Electrical Engineer​/Design Engineer III

Location:

Bay Area/South Bay/Peninsula region in California, to support Cole Breit Engineering’s California offices in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Napa, CA.

Are you ready to take the next step in your electrical engineering career while working on challenging, meaningful projects?

As an Electrical Engineer/Design Engineer III at Cole Breit Engineering, you will be responsible for completing detailed electrical designs and supporting projects from design through construction. You’ll work with increasing independence to design electrical systems, perform technical calculations, coordinate with architects and other disciplines, develop project documentation, and support construction administration.

This position may be filled as an Electrical Engineer III or Electrical Design Engineer III based on experience and licensure. A Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred but not required. More important to us is finding someone with strong MEP consulting experience who is ready to take meaningful ownership of their work and continue growing technically.

If you enjoy solving technical problems, taking ownership of your designs, and working collaboratively with a team, we’d like to hear from you.

You have experience designing building electrical systems, including normal, emergency, and backup power distribution, lighting and lighting controls, and other electrical and special systems. You can perform technical calculations and understand how codes and standards inform your design decisions.

You can take responsibility for meaningful portions of an electrical design with limited guidance, from evaluating loads and sizing equipment through developing drawings, specifications, and construction documents.

You understand that successful engineering is about more than completing drawings. You pay attention to technical accuracy, coordination, constructability, project budgets, applicable codes, and quality-control standards.

You communicate effectively with architects, contractors, utility providers, and other engineering disciplines. You’re organized, dependable, receptive to feedback, and comfortable asking questions when needed while continuing to build your independence.

Within the first 30 days:

Develop an understanding of Cole Breit Engineering’s electrical design standards, quality-control processes, project workflows, and expectations.

Become familiar with active projects, applicable codes and standards, project requirements, and existing design documentation.

Begin contributing to electrical system design, calculations, drawings, and project documentation alongside Cole Breit’s electrical team.

Establish working relationships with project managers, engineers, designers, and other team members across disciplines.

Become familiar with Cole Breit’s approach to project budgets, schedules, coordination, and construction administration.

3-6 months and ongoing:

Design basic to moderately complex electrical systems with limited guidance, including normal, emergency, and backup power distribution systems, lighting and lighting controls, and special systems.

Perform electrical calculations, including demand and connected load estimates, voltage drop, short-circuit, and energy code calculations.

Analyze existing and proposed electrical loads to inform system design, sizing, and requirements.

Design and size electrical distribution equipment, feeders, end‑use power connections, generators, UPS systems, and automatic transfer switches.

Coordinate electrical system requirements with architects, contractors, utility providers, and other engineering disciplines.

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