Lead Electrical Engineer
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Austin, TX · $240k–$300k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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Where Austin, TX ranks
Where Austin, TX placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for professional services pay after cost of living$168k · of 25
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southwest493 jobs · of 38
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southwest$168k · of 15
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living in Texas$168k · of 8
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southwest1,931 openings · of 33
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Southwest92 / 100 · of 15
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $270,000 a year. Across 32 open lead electrical engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $142,500 to $179,000 and the median is $163,000. That is 66% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among electrical engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for electrical engineers: 6% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Lead Electrical Engineer, MV Switchgear | Remote (US) | $240K to $300K base + equity I’m working with a fast-growing AI infrastructure company that designs and builds large-scale data center campuses across the US. They’re hiring a senior MV switchgear specialist to...