Engineering Jobs in Dallas, TX

Government wage data shows two different local pay baselines inside this category. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the architecture and engineering family paid a $99,690 median and $107,010 mean in 2025, with the 25th to 75th percentile running from $76,620 to $131,170 and the 90th percentile at $169,020. The life, physical, and social science family paid a $77,630 median and $86,220 mean. In the fresher but partial Callings.ai job database, current posted salary ranges center on about $122k to $195k, which likely reflects a senior-skewed posting mix rather than a true metro-wide median.

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Advertised pay

Across the 154 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $90,000 at the 25th percentile, $119,000 at the median and $149,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market, not an easy one. Dallas-Fort Worth unemployment was 4.4% in August 2026, metro nonfarm employment was up about 1.0% year over year, and professional and business services employment was up 3.1429%. Texas-level engineering and scientific employment was up 3.3% year over year in September 2026, and active postings for the field were up 29.1%. But local hiring skews experienced and in-person, with about 60% of postings at senior or lead level and about 70% on-site.

Best positioned: Candidates with established experience in defense, AEC, systems, or regulated manufacturing and a tool stack that combines project management with AutoCAD/Revit, Python, or cloud platforms have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming healthy demand means broad access; local openings are disproportionately senior, on-site, and rarely explicit about visa sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 384 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.: 32 open roles
2. Jacobs Engineering Group: 25 open roles
3. RTX Corp.: 13 open roles
4. Peterbilt: 10 open roles
5. Lockheed Martin Corporation: 9 open roles
6. WSP Global Inc.: 9 open roles
7. PACCAR: 8 open roles
8. IE: 5 open roles
9. Parkhill: 5 open roles
10. Shield: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 104
• Fort Worth: 53
• Plano: 42
• Denton: 28
• McKinney: 20
• Irving: 16
• Carrollton: 16
• Richardson: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 293 (77%), hybrid 78 (20%), remote 10 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than a single dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the metro showed more than 1,600 Engineering & Scientific postings across more than 650 companies, and the employer mix is fragmented. The named employers appearing most often include Lockheed Martin Corporation, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., and Deloitte. The most active local industry buckets are it services and it consulting, construction, defense and space manufacturing, aerospace & defense, and engineering services. That mix matters because it tells you where the openings cluster: systems, design, infrastructure, and project-delivery work are more visible than pure bench science. On the local labor side, professional and business services employment was up 3.1429% year over year in August 2026, while manufacturing was slightly down. Scientific demand is present but uneven; Dallas-Fort Worth life-sciences postings rose nearly 6% year over year in the first half of 2026, Novartis is building a radioligand-therapy manufacturing facility in Denton, and MP Materials' Fort Worth magnet division employed 350 people as of late September.

• Defense, aerospace, and systems engineering (high): Best concentration of named employers and likely senior openings, led by Lockheed Martin and supported by local aerospace and defense activity in the posting mix.
• AEC, civil, and project-delivery engineering (high): Construction and engineering services account for a meaningful share of local postings, and metro professional and business services growth supports consulting and design work.
• Scientific, process, and advanced manufacturing work (moderate): Viable but less even across subfields; life-sciences postings were up nearly 6% year over year and Denton/Fort Worth projects add pockets of process and manufacturing demand.

Where to focus: If you need the best odds in the next 90 days, prioritize senior AEC, defense/systems, and project-delivery roles that require visible tool depth plus domain context.

Roles worth searching next

• Construction project manager: Construction is one of the most active local industry buckets, and project management is a top requested skill, so engineers with delivery experience can often reposition here.
• Technical program manager: The local mix includes consulting-heavy employers and software-adjacent tool demand, which makes coordination-heavy technical leadership a plausible pivot.
• Quality or regulatory compliance specialist: Scientific and process-manufacturing activity around Fort Worth and Denton creates adjacent demand for documentation, validation, and regulated execution.
• Manufacturing operations manager: Texas manufacturing sentiment improved in September, and Fort Worth has current or planned production footprints tied to magnets, beverages, and drones.

What postings ask for

• AutoCAD (table_stakes | immediate): AutoCAD shows up among the most-requested hard skills in local postings, and CAD remains one of the most in-demand technical skills across DFW engineering roles. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates targeting design, infrastructure, manufacturing, or drafting-adjacent work.
• Revit (differentiator | near-term): Revit appears in the local top-skill mix and helps separate AEC and infrastructure candidates from generalist engineers. Who: Civil, architectural, mechanical, and construction-focused applicants.
• Python (premium | immediate): Python is among the most-requested hard skills locally and is one of the clearest bridges between modeling, automation, test, and scientific analysis work. Who: Systems engineers, scientists, test engineers, and career switchers who need proof of analytical fluency.
• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): Project management is one of the top local hard-skill requirements, and the metro's hiring mix leans toward consulting, construction, defense, and engineering services where delivery discipline matters. Who: Mid-career engineers moving into lead roles and switchers coming from operations-heavy backgrounds.
• MATLAB (differentiator | near-term): MATLAB is widely requested in scientific and systems engineering postings, making it especially useful if your work involves simulation, controls, or analytical modeling. Who: Systems, controls, research, and scientific candidates.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license (premium | near-term): Texas engineering firms moved into a biennial renewal cycle in 2026, and later renewals will require 30 PDH, so an active PE remains a strong signal in regulated design work. Who: Licensed engineers or EITs moving toward civil, infrastructure, consulting, or stamped design responsibility.

Questions about this market

What do Engineering & Scientific roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Government wage data shows two different local pay baselines inside this category. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the architecture and engineering family paid a $99,690 median and $107,010 mean in 2025, with the 25th to 75th percentile running from $76,620 to $131,170 and the 90th percentile at $169,020. The life, physical, and social science family paid a $77,630 median and $86,220 mean. In the fresher but partial Callings.ai job database, current posted salary ranges center on about $122k to $195k, which likely reflects a senior-skewed posting mix rather than a true metro-wide median. Pay is strong by metro standards: BLS puts the Dallas-Fort Worth architecture and engineering group at $51.45 per hour versus $33.96 across all occupations in the metro. For job seekers, that means the better pay bands tend to sit in the engineering half of this category more than the scientific half.

Where is demand for Engineering & Scientific roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than a single dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, the metro showed more than 1,600 Engineering & Scientific postings across more than 650 companies, and the employer mix is fragmented. The named employers appearing most often include Lockheed Martin Corporation, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., and Deloitte. The most active local industry buckets are it services and it consulting, construction, defense and space manufacturing, aerospace & defense, and engineering services. That mix matters because it tells you where the openings cluster: systems, design, infrastructure, and project-delivery work are more visible than pure bench science. On the local labor side, professional and business services employment was up 3.1429% year over year in August 2026, while manufacturing was slightly down. Scientific demand is present but uneven; Dallas-Fort Worth life-sciences postings rose nearly 6% year over year in the first half of 2026, Novartis is building a radioligand-therapy manufacturing facility in Denton, and MP Materials' Fort Worth magnet division employed 350 people as of late September.

Which employers are hiring the most Engineering & Scientific talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Lockheed Martin Corporation (100 postings), Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (50 postings), Deloitte (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Engineering & Scientific roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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