Protective Design Project Engineer

As a Protective Design Engineer at KPFF youll be part of a specialized team with members in San Francisco and Portland who focused on designing resilient structures that protect people and critical infrastructure. Youll apply and expand your expertise on projects that address both intentional threats and accidental events building advanced skills in areas such as blast engineering progressive collapse prevention and hostile vehicle mitigation.

If youve built a foundation in protective design or structural engineering and are eager to take on more responsibility this role offers the opportunity to expand your expertise lead portions of projects and guide early-career engineers. Youll work with diverse teams to create tailored solutions that strengthen safety and resilience in projects across industries and clients.

What Makes This Role Unique :

• Apply advanced design skills in specialized analytical projects that push technical and creative boundaries.
• Lead portions of projects and support technical development of early-career engineers while continuing to grow your own expertise.
• Collaborate with diverse design teams where your input directly shapes construction and implementation.
• Contribute to impactful projects across industries including aviation aerospace manufacturing and industrial facilities.
• Engage in ongoing innovation with opportunities to explore emerging technologies and material applications.

Qualifications :

If youre looking to build on your experience in protective design this role gives you the chance to take on complex projects grow your technical expertise and develop your leadership skills along the way. The qualifications that will help you succeed include :

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Additional Information :

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $90000 - $110000 aligned with candidates who bring at least 3 years of structural engineering experience with protective design exposure. Final compensation will also consider education licensure status and overall addition we offer performance-based bonuses to recognize outstanding contributions. During the interview process well review the full compensation and benefits package and answer any questions you may have.

Culture and Benefits

At KPFF your career growth and well-being the Protective Design group youll be part of a collaborative specialized team where your work directly contributes to projects that protect people and critical infrastructure. We value autonomy innovation and teamwork and were committed to helping engineers grow into leaders in this unique field.

Comprehensive Benefits : Were proud to offer flexible and competitive benefits including :

KPFF Consulting Engineers participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

KPFF Consulting Engineers is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color creed ethnicity national origin religion marital status sex / gender (including sexual orientation or gender identity) pregnancy veteran status citizenship status physical or mental disability or any other protected basis.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Cognos,Design Management,Account Development,Fireworks,Asic

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1