Electrical Engineer

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group has an opening for an Electrical Engineer. 

• Houston, Texas

Position Summary

As an Electrical Engineer at DLR Group you will be responsible for participating in the design process of electrical building systems from schematics through construction administration, preparing detailed electrical engineering drawings and performing design calculations. As part of our integrated design teams, you will create buildings that elevate the human experience through design.

The successful candidate will

• Assist in developing project objectives, goals, and documentation policies


• Develop electrical designs from concept through completion of construction


• Prepare engineering design calculations and layouts


• Prepare detailed engineering reports and narratives


• Coordinate electrical design requirements with architecture, structure, and other disciplines

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (ABET accredited) in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering


• 5-10 years of experience designing electrical systems for commercial architecture including K-12, Workplace, Higher Education, Justice+Civic, and Sports


• Passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous internship, co-op experience, or full time position with a consulting engineering or A/E firm


• Licensed Electrical Engineer (Registered in Texas)


• Experience with BIM (e.g. Autodesk Revit MEP) workflow


• Experience and interest in sustainable building design


• Lighting and/or low voltage design experience

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.