Senior Lighting Systems Engineer & Estimating Specialist

Theater Outsource Inc; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Theater Outsource Inc is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to design, engineer, and estimate lighting-control systems and custom integration opportunities. Collaborate with system sales teams to turn early-stage opportunities into technically sound proposals even when specs are incomplete.

You will prepare bills of materials, layouts, and cut sheets, review scopes for constructability and margin, and support site walks for accurate design and quoting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of lighting-industry designing, engineering, installing, or commissioning systems.
• Strong understanding of lighting technologies, control protocols, and integration methods.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and capable of producing technical drawings.
• Experience in estimating, proposal development, and BOMs.
• Clear technical communication, written and verbal.
• Ability to collaborate with sales, operations, and customers under deadlines.
• Technical undergraduate degree preferred; equivalent experience considered.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical solutions and proposals for lighting-control systems and custom integration opportunities.
• Create bills of materials and quotations for design-development and specification-driven projects.
• Review proposed scopes for function, constructability, and margin opportunity.
• Prepare system risers, layouts, and cut sheets prior to project award.
• Support site walks to gather field information for accurate system design and quoting.
• Provide estimating coverage during high-volume periods and support the Systems Estimator.
• Educate sales colleagues on lighting-system design approaches and estimating methods.
• Stay current on lighting products, controls, protocols, and emerging technologies.

Skills

Lighting design

Engineering

AutoCAD

Estimating

Proposal development

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Technical undergraduate degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Theater Outsource Inc is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to design, engineer, and estimate lighting-control systems and custom integration opportunities. Collaborate with system sales teams to turn early-stage opportunities into technically sound proposals even when specs are incomplete.

You will prepare bills of materials, layouts, and cut sheets, review scopes for constructability and margin, and support site walks for accurate design and quoting.