’ll lead the design of everything from Outside Plant (OSP) to inter/intra‑building backbone distribution systems, communication room layouts, rack elevations, wired & wireless device plans and cable schedules.

All facets of the designs and calculations will be completed in accordance with the NEC, applicable TIA and other industry standards as well as client and/or Jacobs specifications, as applicable.

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

• Two‑year technical degree or four‑year non‑technical degree
• At least 6 years of relevant experience in telecommunications design and construction industry
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Knowledge & application of NFPA 70 (NEC) as applicable to telecommunications design requirements
• Knowledge & application of telecommunications industry association (TIA) standards
• Experience leading telecommunications design team
• Experience editing design and construction specifications
• Experience with start‑up and commissioning of telecommunications systems
• Experience estimating and scheduling design efforts for large multi‑building projects with multiple phases and design packages
• Strong structured cabling design background
• Proficiency with Bluebeam
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with Navisworks

• BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Services International), RCDD (Registered Communications Distribution Designer) credential, or the ability to obtain in 6 months
• At least 4 years of telecommunications design experience in semiconductor or data center industries
• Project management experience
• Working knowledge of Revit and Navisworks design software platforms
• Knowledge and design experience with emergency responder radio and DAS (Distributed…