Technology Services Project Designer

Affiliated Engineers, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

Retirement plan

Year-end bonus

Flexible work environment

Wellness resources

Job summary

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) in Chicago seeks a Technology Services Project Designer to convert system design concepts into detailed ICT layouts.

You will play a key role in shaping energy-efficient building solutions and collaborating with engineers, consultants, and users across disciplines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience designing ICT systems in Built Environment, Building Technology, or Electrical consulting.
• Experience leading ICT design for Healthcare, Higher Education, and Science environments.
• Understanding of Revit MEP and AutoCAD capabilities.
• Experience with ICT systems and infrastructure budgets and options.

Responsibilities

• Translate design concepts into concrete ICT layouts from basis of design and user input.
• Lead ICT design efforts for multidisciplinary projects, ensuring coordination with users and other consultants.

Skills

ICT design

Project leadership

Communication

Time management

Tools

Revit MEP

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

Join a Team Where Engineering Excellence Drives Opportunity

At Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI), we bring together expertise and innovation to solve the most complex challenges. Since 1978, we’ve supported mission-driven organizations in designing systems and environments that advance society and improve lives. Today, with more than 900 professionals across 22 offices, we help shape the future of healthcare, science and technology, energy, education, and other vital sectors.

From elevating patient care in Mayo Clinic’s world-class hospitals to enabling discovery in high-containment laboratories for U.S. agencies and driving environmental progress with Microsoft’s renowned Thermal Energy Center, our work enriches the human experience, safeguards the environment, and pushes the boundaries of possibility.

AEI consistently earns national recognition from leading industry publications, including Building Design+Construction, Engineering News-Record, and Consulting-Specifying Engineer, with distinctions such as being named the #1 Laboratory Engineering Firm in the nation and receiving multiple Best of the Best Project awards, underscoring the lasting legacy of our work.

At AEI, you’ll join a collaborative community where your expertise fuels innovation, your ideas drive progress, and your work helps shape a brighter future.

As a Technology Services Project Designer in our Chicago office, you will help us empower our clients to achieve energy-efficient building solutions, save global environments, and create a better, greener future for all.

Why we need you:

In this role, you will use prior experience to convert system design concepts into specific layouts by interpreting information set forth in basis of design as well as information gathered from users, other consultants, field surveys and code research.

Expertise of our most successful Technology Services Project Designer:

• 7+ years’ experience designing Information Communications Technology (ICT) systems in a Built Environment, Building Technology, or Electrical consultant firm: structured cabling, voice/data systems, emergency communications, audio-visual systems, mission critical/data center connectivity, clinical communication systems to name a few.
• Experience in leading the ICT design for projects in Healthcare, Higher Education, and Scientific environments.
• Understanding of in Revit MEP and AutoCAD capabilities.
• Experience with ICT systems and infrastructure, including budgets, capabilities, options.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Understanding of building systems spatial requirements and design coordination.
• RCDD certification.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Quick technical comprehension and motivation focused on client, project, and team outcomes.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Effective working individually and within team environments.

When you work here, you can expect:

• A flexible, collaborative environment where your well-being matters—because your best work happens when you’re supported.
• Real opportunities to grow—through mentorship, professional development programs, and exposure to high-tech projects across disciplines.
• To collaborate with inspiring teammates who challenge the status quo, foster innovation, and pave the way for future leaders.
• A benefits package that offers health, dental, vision, and retirement, a performance-based year-end bonus, and thoughtful perks tailored to your needs—whether that’s a flexible work environment, wellness resources, or community-focused initiatives, we’ll continue to invest in.

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $90,000 - $160,000.

AEI is proud to be an EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled.