Top Electrical Engineering Jobs in Chicago, IL

Responsible for maintaining electrical and electronic equipment on board ships, requiring good communication skills and relevant certifications.

Performs basic electrical engineering and project support for building projects under senior supervision. Develops system designs, prepares deliverables, follows quality processes, coordinates with designers and vendors, supports project timelines and budgets, and pursues professional growth.

Lead electrical discipline across pursuit, design, and construction phases for diverse facilities. Produce construction-ready drawings, perform power system studies (arc flash, load, short circuit, coordination), mentor junior staff, support proposals, coordinate interdisciplinary work, and perform site surveys and electrical audits using industry codes and modeling tools.

Pipeline hiring for electrical engineers at multiple levels working on circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, power distribution, wiring harness, component selection, signal integrity, and EMI/EMC compliance. Responsibilities include testing, validation, debugging, and cross-functional collaboration with mechanical, systems, and controls teams. This is a talent‑pool posting rather than an active role.

Lead design, development, integration, and sustainment of laboratory and field-deployable sensing, monitoring, and control systems. Maintain and improve software tools, design hardware/firmware/PCB solutions, develop embedded Linux systems, implement secure networked communications and DSP in real-time, create GUIs and databases, and support field deployments and system modernization.

Design and prepare detailed electrical installation drawings and specifications for medium and low voltage power, lighting, and special systems. Perform load, short-circuit, ampacity, and voltage-drop calculations; produce single-line diagrams and panel schedules in Revit/AutoCAD; support BIM coordination, review shop drawings, RFIs, and contractor submittals; and provide technical support during construction.

Designs and delivers electrical engineering plans for complex building projects. Responsibilities include developing system concepts, drafting in Revit, reviewing technical information, coordinating with project teams and vendors, managing project schedules and proposals, maintaining client relationships, documenting calculations, and performing job-site fieldwork. Requires strong communication, three-dimensional design ability, OSHPD 1 project experience, and professional engineering licensure.

Design and deliver electrical systems for colocation and hyperscale data centers, including power distribution, backup/emergency systems, calculations, drawings, schematics, and code compliance while collaborating with stakeholders and maintaining industry knowledge.

Develop and program PLC and HMI controls for packaging machinery, design electrical schematics and BOMs in AutoCAD Electrical, specify components, lead projects through FAT and customer acceptance, ensure UL/CE/CSA compliance, troubleshoot machines, and support sales/assembly/procurement.

Perform electrical power, PV and low-voltage system design for renewable construction projects from concept through completion. Create calculations, technical drawings, one-line diagrams, cable routing, grounding design, and equipment specifications. Use AutoCAD and engineering software (CYMCAP, ETAP, AmpCalc, WinIGS), conduct field surveys and inspections, ensure NEC/code compliance, and mentor junior engineers.

Design and document electrical systems from concept through construction. Perform lighting and power calculations, short circuit studies, NEC compliance, Revit modeling, QA/QC, coordination with disciplines and consultants, RFI/submittal responses, field verification, and mentor junior staff while tracking project hours and supporting client interactions.

Design electrical building systems (power distribution, lighting, life-safety, data/communications) for commercial and institutional projects. Lead project design and production, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, visit construction sites for measurements and observations, manage workload and timelines, and pursue professional licensure (FE/PE).

Owns reliability analysis for mission-critical electrical systems in data centers. Develops electrical BIA and FMEA packages, defines monitoring and maintenance strategies, validates one-line diagrams and redundancy assumptions, and recommends testing, spare-parts, redesign, and risk-reduction actions. Supports root-cause analyses, commissioning, vendor reviews, workshops, and design changes while communicating technical risks and tracking reliability improvements. Requires travel of 25% to 40% and occasional maintenance-window support.

The Principal Electrical Engineer leads project-specific engineering and design tasks, oversees teams, and ensures the successful delivery of data center projects while balancing customer needs and operational sustainability.

The Electrical Engineer will coordinate technical proposals for substation and power generation projects, including cost estimations and compliance with specifications.

As a Sr. Electrical Engineer, you'll design power and lighting systems, collaborate on projects, mentor junior engineers, and ensure adherence to codes.

Design electrical systems for conveyors, sortation, and automated equipment; develop schematics and wiring diagrams; specify panels, sensors, drives and control devices; support PLC and controls integration; participate in installation, commissioning (FAT/SAT) and system validation; troubleshoot in testing and live environments; collaborate with controls, mechanical, and software teams.

Designs, develops, tests, and troubleshoots electrical components, electronic circuitry, and PCB layouts for new and existing products. Supports new product introduction, EMC compliance, manufacturing testing, root cause analysis, FMEA, vendor evaluation, and production issue resolution. Collaborates with manufacturing and cross-functional teams while ensuring quality, regulatory, reliability, and schedule requirements are met.

Designs custom circuit boards and electrical solutions for rugged networking products, including power, battery, PoE, and high-speed Ethernet circuits. Responsibilities include schematic capture, PCB layout, fabrication and assembly coordination, board bring-up, debugging, verification testing, manufacturing transition, field support, and design sustainment. The engineer collaborates with mechanical, thermal, systems, purchasing, suppliers, and management teams while supporting product schedules and milestones.

Develop electrical design packages for pipeline projects, producing calculations, drawings, and documentation. Lead discipline-specific designs on smaller projects and assist technical analysis on complex projects. Coordinate with project teams, perform QA/QC reviews, use CAD and engineering tools, communicate impacts to scope/cost/schedule/quality, and occasionally support field activities.

The Project Engineer will manage electrical engineering projects, develop solutions to production issues, and support equipment safety upgrades while ensuring adherence to project specifications and compliance with regulations.

Designs electrical systems for buildings and produces accurate construction drawings, specifications, and project documentation. Provides technical oversight, QA/QC, project coordination, client consultation, site survey support, and construction-phase representation. Manages design timelines, participates in proposals, troubleshoots design issues, and mentors junior engineers and designers. The role is hybrid or remote with periodic project-site travel and construction-environment exposure.

The Electrical Engineer will design efficient solar PV systems, perform energy analysis, coordinate with engineering teams, and troubleshoot design and construction issues.

Lead electrical design for new construction and renovation projects (data centers, telecom, commercial). Serve as client contact, manage multiple projects and engineering staff, develop BOD/SD/DD/CD deliverables, perform front-end loading, write complex electrical studies/reports, ensure code compliance, mentor staff, control budgets and schedules.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will design power systems, manage projects, ensure compliance with codes, perform calculations, and coordinate technical efforts within the team.