Electronic Security Design Engineer

Description

• Manage outside design consultants to meet technical and schedule requirements.
• Oversee or verify installation quality, perform acceptance testing, and validate system performance per design intent.
• Engineer subsystem integration (access, video, intrusion, intercom) via IP networks, APIs, or management platforms.
• Create detailed designs and device layouts using CAD/Revit; develop system schematics, riser diagrams, and network topologies for security systems.
• Manage project documentation, including proposals, drawings, specifications, reports, calculations, and shop drawings using 2D/3D file management systems.
• Provide technical design guidance throughout the construction process.
• Lead design review processes with the design team and clients, maintain schedules, and identify project risks and opportunities.
• Apply design experience to solve project-specific challenges while monitoring design schedules, quality control, and document delivery.
• Support early-phase due diligence with clients and stakeholders, ensuring studies and permitting requirements are included in design documents.
• Stay current on new platforms (Genetec, LenelS2, Avigilon, Axis, Milestone, Gallagher, etc.) and evaluate suitability for different environments (campus, data center, airport, etc.).
• Generate cost savings and value-added solutions during the design phase.
• Monitor and control costs of design partners and consultants.
• Autonomy & Decision Making: Makes decisions within defined authority and consults with a supervisor on matters beyond those limits.
• Write Division 28 specifications, bills of materials (BOM), and scope-of-work documents for integrators or contractors.
• Maintain deep understanding of low-voltage design, IP networks, PoE power budgets, camera bandwidth, and data storage sizing.
• Develop sketches and plans to assist preconstruction with pricing conceptual ideas; coordinate with VDC team as needed.
• Review designs and provide quality control comments to ensure program specifications and life-safety requirements are met.
• Offer design engineering support throughout the project lifecycle: proposal, site survey, engineering, equipment selection, permitting, training, and construction.
• Coordinate packaging strategies for design documents with the project team.
• Understand project budgets and ensure design aligns with contractual details.
• Coordinate with architects, electrical engineers, IT teams, and contractors to ensure infrastructure alignment.
• Conduct field walks, evaluate existing systems, and assess coverage, cabling paths, and environmental conditions.
• Interpret design-build RFPs and develop work plans by collaborating with preconstruction, operations, and stakeholders.
• Review bridging documents for RFP compliance, including codes and criteria to meet technical and design requirements.

Requirements

• May require extensive periods of travel
• Ability to manage budget and schedule, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships
• Proficiency in MS Office – Intermediate
• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner
• Ability to think in a highly structured manner along all design disciplines while also having creativity to develop specialized solutions by anticipating potential challenges
• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
• Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project
• Frequent activity: Sitting, Viewing Computer Screen
• Manufacturer certifications (Genetec, Lenel, Milestone, Axis, etc.)
• Experience with U.S. building design codes and material specific standards
• Equivalent experience in security systems integration/design will be considered
• PSP (ASIS Physical Security Professional)
• Ability to conduct effective presentations
• 5+ years design and/or construction management experience (Preferred)
• Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet project needs
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally
• CTS-D certification (preferred)
• Cross-functional knowledge of the key engineering disciplines (Architectural, Structural, MEP) and relevant trades
• Thorough knowledge of project processes and how each supports the successful completion of a project
• Understand client business needs and create conceptual plans, elevations, and 3D models for presentations and win strategies.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit and/or Google SketchUp
• Ability to apply Lean process and philosophy – Intermediate
• Communications cabling design (Division 27)
• Valid and unrestricted drivers license required
• Conversant with linked design disciplines, e.g. Geotechnical/Civil, Architecture, Building Façade, Structural, MEP, Data/Communications, Vertical Transportation, Acoustics, and Fire and Life Safety, etc.
• Occasional activity: Standing, Walking, Bending, Climbing, Reaching above Shoulder, Pushing, Pulling
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or related field (preferred)
• Communication skills, verbal and written – Intermediate
• BICSI Technician or RCDD

Benefits

• Career Path: Promotion potential to Design Manager 2.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance