Electrical Engineer Jobs in San Diego, CA
Electrical Engineer jobs in San Diego are concentrated in Sorrento Valley, Kearny Mesa, and the UTC corridor, across defense electronics, wireless communications, and semiconductor design. Employers actively hiring include Northrop Grumman, WSP, and Leidos. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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We are seeking a Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineering to lead the growth and delivery of our WSP's Property & Buildings practice in San Deigo, with a strong focus on Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and Civic market sectors. This leadership role presents a unique opportunity to drive strategic growth, develop client relationships, mentor talented professionals, and oversee the delivery of landmark projects throughout Southern California and beyond.
This Opportunity
As a Senior Vice President, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, a market leader within the Southern California region, and a key contributor to the continued expansion of WSP's Property & Buildings business. The successful candidate will combine technical excellence, business development expertise, and operational leadership to grow market share while delivering exceptional client service.
You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, executive leadership, and key stakeholders to advance WSP's position as an industry leader within the Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and Civic sectors.
Your Impact
Leadership & Business Development
- Lead strategic growth initiatives for the Property & Buildings practice throughout Southern California.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients, government agencies, healthcare systems, universities, developers, architects, and contractors.
- Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities and major project pursuits.
- Collaborate with regional and national leadership to establish growth strategies and market priorities.
- Lead proposal development, presentations, contract negotiations, and client engagement activities.
- Represent WSP at industry organizations, conferences, and networking events.
Technical Leadership
- Provide executive oversight and technical direction for complex electrical engineering projects.
- Guide project teams in the planning, design, and delivery of power distribution, lighting, life safety, low-voltage systems, renewable energy, and critical facility infrastructure projects.
- Champion innovation, resiliency, sustainability, electrification, and decarbonization initiatives across all project types.
- Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, quality management procedures, and client requirements.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on critical projects.
Team Development
- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive culture focused on professional growth and technical excellence.
- Support recruitment, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to project managers, senior engineers, and emerging leaders.
Project & Operational Management
- Provide executive oversight of project performance, profitability, quality, and client satisfaction.
- Partner with project managers and operational leaders to ensure successful project execution.
- Monitor financial performance, resource planning, utilization, and business metrics.
- Support risk management and quality assurance initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Architectural Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- 15+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience, including leadership responsibilities.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and/or Civic projects.
- Strong business development experience with a proven record of developing client relationships and winning work.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios.
- Strong understanding of electrical power systems, lighting design, emergency power, low-voltage systems, renewable energy integration, and building performance.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Ability to travel as needed to support clients and project teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
- LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), or similar credential.
- Established relationships within the Southern California AEC market.
- Experience working with major healthcare systems, higher education institutions, civic agencies, and commercial developers. Strong understanding of California building codes, healthcare regulations, energy codes, and sustainability initiatives.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $190,200- $303,400
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
We are seeking a Senior Vice President, Electrical Engineering to lead the growth and delivery of our WSP's Property & Buildings practice in San Deigo, with a strong focus on Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and Civic market sectors. This leadership role presents a unique opportunity to drive strategic growth, develop client relationships, mentor talented professionals, and oversee the delivery of landmark projects throughout Southern California and beyond.
This Opportunity
As a Senior Vice President, you will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, a market leader within the Southern California region, and a key contributor to the continued expansion of WSP's Property & Buildings business. The successful candidate will combine technical excellence, business development expertise, and operational leadership to grow market share while delivering exceptional client service.
You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, executive leadership, and key stakeholders to advance WSP's position as an industry leader within the Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and Civic sectors.
Your Impact
Leadership & Business Development
- Lead strategic growth initiatives for the Property & Buildings practice throughout Southern California.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients, government agencies, healthcare systems, universities, developers, architects, and contractors.
- Identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities and major project pursuits.
- Collaborate with regional and national leadership to establish growth strategies and market priorities.
- Lead proposal development, presentations, contract negotiations, and client engagement activities.
- Represent WSP at industry organizations, conferences, and networking events.
Technical Leadership
- Provide executive oversight and technical direction for complex electrical engineering projects.
- Guide project teams in the planning, design, and delivery of power distribution, lighting, life safety, low-voltage systems, renewable energy, and critical facility infrastructure projects.
- Champion innovation, resiliency, sustainability, electrification, and decarbonization initiatives across all project types.
- Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, quality management procedures, and client requirements.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on critical projects.
Team Development
- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive culture focused on professional growth and technical excellence.
- Support recruitment, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
- Provide coaching and mentorship to project managers, senior engineers, and emerging leaders.
Project & Operational Management
- Provide executive oversight of project performance, profitability, quality, and client satisfaction.
- Partner with project managers and operational leaders to ensure successful project execution.
- Monitor financial performance, resource planning, utilization, and business metrics.
- Support risk management and quality assurance initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Architectural Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- 15+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience, including leadership responsibilities.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, and/or Civic projects.
- Strong business development experience with a proven record of developing client relationships and winning work.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex project portfolios.
- Strong understanding of electrical power systems, lighting design, emergency power, low-voltage systems, renewable energy integration, and building performance.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Ability to travel as needed to support clients and project teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
- LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), or similar credential.
- Established relationships within the Southern California AEC market.
- Experience working with major healthcare systems, higher education institutions, civic agencies, and commercial developers. Strong understanding of California building codes, healthcare regulations, energy codes, and sustainability initiatives.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (all locations): $190,200- $303,400
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
#LI-JM1
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Who's Hiring
- Northrop Grumman80
- WSP40
- Leidos27
- SC Engineers27
- CRB13
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware
- Consulting & Professional Services
Electrical Engineer Jobs in San Diego: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a electrical engineer job in San Diego?
San Diego's strongest hiring is in defense and aerospace, wireless and RF engineering, and semiconductor design, with employers clustered in Sorrento Valley, Kearny Mesa, and the UTC area. Candidates who hold active security clearances or have hands-on RF, FPGA, or embedded systems experience stand out here. Targeting defense contractors and communications hardware firms directly gives you the best shot in this market.
Which companies hire electrical engineers in San Diego?
San Diego electrical engineer roles are posted by Northrop Grumman, WSP, and Leidos and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. The local market skews heavily toward defense prime contractors, wireless hardware companies, and mid-size semiconductor firms with engineering centers in North San Diego.
Are there remote electrical engineer jobs in San Diego?
Yes, but remote availability is limited for most electrical engineering work since the role typically involves lab work, hardware testing, and on-site collaboration. About 36% of electrical engineer openings tied to San Diego are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those positions tend to be in systems architecture, CAD design, or technical program management rather than hands-on hardware roles.
How can I get a electrical engineer job in San Diego with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in San Diego is through internships or junior engineer roles at defense contractors and communications hardware companies, many of which run structured early-career programs. Entry-level positions in test engineering, PCB layout support, and lab technician roles are common stepping stones locally. A security clearance, even at the Secret level, dramatically improves your competitiveness with San Diego's defense-heavy employer base.
Which industries hire the most electrical engineers in San Diego?
San Diego electrical engineer roles concentrate in Electronics & Hardware and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. San Diego's large defense contracting presence, proximity to naval installations, and established wireless technology ecosystem drive steady demand across those sectors year-round.
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