Principal Engineer (Telecom/ICT)
AECOM · Hyderabad, India (On-site)
- Company
- AECOM
- Location
- Hyderabad, India (On-site)
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- Typically 8-12 years
- Listed on FindJobsIndia
- 2026-11-10
Operating from its Hyderabad, India office, AECOM is actively hiring for this key position. The posting centers heavily on Telecom/ICT systems and technical infrastructure, designed for candidates bringing around 8-12 years of experience.
Responsibilities
The main tasks look like this, per the posting:
- Design and scale complex Telecom/ICT architectures across enterprise construction projects
- Evaluate network infrastructure performance and drive system reliability enhancements
- Guide junior engineers on advanced Telecom/ICT principles through hands-on code reviews
- Own the long-term technical quality of the systems you touch
- Stay hands-on enough to know where the real complexity in the codebase actually lives
Requirements
- Experience: Typically 8-12 years
- Skills: Onboarding, Telecom/ICT
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Headquartered in Los Angeles, AECOM is active in the construction sector. Presence in this specific entity traces back to 1990.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Experience: Typically 8-12 years
- Technical Skills:
- Onboarding
- Recruitment
- Telecom/ICT
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INTERVIEW PREPARATION
The skills below are worth rehearsing one by one; be ready to explain what you did, not just what you know:
- Telecom/ICT: “Where does Telecom/ICT tend to go wrong, and how do you handle it? Pick the example you know best.”
- Systems Design: “Have an answer ready for how you'd scale a struggling network infrastructure under heavy enterprise load. Take me through the details.”
- Infrastructure: “Walk me through a high-stakes system failure you eventually resolved and what changed your approach. One concrete example is enough.”
Around 8-12 years of experience is what the posting asks for; have concrete results ready rather than a list of responsibilities.
Senior technical panels for this caliber of engineering evaluate end-to-end system design choices rather than syntax knowledge alone — come ready to walk through how you would architect a resilient solution for Telecom/ICT, including scalability bottlenecks, performance trade-offs, and operational monitoring.
Former candidates have shared the questions they faced on these sites — they are independent of the employer:
- [Top 25 Staff Engineer Interview Questions And Answers for 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINk_dHK73Y) — via YouTube
SALARY & BENEFITS
Compensation: not disclosed by the employer. Market estimate: ₹34.7L - ₹38.4L per year (via AmbitionBox) — a published average for the role, not an offer. One caveat worth keeping: the figure is a national, all-employer average for the title, neither a AECOM number nor a local one.
Benefits aren't broken out here — don't read anything into the gap.
- Standard working hours: 40 per week
- Visa sponsorship: Not provided for this position
EMPLOYER REVIEWS
AECOM holds a 4.5 star rating on Google across 158 public reviews. That score is collected by Google from customers and staff, not verified by this site and not submitted by the employer, and it reflects the company overall rather than this specific role. No individual review text is published here.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the working arrangement for this opening at AECOM?
AECOM's posting describes the job as on-site, and the location is Hyderabad, India.
Who is eligible to apply for this role at AECOM?
The posting asks for around 8-12 years of experience; skill-wise, alongside hands-on onboarding and Telecom/ICT.
What's the compensation for this job at AECOM?
AECOM's posting leaves pay out, but AmbitionBox's figures for comparable roles in India average roughly ₹34.7L - ₹38.4L per year.
Where do I submit my application for this role at AECOM?
The application itself is completed on the employer's own page; Apply Now above goes straight to the employer's page.