Trainee Regional Design Engineer

Design Engineer Trainee

Northland Controls is looking for a Design Engineer Trainee in Fremont, California.

As a Design Engineer trainee you’ll work under the guidance of a Regional Lead Design Engineer, learning every aspect of the role while contributing to real projects.

What type of candidate Northland is looking for

We strive to find the right kind of people, who respect the Northland way; they will emphasize taking on challenges, working hard, learning fast, and maintaining embracing accountability, all while having fun! Our culture and team are some of our strongest assets. We want to employ happy people, who bring a positive and energetic attitude to not only their work and the work environment. 

What you will love about this job

You will be working for an amazing company that employs the most exceptional type of people working in partnership to take on challenges.

Responsibilities

• Supporting design engineers in the development and production of comprehensive security designs.
• Learning to create and manage design tools, drawing templates, material lists, and design documentation.
• Assisting with product selection and solution development for clients.
• Working with cross-functional teams including CAD Engineers, Project Managers, and Application Engineers.
• Participating in client meetings with architects, contractors, and project stakeholders.
• Building expertise in managing design logs, timelines, schedules, and SharePoint project sites.
• Gaining knowledge of low-voltage system installation, including security, life safety, and network infrastructure.
• Using Autodesk products (AutoCAD, Revit) and other CAD software to produce design packages.
• Through structured training and project experience, you’ll develop:
• Strong technical skills in design engineering and system integration.
• Best practices for managing quality design packages (plans, BOMs, diagrams, device details).
• Collaboration and communication skills for working with global teams and clients.
• Industry knowledge across security platforms, hardware, and integration standards.
• The ability to plan, coordinate, and deliver solutions in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.

Additional Qualifications

• A recent graduate (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Design Management, or equivalent).
• Highly detail-oriented, with excellent problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Comfortable multitasking and prioritizing in a high-pressure environment.
• A strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills.
• Self-motivated, curious, and eager to grow into a professional engineering role.

Why Northland Controls?

• Hands-on training with industry leaders.
• A structured 2-year pathway to becoming a certified Regional Design Engineer.
• Exposure to global projects and cross-functional collaboration.
• The opportunity to work on meaningful projects that make an impact in security and safety.

What Northland Does

Northland is a world-class global security integrator with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, China and India. We specialize in design, build, integration, and management of high-end Lenel, Software House, S2 global enterprise security systems which include 6 out of 10 of the largest hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.

We are responsible for single card reader installations in some of the most remote parts of the world, all the way through to the design, deployment and management of large enterprise systems managing up to 300 corporate offices in over 70 countries including datacenters and multi-faceted security operations centers.

With 250 highly trained professionals, all program management, project management, system design, system programming, testing and commissioning is carried out by Northland Controls experts to ensure we deliver the right solution, to the right standard, every time, anywhere in the world. In addition, Northland is supported by a network of over 100 in-country local service partners (LSPs) across the world who partner with Northland to deliver unparalleled world class services to our enterprise customers.

We are trusted to get the job done no matter what. Through word-of-mouth our elite list of customers has rewarded us with phenomenal growth from $1M to $70M in 10 years’. To achieve this, we are always interested in the very best people who share our core values and beliefs and will “do whatever it takes” to enable our customers to realize their goals. We will take on difficult challenges regardless of where they may lead us, and we will always take the most honorable route to get there.

Our Mission

To be the most trusted and influential leader in the industry. By delivering exceptional services across the world, we are determined to continually surprise our customers, the industry and even ourselves while having fun.

Core Values

Be Honorable

Take on Challenges

Do Whatever it Takes

Our People

Have Fun

Salary : $60,000 - $75,000