500+ Engineering & Science Jobs in Dallas, TX

Observed local government pay data shows Dallas architecture and engineering occupations averaging about $51.4 per hour in May 2025, while architectural and engineering managers averaged about $182,520 annually. Proxy and posting-based signals are higher for current openings: posted salary ranges in the metro center on about $122k to $190k, and Texas Engineering & Scientific openings show a mean offered salary of about $114,686 on new postings (n=2,113).

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Advertised pay

Across the 207 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $83,100 at the 25th percentile, $110,000 at the median and $139,606 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Dallas-Fort Worth is a competitive but still workable Engineering & Scientific market over the next 3-6 months: metro unemployment was 4.6% in July 2026, up 9.5238% year over year, while overall metro employment was essentially flat year over year. That softer local backdrop is offset by category-specific strength at the Texas level, where Engineering & Scientific employment was up 3.4% year over year and active postings were up 28.6% in August 2026 according to Revelio Public Labor Statistics. In Dallas-Fort Worth itself, we observed more than 1,400 postings across more than 600 companies over the last 90 days, but the mix skewed senior and on-site.

Best positioned: Candidates with established experience in civil, electrical, mechanical, or systems-oriented work tied to infrastructure, defense, data centers, or healthcare facilities have the clearest edge right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming the large posting volume means broad access: only about 10% of sampled roles were entry level, and only about 5% were remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 513 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Lockheed Martin Corporation: 29 open roles
2. RTX Corp.: 27 open roles
3. WSP Global Inc.: 24 open roles
4. Jacobs Engineering Group: 20 open roles
5. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.: 16 open roles
6. Olsson: 13 open roles
7. Burns & McDonnell: 12 open roles
8. Parkhill: 10 open roles
9. Enercon: 9 open roles
10. Baird, Hampton & Brown, Inc.: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 156
• Fort Worth: 95
• Plano: 52
• McKinney: 27
• Richardson: 22
• Grand Prairie: 22
• Denton: 19
• Arlington: 17

Work arrangement

on-site 386 (77%), hybrid 105 (21%), remote 12 (2%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in built-environment and infrastructure work. Within the local posting sample, the most-active industries were it services and it consulting (about 20%), construction (about 15%), engineering services (about 10%), technology (about 10%), and aerospace & defense (about 10%), while named employers included Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Deloitte, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, RTX, Anblicks Inc., and NTT DATA Group. The strongest localized role signals point to civil and building-systems work tied to data centers, federal projects, healthcare buildings, and transmission or distribution projects. Aerospace and defense are a meaningful second lane: Lockheed Martin Corporation and RTX appear among the most consistently active employers, and local recruiting firms are explicitly pitching aerospace and defense engineering hiring in Fort Worth. Hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company, which means fit to a sub-market matters more than simply chasing one marquee brand. The evidence is less even for scientific sub-roles. The freshest Dallas-area signals are much stronger for mechanical, electrical, civil, architecture, and systems-adjacent work than for pure lab-science or research-scientist hiring, so scientific candidates should expect a thinner market unless they can connect their background to applied industry problems.

• Infrastructure, civil, and building systems (high): This is the clearest opportunity pocket, with active employers in engineering services and construction plus role signals around data centers, healthcare buildings, federal projects, and power systems work.
• Aerospace and defense engineering (high): Lockheed Martin Corporation and RTX are among the most consistently active local employers, and the Fort Worth staffing ecosystem is openly marketing aerospace and defense engineering hiring.
• Applied systems and cloud-linked engineering (moderate): A smaller but real lane sits at the edge of engineering and technical infrastructure, where recurring local skills include AWS, Azure, Python, SQL, and CI/CD, and even infrastructure firms are advertising network-oriented engineering roles.

Where to focus: If you want the shortest path to interviews, focus first on infrastructure and defense-adjacent employers where the market is actively paying for domain-specific tools and project ownership, not general STEM credentials alone.

Roles worth searching next

• BIM Coordinator / VDC Specialist: The same local hiring pockets that reward AutoCAD and Revit also reward people who can coordinate digital models across data-center, healthcare, and building projects.
• Construction Project Manager / Owner's Rep: Construction accounts for about 15% of the local posting mix, and project management is a recurring skill in the category.
• Cyber / Network Infrastructure Specialist: A senior cyber network engineer role was posted locally by Ferrovial, and local skill demand includes AWS, Azure, SQL, CI/CD, with CISSP appearing as a niche credential.
• Energy Supply Chain or Materials Planner: Dallas-Fort Worth still shows energy-linked opportunities at the boundary of engineering, materials, and supply-chain work.

What postings ask for

• AutoCAD (table_stakes | immediate): AutoCAD appears in about 15% of local postings and is still a baseline tool for built-environment and infrastructure work in this market. Who: Civil, mechanical, architectural, and early-career candidates targeting building or site-based roles.
• Revit (differentiator | immediate): Revit shows up in about 10% of local postings and aligns well with the Dallas hiring pockets around data centers, healthcare buildings, and design leadership. Who: Building-systems engineers, architects, BIM-adjacent candidates, and career switchers from construction tech.
• Python (differentiator | near-term): Python appears in about 15% of local postings, making it one of the few cross-cutting skills that travels across modeling, automation, test, and systems-oriented engineering work. Who: Systems engineers, test engineers, simulation-heavy profiles, and candidates who need a portable technical proof point.
• Project management / PMP (differentiator | near-term): Project management appears in about 10% of local postings, and PMP is a recognized engineering credential for candidates moving into coordination, delivery, or leadership-heavy work. Who: Mid-career engineers, project leads, and career switchers with delivery experience.
• Power systems and transmission/distribution (premium | immediate): Current Dallas electrical postings explicitly include transmission and distribution, which makes power-systems depth more valuable than generic EE branding. Who: Electrical engineers, utilities-adjacent candidates, and civil engineers with grid or substation exposure.
• Data-center and mission-critical facility design (premium | immediate): Recent Dallas mechanical and electrical openings cluster around data centers, federal projects, healthcare facilities, and other mission-critical environments. Who: Mechanical and electrical engineers with HVAC, MEP, controls, resilience, or facility design experience.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local government pay data shows Dallas architecture and engineering occupations averaging about $51.4 per hour in May 2025, while architectural and engineering managers averaged about $182,520 annually. Proxy and posting-based signals are higher for current openings: posted salary ranges in the metro center on about $122k to $190k, and Texas Engineering & Scientific openings show a mean offered salary of about $114,686 on new postings (n=2,113). This is a well-paid market relative to general local pay: all-occupation average pay in DFW was $33.96 per hour, well below the engineering-family average.

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

Real opportunity is concentrated in built-environment and infrastructure work. Within the local posting sample, the most-active industries were it services and it consulting (about 20%), construction (about 15%), engineering services (about 10%), technology (about 10%), and aerospace & defense (about 10%), while named employers included Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Deloitte, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, RTX, Anblicks Inc., and NTT DATA Group. The strongest localized role signals point to civil and building-systems work tied to data centers, federal projects, healthcare buildings, and transmission or distribution projects. Aerospace and defense are a meaningful second lane: Lockheed Martin Corporation and RTX appear among the most consistently active employers, and local recruiting firms are explicitly pitching aerospace and defense engineering hiring in Fort Worth. Hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company, which means fit to a sub-market matters more than simply chasing one marquee brand. The evidence is less even for scientific sub-roles. The freshest Dallas-area signals are much stronger for mechanical, electrical, civil, architecture, and systems-adjacent work than for pure lab-science or research-scientist hiring, so scientific candidates should expect a thinner market unless they can connect their background to applied industry problems.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (50 postings), Lockheed Martin Corporation (30 postings), Deloitte (20 postings), Tata Consultancy Services Limited (20 postings), RTX (20 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?

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