50+ Engineering & Science Jobs in Indianapolis, IN

Government wage data shows a more grounded local baseline than the eye-catching posting ranges. In the Indianapolis metro, the architecture and engineering occupational family had a $89,270 median annual wage in 2025, with $72,380 at the 25th percentile and $116,120 at the 75th percentile. The local life, physical, and social science family had a $75,510 median and a $95,690 75th-percentile wage. More recent posted salary ranges for Engineering & Scientific jobs center on about $123k to $183k, and Indiana's mean offered salary on new Engineering & Scientific openings was about $95,898 in September 2026 based on a posting sample of n=334.

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Advertised pay

Across the 22 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $90,353 at the 25th percentile, $112,540 at the median and $146,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable market for Engineering & Scientific job seekers, but not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, and statewide Engineering & Scientific signals were stronger than the broader market: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Indiana employment in the field up 3.6% year over year and active postings up 29.3% year over year in September 2026. The catch is that Indianapolis Professional and Business Services employment was down -2.7434% year over year in August 2026, so broad consulting and office-based hiring looks softer than the occupation-specific engineering signals.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates with civil, structural, manufacturing, or systems-adjacent experience plus project management, AutoCAD or Revit, and Python have the best odds because civil engineering and business consulting each make up about 20% of sampled demand, and those skills recur in local postings.

Main caution: Do not mistake the top posted salary bands for the typical market: recent advertised ranges center on about $123k to $183k, but only about 5% of local roles are remote and government wage benchmarks for the metro are lower.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 69 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Jacobs Engineering Group: 7 open roles
2. Elanco: 5 open roles
3. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.: 4 open roles
4. Harrison Consulting Solutions: 3 open roles
5. V2X, Inc.: 3 open roles
6. AES group: 2 open roles
7. Apogee Consulting Group: 2 open roles
8. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.: 2 open roles
9. Cogent Analytics: 2 open roles
10. GAI Consultants Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Indianapolis: 47
• Noblesville: 6
• Fishers: 5
• Carmel: 2
• Westfield: 2
• Plainfield: 1
• Pittsboro: 1
• Crane: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 48 (70%), hybrid 20 (29%), remote 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than locked up by one employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample shows more than 250 postings across more than 125 companies, and hiring is fragmented across employers. The most active slices are business consulting and civil engineering at about 20% each, followed by software development, IT services and consulting, and industrial machinery manufacturing at about 10% each. That mix matters. Indianapolis looks less like a pure research market and more like an applied engineering market built around project delivery, technical consulting, design execution, and manufacturing systems. The most consistently active employers in the sample include Deloitte, V2X, Salesforce, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Allegion, and Elanco. Recent local expansion signals point the same way: Schaefer opened a local structural-engineering office, Comlux said engineer hiring is underway, and Amazon's Greenwood buildout named manufacturing engineers, controls engineers, quality specialists, and program managers among planned hires. Scientific roles are present, but the evidence is less concentrated there. The metro had 16,630 workers in the architecture and engineering family versus 12,040 in the life, physical, and social science family in 2025, and the science family also carries a lower median wage locally.

• Civil and structural delivery (high): Civil engineering accounts for about 20% of sampled local demand, and Schaefer's new Indianapolis office adds another direct signal for structural work.
• Consulting, systems, and technical program work (high): Business consulting also represents about 20% of the local sample, with active employers including Deloitte and V2X, which favors candidates who can combine technical depth with delivery and stakeholder skills.
• Advanced manufacturing, controls, and quality (moderate): Industrial machinery manufacturing makes up about 10% of sampled demand, and recent Amazon and Comlux announcements add momentum for manufacturing, controls, QA, and program roles.
• Scientific and lab-oriented roles (limited): Scientific work exists in the metro, but the occupational base is smaller locally at 12,040 workers, and median wages are lower than the engineering family, suggesting a narrower and more varied market.

Where to focus: Prioritize civil or structural delivery, manufacturing systems, and project-led consulting roles where the local industry mix and recent expansion signals line up.

Roles worth searching next

• Quality assurance specialist: Both Amazon and Comlux named quality-assurance roles alongside engineering hiring, making QA a credible bridge for candidates with manufacturing, lab, or process backgrounds.
• Program manager or technical project manager: Amazon and Comlux both called out program or project roles, and project management plus stakeholder management are recurring local asks.
• Construction administrator or BIM coordinator: Civil engineering represents about 20% of sampled local demand, Hays says construction administration is in demand, and local postings also ask for AutoCAD and Revit.
• Automation or manufacturing operations lead: Amazon's planned facility highlights robotic welding, automated coating and assembly, AWS, and AI-powered smart manufacturing, which opens adjacent paths for technically strong candidates who are not landing pure engineering titles yet.

What postings ask for

• Project management (premium | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 15%, and recent local expansion announcements also named project and program management alongside engineering hiring. Who: Mid-career engineers, engineering managers, and career switchers targeting program or delivery roles.
• AutoCAD (table_stakes | immediate): AutoCAD appears in about 10% of local postings and fits the metro's concentration in civil engineering, structural work, and design delivery. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates aiming at civil, structural, facilities, or design-heavy roles.
• Python (differentiator | immediate): Python shows up in about 10% of local postings, and national guidance for civil and AI-augmented engineering also points to programming basics as an in-demand skill. Who: Engineers who want to move toward systems, automation, simulation, analytics, or modeling-heavy work.
• Revit and BIM workflows (differentiator | near-term): Revit appears in about 5% of local postings, and national architecture and civil guidance highlights BIM and AI-enabled digital modeling as key 2026 capabilities. Who: Civil, structural, architectural, and construction-adjacent candidates.
• Technical documentation (differentiator | immediate): Technical documentation appears in about 5% of local postings, and national architecture guidance also identifies strong technical documentation as a core skill. Who: Candidates moving from pure technical execution into client-facing, regulated, or cross-functional work.
• AWS and cloud fluency (premium | near-term): AWS appears in about 5% of local postings, and Amazon's Greenwood announcement points to AWS-supported smart manufacturing systems in the local engineering pipeline. Who: Systems engineers, controls candidates, manufacturing engineers, and software-adjacent engineers.

Questions about this market

What do Engineering & Scientific roles pay in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Government wage data shows a more grounded local baseline than the eye-catching posting ranges. In the Indianapolis metro, the architecture and engineering occupational family had a $89,270 median annual wage in 2025, with $72,380 at the 25th percentile and $116,120 at the 75th percentile. The local life, physical, and social science family had a $75,510 median and a $95,690 75th-percentile wage. More recent posted salary ranges for Engineering & Scientific jobs center on about $123k to $183k, and Indiana's mean offered salary on new Engineering & Scientific openings was about $95,898 in September 2026 based on a posting sample of n=334. This is a solid-paying market by local standards. Architecture and engineering occupations averaged $46.08 per hour in the metro in May 2025, versus $31.34 for all occupations locally.

Where is demand for Engineering & Scientific roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than locked up by one employer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample shows more than 250 postings across more than 125 companies, and hiring is fragmented across employers. The most active slices are business consulting and civil engineering at about 20% each, followed by software development, IT services and consulting, and industrial machinery manufacturing at about 10% each. That mix matters. Indianapolis looks less like a pure research market and more like an applied engineering market built around project delivery, technical consulting, design execution, and manufacturing systems. The most consistently active employers in the sample include Deloitte, V2X, Salesforce, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Allegion, and Elanco. Recent local expansion signals point the same way: Schaefer opened a local structural-engineering office, Comlux said engineer hiring is underway, and Amazon's Greenwood buildout named manufacturing engineers, controls engineers, quality specialists, and program managers among planned hires. Scientific roles are present, but the evidence is less concentrated there. The metro had 16,630 workers in the architecture and engineering family versus 12,040 in the life, physical, and social science family in 2025, and the science family also carries a lower median wage locally.

Which employers are hiring the most Engineering & Scientific talent in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Deloitte (20 postings), V2X, Inc. (15 postings), Salesforce, Inc. (10 postings), Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (10 postings), Allegion plc (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Engineering & Scientific roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 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.

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