Architectural Design Technician

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 90,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Seven paid holidays

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an Architectural Design Technician in Tempe, AZ, to join the Electronics Architectural Team. You will develop complex Revit models, create construction documents, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to transform design concepts into detailed deliverables.

The role emphasizes quality, coordination, and continuous learning with exposure to design automation and modern BIM workflows. Hybrid work model offered with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum Associates degree in Architectural Design and Drafting or related degree.
• 4–10 years of architectural design and production experience.
• Expertise within Revit platform and add-ons.
• Ability to ensure project deliverable quality and provide improvements.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop Revit models, drawings, and documentation for complex building systems and layouts.
• Translate conceptual direction, sketches, and markups into detailed design deliverables.
• Manage and incorporate redlines and coordinate updates across disciplines.
• Maintain reliable work practices to meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Proactively advancing workflows, systems, and tools, including design automation skills.
• Provide quality reviews of models and documents to ensure standards.
• Progressively increase responsibilities including mentoring less experienced designers.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Design automation interest

Education

Associates degree in Architectural Design

Tools

Revit

Bluebeam

Navisworks

BIM Clash Management

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Support our highly collaborative architectural design studio in a fully integrated A&E practice to meet our clients’ ever-changing needs and have a hand in transforming tomorrow. As an Architectural Design Technician within the Electronics Architectural Team in Tempe, Arizona, you will be an integral member of a highly creative, multi-disciplinary team dedicated to innovative problem-solving and design excellence. Working in fast-paced projects, you will collaborate with teammates based throughout the country and the world, harnessing their expertise and specializations. You will support the design and construction of facilities and structures for our clients requiring advanced planning and building techniques.

Working with our Semiconductor team of architects and designers, you will help develop technical design solutions and produce project drawings, specifications and models. Bring your creativity, ambitious spirit, and desire to bring value to your team, and we’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you – so we can deliver extraordinary solutions for a better tomorrow, together.

This role is ideal for a technically strong architectural designer or BIM professional who enjoys translating design intent into detailed, coordinated construction documents

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under general supervision, perform all conventional aspects of architectural document production:

• Develop Revit models, drawings, and documentation for complex building systems and layouts
• Translate conceptual direction, sketches, and markups into detailed design deliverables
• Manage and incorporate redlines and coordinate updates across disciplines.
• Maintaining reliable work practices to meet schedule, budget, and qu ality requirements.
• Highly proficient in self-checking work and coordinating with related disciplines to resolve design.
• Proactively advancing workflows, systems, and tools, including design automation skills.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies.
• Highly focused on quality, ensuring conformance with established architecture standards, project standards, and project delivery processes.
• Able to provide quality reviews of models and documents prepared by others to ensure design and project standards are met.
• Progressively increasing responsibilities include providing technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to less experienced architectural designers.

Here’s what you’ll need

Qualifications:

• Minimum Associates [PA1] Degree in Architectural Design and Drafting or related degree
• 4-10 years of Architectural design and production in a professional setting
• Expertise [PA2] [BM3] within Revit Platform and applicable add-ons
• Ability to ensure project deliverable quality and provide suggestions aimed at improving the effectiveness of project activities
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, multi-disciplinary team
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience with Bluebeam, BIM Clash Management, and Navisworks
• Exposure to clash detection and model coordination workflows
• Experience with semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, or industrial facility design
• Interest in design automation and emerging technologies
• Ability to travel

• Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about.
• Your health.
• Your well-being.
• Your security.
• Your future.
• Employees have access to medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off (allocated plans start date 17 days per calendar year), seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount as well as legally mandated benefits.

The base salary range for this position is $66,000.00 to $90,800.00; though will be paid hourly based on hours worked. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on July 22, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.