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About the Role
Start your structural engineering career working on challenges that go beyond conventional building design. As a Protective Design Engineer, you’ll be part of a specialized team working across San Francisco and Portland to help make buildings and critical infrastructure safer and more resilient. Your work will consider how structures respond to extreme events and develop practical engineering solutions to reduce risk and protect people.
Responsibilities
- Apply structural engineering fundamentals while building expertise in areas such as blast effects and design, structural dynamics, progressive collapse, and hostile vehicle mitigation.
- Perform structural analysis, computational modeling, and design development.
- Conduct technical calculations and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Provide support during design and construction phases.
- Develop experience with protective design methodologies, structural dynamics, advanced analysis, and the behavior of structures under extreme loading conditions.
- Work on projects where standard solutions may not apply and thoughtful analysis, creativity, and engineering judgment matter.
- Contribute to designs intended to improve safety, resilience, and protection of people and critical infrastructure.
- Support projects in sectors such as aviation, aerospace, manufacturing, industrial facilities, and other complex or mission-critical environments.
- Work alongside structural engineers and multidisciplinary teams of architects, contractors, consultants, and clients.
- Learn directly from engineers experienced in protective design while gradually taking on greater technical responsibility.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Structural Engineering, or a closely related graduate program with a strong structural engineering emphasis.
- Strong foundation in structural engineering principles, analysis, and mechanics.
- Coursework, research, internship, or professional experience related to areas such as structural dynamics, blast engineering, progressive collapse, extreme loading, or nonlinear analysis.
- Curiosity and an analytical mindset, with an interest in understanding how structures behave beyond conventional design conditions.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and work effectively with engineers, architects, contractors, consultants, and other project partners.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
Skills
- Protective design
- Structural dynamics
- Advanced analysis
- Structural analysis
- Computational modeling
- Technical calculations
- Blast effects and design
- Progressive collapse
- Hostile vehicle mitigation
- Structural analysis programs (ETABS, SAP2000, RISA-3D, LS-DYNA)
- BIM and drafting tools (Revit, AutoCAD)
- Computational modeling or programming (MATLAB, Python)
- Finite element analysis
- Nonlinear analysis
Location
- San Francisco
- Portland
Work Type
- Office environment
- Occasional visits to project or construction sites
- Occasional travel
Experience Level
- Early-career
- Entry-level
- Up to three years of relevant internship, research, or early professional experience
Education Level
- Master’s degree in Structural Engineering or a closely related graduate program with a strong structural engineering emphasis
Salary/Compensations
- $80,000 to $95,000
Benefits
- Performance-based bonuses
- Medical Plan Options (PPO or HDHP with HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Dental & Vision coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Life & AD&D Insurance (one year’s salary)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (3% company contribution)
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage (60% of income)
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Two floating holidays
- Paid company holidays
- Paid Family Leave (six weeks at 60% pay)
About the Company
- KPFF Consulting Engineers is an engineering design firm with 65 years of experience in innovative, sustainable engineering.
- We shape the built environment and tackle complex infrastructure challenges.
- Our team culture emphasizes balance, growth, and well-being, supporting professional journeys with flexibility, generous benefits, and collaborative work-life integration.
- With over 1,500 professionals across 36 offices nationwide, KPFF’s decentralized structure allows each office flexibility to pursue projects aligned with their regional strengths.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.