Entry Level Design Manager Jobs
New grad design manager jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where a strong portfolio or internship work can carry more weight than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Electronics & Hardware, Consulting & Professional Services, and Technology & Software, with employers like Apple, Arhaus, and Quanta Infrastructure Solutions hiring at this level now.
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Design Engineer, Substation
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Pacific Gas and Electric
Design Engineer, Substation
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Civil Design Engineer, Electric Transmission Line
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Civil Design Engineer, Electric Transmission Line
Oakland, California
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Civil Design Engineer, Substation
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Pacific Gas and Electric
Civil Design Engineer, Substation
Oakland, California
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Sales Associate / Design Consultant - Full Time
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Arhaus
Sales Associate / Design Consultant - Full Time
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Design Engineer, Substation
Pacific Gas and Electric·West Sacramento, California
Job functions:
$44 - $74/hr
2+ yrs exp.
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
Full Time
10,000+ employees
Job Description
Requisition ID # 172373
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: West Sacramento
Department Overview
The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.
Position Summary
This position is represented by Engineers and Scientist of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
As a Design Engineer, you will be the vital link between the Company and widespread interconnection of generation; increase in capacity demand (residential, commercial, and industrial); and system reliability improvements in California. Your role will be to ensure that the Company provides excellent service for these projects.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity.
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $44.70 to $74.42, subject to collectively bargained wage increases.​
Job Responsibilities
Actively promote safe practices and conduct in accordance with the Corporate Safety policy. Accomplish the department goal of zero injuries & avoidable auto incidents. Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively. Coordinate project information (studies, sketches, computations, other complex data) for the engineering and construction of electric substation facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability and automation improvements. This involves interfacing with other disciplines (such as civil and protection engineers) and reviewing existing facilities and developing conceptual designs. Prepare Electrical Substation design drawings using AutoCAD for indoor and outdoor equipment (e.g., RTUs, relays, meters, batteries, annunciators, structures, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, etc.), Single Line Diagrams, Meter and Relay Diagrams, AC and DC Schematics, Control Room Layouts, Switchboard Arrangements, AC and DC Station Services, General Arrangement Outdoor, Conduits & Grounding, etc. Prepare bill of materials, circuit & conduit schedules, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications. Conduct design review meetings with project teams. Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose. Travel 10% of the time.
QualificationsÂ
Minimum: Holds a BS in Electrical Engineering; or its equivalent in education and experience, to include education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or education and experience totaling four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License (or higher) by daÂy 1 of hire
Desired: PE/EIT certification Experience in electric substation design using AutoCAD Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, word, Excel, PowerPoint and access programs
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: West Sacramento
Department Overview
The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.
Position Summary
This position is represented by Engineers and Scientist of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
As a Design Engineer, you will be the vital link between the Company and widespread interconnection of generation; increase in capacity demand (residential, commercial, and industrial); and system reliability improvements in California. Your role will be to ensure that the Company provides excellent service for these projects.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity.
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $44.70 to $74.42, subject to collectively bargained wage increases.​
Job Responsibilities
Actively promote safe practices and conduct in accordance with the Corporate Safety policy. Accomplish the department goal of zero injuries & avoidable auto incidents. Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively. Coordinate project information (studies, sketches, computations, other complex data) for the engineering and construction of electric substation facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability and automation improvements. This involves interfacing with other disciplines (such as civil and protection engineers) and reviewing existing facilities and developing conceptual designs. Prepare Electrical Substation design drawings using AutoCAD for indoor and outdoor equipment (e.g., RTUs, relays, meters, batteries, annunciators, structures, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, etc.), Single Line Diagrams, Meter and Relay Diagrams, AC and DC Schematics, Control Room Layouts, Switchboard Arrangements, AC and DC Station Services, General Arrangement Outdoor, Conduits & Grounding, etc. Prepare bill of materials, circuit & conduit schedules, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications. Conduct design review meetings with project teams. Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose. Travel 10% of the time.
QualificationsÂ
Minimum: Holds a BS in Electrical Engineering; or its equivalent in education and experience, to include education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or education and experience totaling four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License (or higher) by daÂy 1 of hire
Desired: PE/EIT certification Experience in electric substation design using AutoCAD Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, word, Excel, PowerPoint and access programs
Pacific Gas and Electric
Design Engineer, Substation
West Sacramento, California
New 1m ago10,000+ employees
Job functions:
$44 - $74/hr
2+ yrs exp.
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
Full Time
Job Description
Requisition ID # 172373
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: West Sacramento
Department Overview
The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.
Position Summary
This position is represented by Engineers and Scientist of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
As a Design Engineer, you will be the vital link between the Company and widespread interconnection of generation; increase in capacity demand (residential, commercial, and industrial); and system reliability improvements in California. Your role will be to ensure that the Company provides excellent service for these projects.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity.
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $44.70 to $74.42, subject to collectively bargained wage increases.​
Job Responsibilities
Actively promote safe practices and conduct in accordance with the Corporate Safety policy. Accomplish the department goal of zero injuries & avoidable auto incidents. Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively. Coordinate project information (studies, sketches, computations, other complex data) for the engineering and construction of electric substation facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability and automation improvements. This involves interfacing with other disciplines (such as civil and protection engineers) and reviewing existing facilities and developing conceptual designs. Prepare Electrical Substation design drawings using AutoCAD for indoor and outdoor equipment (e.g., RTUs, relays, meters, batteries, annunciators, structures, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, etc.), Single Line Diagrams, Meter and Relay Diagrams, AC and DC Schematics, Control Room Layouts, Switchboard Arrangements, AC and DC Station Services, General Arrangement Outdoor, Conduits & Grounding, etc. Prepare bill of materials, circuit & conduit schedules, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications. Conduct design review meetings with project teams. Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose. Travel 10% of the time.
QualificationsÂ
Minimum: Holds a BS in Electrical Engineering; or its equivalent in education and experience, to include education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or education and experience totaling four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License (or higher) by daÂy 1 of hire
Desired: PE/EIT certification Experience in electric substation design using AutoCAD Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, word, Excel, PowerPoint and access programs
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Strategy & Growth
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: West Sacramento
Department Overview
The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.
Position Summary
This position is represented by Engineers and Scientist of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.
As a Design Engineer, you will be the vital link between the Company and widespread interconnection of generation; increase in capacity demand (residential, commercial, and industrial); and system reliability improvements in California. Your role will be to ensure that the Company provides excellent service for these projects.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreement, and internal equity.
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the hourly rate range for this position is $44.70 to $74.42, subject to collectively bargained wage increases.​
Job Responsibilities
Actively promote safe practices and conduct in accordance with the Corporate Safety policy. Accomplish the department goal of zero injuries & avoidable auto incidents. Foster teamwork and innovation and embrace new approaches to accomplish our work more efficiently and effectively. Coordinate project information (studies, sketches, computations, other complex data) for the engineering and construction of electric substation facilities including equipment relocations and replacements, capacity additions, reliability and automation improvements. This involves interfacing with other disciplines (such as civil and protection engineers) and reviewing existing facilities and developing conceptual designs. Prepare Electrical Substation design drawings using AutoCAD for indoor and outdoor equipment (e.g., RTUs, relays, meters, batteries, annunciators, structures, circuit breakers, transformers, disconnect switches, etc.), Single Line Diagrams, Meter and Relay Diagrams, AC and DC Schematics, Control Room Layouts, Switchboard Arrangements, AC and DC Station Services, General Arrangement Outdoor, Conduits & Grounding, etc. Prepare bill of materials, circuit & conduit schedules, reports, and presentations using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other applications. Conduct design review meetings with project teams. Ensure delivery of high-quality design products on budget, on time, and on purpose. Travel 10% of the time.
QualificationsÂ
Minimum: Holds a BS in Electrical Engineering; or its equivalent in education and experience, to include education and design drafting experience totaling six years, or education and experience totaling four years including two years at PG&E as a Design Drafter or Senior Design Drafter Must possess and maintain a valid Class C California Driver's License (or higher) by daÂy 1 of hire
Desired: PE/EIT certification Experience in electric substation design using AutoCAD Fluent with Microsoft Office, Outlook, word, Excel, PowerPoint and access programs
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Entry Level Design Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level design manager job?
Entry level design manager roles reward candidates who can show hands-on work over credentials alone. A portfolio demonstrating real projects, even from coursework, internships, or freelance work, gives you a concrete edge. Employers at this level also look for comfort with design tools, an eye for organizing a creative workflow, and the ability to communicate design decisions clearly to non-designers.
Which companies hire entry level design managers?
Companies hiring entry level design managers right now include Apple, Arhaus, and Quanta Infrastructure Solutions, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a wide range of employers, including consumer brands, technology companies, and agencies that build junior design managers into their teams from the ground up.
Are there remote entry level design manager jobs?
Yes, though on-site and hybrid roles remain common at the entry level. About 11% of entry level design manager openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, so fully remote positions exist but are not the majority. Candidates open to on-site or hybrid arrangements will find the widest range of opportunities at this stage.
Are these new grad design manager jobs?
Yes, many of these roles are new grad and junior positions that welcome recent graduates and candidates with little or no professional experience. A new grad friendly posting typically welcomes zero to two years of experience, treats internship work or a strong portfolio as qualifying, and does not require prior people-management history. Look for language like 'entry level,' 'junior,' or 'recent graduates encouraged to apply.'
Which industries hire the most entry level design managers?
Entry Level design manager roles concentrate in Electronics & Hardware, Consulting & Professional Services, and Technology & Software, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors hire at the entry level because they maintain active in-house design functions and regularly build out junior talent to support growing creative and product teams.