CAD Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

HybridDoha, Qatar

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior Drainage Engineer

HybridDoha, Qatar

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Associate Civil Engineer (Saudi National)

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Product Owner, Electrical Engineering Software

AVEVA

HybridCambridge, UK

66 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Materials Physicist – Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)

HybridEl Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$100k – $140k

Aero Performance CFD Engineer

HybridPoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate, Manufacturing Engineering

HybridRochester, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Propulsion Systems Engineer

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$104k – $173k

Facilities Operations Specialist

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$75k – $125k

Senior Specialist Engineer, System Analysis & Engine Control Design

OnsiteWest Palm Beach, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Staff Electrical Design Engineer

HybridPoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

2026 Graduate Lighting Designer

10d

Hoare Lea

HybridBristol +2 more

73 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior Drawer

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Product Engineer III

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight$101k – $153k

Rice360 Global Health Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$46k – $48k

Mechanical Laboratory Technician

OnsiteSan Diego, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Mechanical Engineer

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£46k – £60k

Silicon Engineer

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $485k

Workplace Design Manager, Portfolio Management

Netflix

HybridLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$125k – $190k

Designer - Electrical

16d

HybridOttawa, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$60k – $90k

Designer - Mechanical

26d

HybridCalgary, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays

Designer - Mechanical

1mo

OnsiteEdmonton, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays

AI Research Scientist - Spatial Reasoning

P-1 AI

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $385k

Instructional Engineer

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$56k – $93k

MP&P Technical Analyst (NDE/Measurement)

16d

OnsiteBerkeley, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Subject Matter Expert - Space Electronics Packaging and Mechanical Product Design and Analysis Engineer

26d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight$211k – $285k

Spacecraft Integration and Test Engineer

1mo

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight$120k – $215k

Mechanical Engineer, Vacuum Systems

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$182k – $214k

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Vacuum Systems

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$182k – $214k

Mechanical Design Engineer

24d

HybridCape Canaveral, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Mechanical Engineer - CMS Innermost Region

12d

CERN

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 9k

Mechanical Design Engineer - Data Center Hardware

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $180k

Design and Development Engineers

1mo

OnsiteChippenham, UK

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Development Engineer – Tooling

1mo

OnsiteChippenham, UK

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Buyer

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Manufacturing Engineer

11d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$117k – $138k

Senior Water Engineer

2mo

HybridWest Palm Beach, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Engineer / Project Manager - Pipelines & Pump Stations

3mo

HybridPhoenix, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Engineer - Water/Wastewater

3mo

HybridAustin, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Lead, Manufacturing Engineering - Manufacturing Planning

20d

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Instrument Design Engineer

1mo

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Nuclear Process and Facility Engineer

2mo

Los Angeles County Public Works

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

ASSOCIATE CIVIL ENGINEER

2mo

HybridLos Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$114k – $145k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

4mo

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£46k – £57k

Digital Product Configuration

15d

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Service Management

15d

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Communications Officer

2mo

City of Forney

OnsiteForney, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$49k – $69k

Associate Civil Engineer

2mo

City of Carson

OnsiteCarson, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$114k – $145k

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Employers hiring for Cad on this page include Smith + Andersen, Parsons Corporation, and Panthalassa. Cad roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Cad is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Cad roles span the full seniority range — we list 107 open roles requiring Cad across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Cad hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Cad roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Cad candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Cad on current listings.

Mechanical Engineer

AssetWatch

RemoteUSA or Canada

62 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$117k – $140k

Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer

1mo

Sesame

RemoteUSA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$175k – $280k

Stakeholder Engineer (Arabic Speaker)

HybridDoha, Qatar

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior Drainage Engineer

HybridDoha, Qatar

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Associate Civil Engineer (Saudi National)

The Aerospace Corporation

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Product Owner, Electrical Engineering Software

AVEVA

HybridCambridge, UK

66 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Materials Physicist – Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)

HybridEl Segundo, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$100k – $140k

Aero Performance CFD Engineer

HybridPoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate, Manufacturing Engineering

HybridRochester, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Propulsion Systems Engineer

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$104k – $173k

Facilities Operations Specialist

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$75k – $125k

Senior Specialist Engineer, System Analysis & Engine Control Design

OnsiteWest Palm Beach, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Staff Electrical Design Engineer

HybridPoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

2026 Graduate Lighting Designer

10d

Hoare Lea

HybridBristol +2 more

73 · Great9 day fortnight

Senior Drawer

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Product Engineer III

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight$101k – $153k

Rice360 Global Health Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

Rice University

HybridHouston, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$46k – $48k

Mechanical Laboratory Technician

OnsiteSan Diego, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Mechanical Engineer

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£46k – £60k

Silicon Engineer

Anthropic

HybridSan Francisco +2 more

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave$320k – $485k

Workplace Design Manager, Portfolio Management

Netflix

HybridLos Angeles, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$125k – $190k

Designer - Electrical

16d

HybridOttawa, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$60k – $90k

Designer - Mechanical

26d

HybridCalgary, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays

Designer - Mechanical

1mo

OnsiteEdmonton, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays

AI Research Scientist - Spatial Reasoning

P-1 AI

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$200k – $385k

Instructional Engineer

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$56k – $93k

MP&P Technical Analyst (NDE/Measurement)

16d

OnsiteBerkeley, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Subject Matter Expert - Space Electronics Packaging and Mechanical Product Design and Analysis Engineer

26d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight$211k – $285k

Spacecraft Integration and Test Engineer

1mo

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight$120k – $215k

Mechanical Engineer, Vacuum Systems

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$182k – $214k

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Vacuum Systems

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$182k – $214k

Mechanical Design Engineer

24d

HybridCape Canaveral, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Mechanical Engineer - CMS Innermost Region

12d

CERN

OnsiteGeneva, Switzerland

64 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTOCHF 9k

Mechanical Design Engineer - Data Center Hardware

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $180k

Design and Development Engineers

1mo

OnsiteChippenham, UK

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Development Engineer – Tooling

1mo

OnsiteChippenham, UK

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Buyer

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Manufacturing Engineer

11d

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$117k – $138k

Senior Water Engineer

2mo

HybridWest Palm Beach, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Engineer / Project Manager - Pipelines & Pump Stations

3mo

HybridPhoenix, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Engineer - Water/Wastewater

3mo

HybridAustin, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Lead, Manufacturing Engineering - Manufacturing Planning

20d

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Instrument Design Engineer

1mo

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Nuclear Process and Facility Engineer

2mo

Los Angeles County Public Works

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

ASSOCIATE CIVIL ENGINEER

2mo

HybridLos Angeles, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week$114k – $145k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

4mo

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£46k – £57k

Digital Product Configuration

15d

HybridHyderabad, India

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Service Management

15d