75+ Engineering & Science Jobs in Miami, FL

Direct local government pay for the full category is thin and lagged: the most current BLS metro wage release here is May 2025 and reports an average mean hourly wage of $32.30 across all occupations, not a clean August 2026 Engineering & Scientific metro average. For role-specific local proxies, mechanical engineer pay is cited at a $99,660 median with a $78,490 to $127,810 middle band, while systems engineer pay is cited at a $132,650 median with a $102,710 to $165,710 middle band. In current postings, advertised salary ranges center on about $123k to $194k, but that is a posting sample rather than an official wage series.

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Advertised pay

Across the 30 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $97,500 at the 25th percentile, $110,000 at the median and $138,188 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

Miami is a competitive, not collapsing, market for Engineering & Scientific job seekers over the next 3-6 months: Florida engineering & scientific employment is up 3.4% year over year and active postings are up 5.3%, while Miami-area professional and business services and manufacturing employment also edged up in July 2026. But the opening mix is selective—over the last 90 days the market showed more than 300 postings across more than 175 companies, yet about 60% of postings were senior or lead-level and about 65% were on-site. The clearest local demand is tied to infrastructure, aviation, consulting, and building-systems work around Miami International Airport, Fort Lauderdale hospitality projects, and AEC firms rather than broad residential construction.

Best positioned: Mid- to senior-level engineers who can combine project ownership with AutoCAD or Revit on the AEC side, or with Python plus AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes on the systems side, have the best odds because those skills recur in the local mix and postings skew senior.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating Miami like a remote-first or early-career market; only about 10% of postings are entry-level, about 10% are remote, and less than 5% explicitly mention visa sponsorship.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 78 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. WSP Global Inc.: 10 open roles
2. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.: 4 open roles
3. Strykerdata: 4 open roles
4. Alignerr Corp.: 3 open roles
5. Hut 8 Corp.: 3 open roles
6. Jacobs Engineering Group: 3 open roles
7. Stone Hendricks Group: 3 open roles
8. Bowman Company: 2 open roles
9. Cooperidge Consulting Firm: 2 open roles
10. Harrison Consulting Solutions: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Miami: 34
• Fort Lauderdale: 14
• Sunrise: 8
• Weston: 6
• Tampa: 3
• Coral Gables: 3
• Plantation: 2
• Hollywood: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 56 (72%), hybrid 17 (22%), remote 5 (6%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than one dominant buyer. Over the last 90 days, the market showed more than 300 postings across more than 175 companies, and the employer mix in the sample is fragmented rather than concentrated. The heaviest posting mix sits in engineering, business consulting, architectural & engineering services, construction, and healthcare, which means this category is being pulled by client-service firms and project owners more than by one giant local manufacturer. The clearest demand pockets are project-based. Miami International Airport’s $14 billion modernization plan spans more than 200 projects through 2040, AAR expanded its Miami airframe MRO footprint by more than 100,000 square feet and three heavy-maintenance lines, and Fort Lauderdale has large hospitality and waterfront work at the Broward convention center and Pier Sixty-Six. That combination favors civil, structural, mechanical, facilities, systems, aerospace, and maintenance-oriented profiles that can work around airports, terminals, utilities, hotels, and coastal construction. Civil demand is not evenly distributed. South Florida housing permits are down 7.4% on a trailing-12-month basis, so residential work may soften even while mixed-use, civic, airport, and waterfront projects continue. If your background is tied mostly to single-family or generic residential work, repackage it around drainage, utilities, resilience, commissioning, transportation interfaces, and complex-site coordination.

• Airport, aviation, and maintenance engineering (high): The airport modernization program and AAR expansion point to sustained work for systems, mechanical, aerospace, facilities, and maintenance-engineering profiles tied to airport and aircraft operations.
• AEC, civil, and building-systems consulting (high): Engineering, business consulting, architectural & engineering services, and construction make up much of the local posting mix, and big waterfront and hospitality projects support civil, structural, MEP, and site-design work.
• Healthcare and university-linked scientific work (moderate): Healthcare accounts for about 10% of the posting mix, and the University of Miami appears among the active employers in the sample, which creates a smaller but real lane for lab, research-support, and regulated scientific work.
• Pure remote engineering roles (limited): Only about 10% of postings are remote, so candidates insisting on remote-only work are searching a much smaller market.

Where to focus: Focus first on project-based employers that need visible technical output in Miami—AEC firms, aviation and facilities organizations, and consulting teams where you can show CAD/BIM, systems, or delivery ownership.

Roles worth searching next

• Technical project manager: Project management is a common request in the local sample, so engineers who already coordinate scope, schedules, vendors, and stakeholders can pivot into delivery ownership roles.
• Solutions architect or cloud platform engineer: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and TOGAF all show up in the local mix, which creates a credible bridge from systems engineering into IT architecture roles.
• Construction project manager or commissioning manager: Miami’s project pipeline is concentrated in AEC, construction, hospitality, and infrastructure, which gives engineers a nearby path into build-phase leadership roles.
• Quality or regulatory specialist: Healthcare is part of the local hiring mix, so candidates from lab, manufacturing, or regulated engineering environments can bridge into documentation, validation, and compliance work.

What postings ask for

• AutoCAD (table_stakes | immediate): AutoCAD is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 20%, so it is basic screening currency for civil, mechanical, drafting, and building-systems roles. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates targeting AEC, facilities, or design-delivery work.
• Revit and BIM workflows (differentiator | immediate): Revit appears in about 15% of postings, and 2026 civil-engineering guidance says BIM, digital twins, and automation are creating new roles and higher pay for digitally skilled engineers. Who: Civil, structural, MEP, and architecture-adjacent candidates.
• Project management (premium | immediate): Project management shows up in about 15% of postings, and the local market skews senior, so employers want people who can own scope, schedules, vendors, and client communication. Who: Mid-career engineers, engineering managers, and career switchers coming from operations or field roles.
• Python (differentiator | near-term): Python appears in about 10% of postings, making it a useful bridge skill for systems, automation, testing, modeling, and lab-adjacent engineering work. Who: Systems engineers, research-support candidates, and technical professionals trying to stand out without becoming full-time software developers.
• AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes (premium | near-term): AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes each appear in about 10% of postings, showing that part of this market overlaps with systems engineering and technical architecture rather than only classical CAD roles. Who: Systems-minded engineers and technical architects targeting consulting or infrastructure-heavy employers.
• Civil 3D plus stormwater or resilience design (differentiator | near-term): Civil 3D appears in about 5% of postings, and local project signals point to demand for stormwater, parks, waterfront, and resilience expertise in master-planned and coastal projects. Who: Civil and environmental candidates repositioning away from pure residential work.

Questions about this market

What do Engineering & Scientific roles pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Direct local government pay for the full category is thin and lagged: the most current BLS metro wage release here is May 2025 and reports an average mean hourly wage of $32.30 across all occupations, not a clean August 2026 Engineering & Scientific metro average. For role-specific local proxies, mechanical engineer pay is cited at a $99,660 median with a $78,490 to $127,810 middle band, while systems engineer pay is cited at a $132,650 median with a $102,710 to $165,710 middle band. In current postings, advertised salary ranges center on about $123k to $194k, but that is a posting sample rather than an official wage series. Miami can pay well for specialized and senior technical work, but the signal is uneven. Florida’s mean offered salary on new engineering & scientific openings was about $98,275 in August 2026, versus about $72,228 across all Florida openings, so technical roles still carry a meaningful premium.

Where is demand for Engineering & Scientific roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than one dominant buyer. Over the last 90 days, the market showed more than 300 postings across more than 175 companies, and the employer mix in the sample is fragmented rather than concentrated. The heaviest posting mix sits in engineering, business consulting, architectural & engineering services, construction, and healthcare, which means this category is being pulled by client-service firms and project owners more than by one giant local manufacturer. The clearest demand pockets are project-based. Miami International Airport’s $14 billion modernization plan spans more than 200 projects through 2040, AAR expanded its Miami airframe MRO footprint by more than 100,000 square feet and three heavy-maintenance lines, and Fort Lauderdale has large hospitality and waterfront work at the Broward convention center and Pier Sixty-Six. That combination favors civil, structural, mechanical, facilities, systems, aerospace, and maintenance-oriented profiles that can work around airports, terminals, utilities, hotels, and coastal construction. Civil demand is not evenly distributed. South Florida housing permits are down 7.4% on a trailing-12-month basis, so residential work may soften even while mixed-use, civic, airport, and waterfront projects continue. If your background is tied mostly to single-family or generic residential work, repackage it around drainage, utilities, resilience, commissioning, transportation interfaces, and complex-site coordination.

Which employers are hiring the most Engineering & Scientific talent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

Recent postings show the most activity from Slalom (15 postings), Royal Caribbean International (15 postings), Deloitte (15 postings), Nebulai (10 postings), Woolpert (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Engineering & Scientific roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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