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About the Role

Join Alpine, an ITW Company, as a Senior Engineer and use your structural engineering expertise to help customers develop safe, efficient, and economical wood truss solutions. In this role, you will tackle complex structural design challenges, provide technical guidance to customers and colleagues, and contribute engineering expertise that supports the continued development of Alpine's proprietary design software. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on engineering, problem solving, customer partnership, and technical leadership while making a direct impact on the solutions Alpine provides to the building components industry.

Responsibilities

Develop complex structural solutions by designing and analyzing wood trusses, framing systems, repairs, and components using engineering principles, judgment, and Alpine's proprietary design software.
Partner with customers to solve technical challenges, including evaluating framing layouts, calculating special loads, supporting plan takeoffs, troubleshooting structural concerns, and identifying safe, practical, and cost-effective design solutions.
Review and validate engineering designs for technical accuracy, completeness, applicable design standards, building codes, specifications, and engineering principles.
Provide technical leadership to the engineering team by reviewing the work of engineers and designers, answering complex design questions, supporting training and development, and helping ensure consistent design quality.
Support field and product-related engineering needs, including occasional job site inspections and investigations to evaluate structural performance, repair requests, or other design-related concerns.
Partner with Alpine's software development team by providing engineering expertise, technical input, and recommendations that enhance Alpine's engineering and design software.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline with coursework in statics, strength of materials, structural analysis, and structural design, or an equivalent combination of specialized education and relevant experience.
Relevant structural engineering experience, including a minimum of 3 years with a Professional Engineering (PE) License or minimum of 10 years without a PE and the ability to obtain your PE licensure with company support.
Experience with truss design and drafting techniques, including plating methods and/or light-gauge steel connection methods, engineering notes, design manuals, and span tables.
Strong knowledge of structural engineering principles, applicable building codes and design standards, particularly statics and strength of materials.
Ability to read and interpret roof and framing layouts and develop structurally sound, practical, and cost-effective truss configurations.
Strong communication, documentation, customer-service, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively.

Skills

Structural engineering
Wood truss design
Framing systems design
Repair design
Component design
Engineering principles
Engineering judgment
Alpine's proprietary design software
Technical leadership
Customer partnership
Problem solving
Technical guidance
Engineering expertise
Truss design
Drafting techniques
Plating methods
Light-gauge steel connection methods
Engineering notes
Design manuals
Span tables
Building codes
Design standards
Statics
Strength of materials
Roof layout interpretation
Framing layout interpretation
Communication
Documentation
Customer-service
Independent work
Collaborative work

Location

Office environment
Manufacturing environments
Jobsites

Work Type

Primarily performed in an office environment
Occasional exposure to manufacturing environments and jobsites

Experience Level

Senior Engineer
Minimum of 3 years with a Professional Engineering (PE) License
Minimum of 10 years without a PE

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline
Coursework in statics, strength of materials, structural analysis, and structural design
Equivalent combination of specialized education and relevant experience

Salary/Compensations

$82,000 - $125,000

Benefits

Path for advancement
Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Paid vacation
Sick time
Holiday pay
401(k) match with additional company contribution
Parental leave

About the Company

Alpine, an ITW company, is a leading provider of building component software, equipment, and the industry’s best service to component manufacturers.
Partnering with our customers, we help to improve their businesses and make them more productive.
We are a leader in delivering software solutions to the construction industry to increase profitability.
ITW offers its employees a path for advancement, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help employees care for themselves, their families, and their futures.
At Alpine, you will have the opportunity to apply your engineering expertise to complex, real-world structural challenges while working directly with customers and cross-functional teams.
You will have the ability to influence both engineering solutions and the technology used to deliver them, while serving as a technical resource to other engineers and designers.
As part of ITW, Alpine offers an environment centered on customer focus, accountability, continuous learning, adaptability, and delivering results.

Equal Opportunity

ITW is an equal opportunity employer.
We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.