CAD Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

HybridTabuk, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Junior Civil Engineer

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Engineering Manager - Roads, Civils & Structures

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Project Designer / Project Engineer

HybridBurnaby, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$85k - $125k

Designer - Mechanical

OnsiteEdmonton, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays

Lead, Manufacturing Engineer - Composites

13h

OnsiteHuntsville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Project Designer - Audiovisual

OnsiteToronto, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$85k - $125k

Facilities Engineer

ConocoPhillips

HybridMidland, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Research Engineer 2 - Hardware and Software Design

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Design and Development Engineers

Carbon ThreeSixty

OnsiteChippenham, UK

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Chief Mechanical Engineer (Space Structures)

OnsiteWilmington, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Electrical Engineer 2

United Launch Alliance

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Process Engineer - Solution Prep, Upstream, and Downstream

Amgen

HybridHolly Springs, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Sr. Specialist, Mechanical Engineer

OnsiteNashville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

OnsiteMoorpark, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate Director of Estates Property

11d

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Graduate Electrical Engineer

1mo

Hoare Lea

HybridBournemouth, UK

73 · Great9 day fortnight

Mechanical Product Design and Analysis Engineer

28d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Subject Matter Expert Electronics Design and Analysis Engineer (Electronic Packaging Design)

1mo

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Technologist III

21d

OnsitePasadena, USA

68 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Water Engineer

25d

HybridWest Palm Beach, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Principal Substation Physical Engineer

25d

HybridMinneapolis, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Department Manager - Transportation Roadway

25d

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Test Equipment Design Engineer - Effectors

11d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Supply Chain Engineer

11d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer, Platform Integration

11d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Product Engineer

14d

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Mechanical Engineer II

1mo

OnsiteMoorpark, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr. Pipe Support Engineer

1mo

Bechtel

HybridRichland, USA

60 · Good9 day fortnight$91k - $160k

Junior Electronics Engineer

2mo

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£42k - £55k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

2mo

Radio Flyer

HybridChicago, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$98k - $120k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

2mo

Las Vegas Valley Water District

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£42k - £55k

Air Vehicle Systems

14d

General Atomics

OnsitePoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Civil Engineer P.E.

15d

OnsiteLas Vegas, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$95k - $110k

Sr. Civil Engineer

1mo

City of Forney

OnsiteForney, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$106k - $129k

Associate Civil Engineer

1mo

City of Carson

OnsiteCarson, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$114k - $145k

Hardware Engineer

20d

OnsiteSydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Mechanical Engineer

20d

OnsiteSydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Mechanical Design Engineer (Tooling Design Focus)

20d

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

27d

HybridVienna, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

27d

HybridPhiladelphia, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

27d

HybridDenver or Louisville

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Design Engineer (Mechanical)

28d

HybridTaipei, Taiwan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Product Design Engineer

28d

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Data Center Electrical Engineer

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSydney, Australia

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Structures

26d

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Computational Engineer

1mo

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Test Engineer

1mo

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

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Employers hiring for Cad on this page include Smith + Andersen, Stanley Consultants, and CHAOS Industries. 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 103 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.

Public Safety Engagement

Aurelian

RemoteUSA

61 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Mechanical Engineer - Hydronics

Armada

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Co-op Trainee (Electrical Engineering)

HybridTabuk, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Junior Civil Engineer

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Engineering Manager - Roads, Civils & Structures

HybridRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Project Designer / Project Engineer

HybridBurnaby, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$85k - $125k

Designer - Mechanical

OnsiteEdmonton, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays

Lead, Manufacturing Engineer - Composites

13h

OnsiteHuntsville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Project Designer - Audiovisual

OnsiteToronto, Canada

75 · GreatHalf day fridays$85k - $125k

Facilities Engineer

ConocoPhillips

HybridMidland, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Research Engineer 2 - Hardware and Software Design

University of Washington

HybridSeattle, USA

61 · GoodCompressed week

Design and Development Engineers

Carbon ThreeSixty

OnsiteChippenham, UK

66 · Good9 day fortnight

Chief Mechanical Engineer (Space Structures)

OnsiteWilmington, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Electrical Engineer 2

United Launch Alliance

HybridCentennial, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Process Engineer - Solution Prep, Upstream, and Downstream

Amgen

HybridHolly Springs, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Sr. Specialist, Mechanical Engineer

OnsiteNashville, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

OnsiteMoorpark, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate Director of Estates Property

11d

University of Manchester

HybridManchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed week

Graduate Electrical Engineer

1mo

Hoare Lea

HybridBournemouth, UK

73 · Great9 day fortnight

Mechanical Product Design and Analysis Engineer

28d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Subject Matter Expert Electronics Design and Analysis Engineer (Electronic Packaging Design)

1mo

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Technologist III

21d

OnsitePasadena, USA

68 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Water Engineer

25d

HybridWest Palm Beach, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Principal Substation Physical Engineer

25d

HybridMinneapolis, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Department Manager - Transportation Roadway

25d

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

65 · Good9 day fortnight

Test Equipment Design Engineer - Effectors

11d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Supply Chain Engineer

11d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer, Platform Integration

11d

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Product Engineer

14d

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Mechanical Engineer II

1mo

OnsiteMoorpark, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr. Pipe Support Engineer

1mo

Bechtel

HybridRichland, USA

60 · Good9 day fortnight$91k - $160k

Junior Electronics Engineer

2mo

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£42k - £55k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

2mo

Radio Flyer

HybridChicago, USA

60 · Good4 day week during Summer$98k - $120k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

2mo

Las Vegas Valley Water District

HybridHastings, UK

60 · Good9 day fortnight£42k - £55k

Air Vehicle Systems

14d

General Atomics

OnsitePoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Civil Engineer P.E.

15d

OnsiteLas Vegas, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$95k - $110k

Sr. Civil Engineer

1mo

City of Forney

OnsiteForney, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$106k - $129k

Associate Civil Engineer

1mo

City of Carson

OnsiteCarson, USA

58 · GoodCompressed week$114k - $145k

Hardware Engineer

20d

OnsiteSydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Mechanical Engineer

20d

OnsiteSydney, Australia

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Mechanical Design Engineer (Tooling Design Focus)

20d

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

27d

HybridVienna, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

27d

HybridPhiladelphia, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

GIS Industry Solutions Specialist - Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC)

27d

HybridDenver or Louisville

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Product Design Engineer (Mechanical)

28d

HybridTaipei, Taiwan

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Staff Product Design Engineer

28d

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Data Center Electrical Engineer

1mo

Anthropic

HybridSydney, Australia

55 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Structures

26d

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Computational Engineer

1mo