Traffic Engineer

HDR is a company that values inclusion, employee ownership, and the impact of transportation on communities. HDR’s Transportation Business Group engages planners, engineers, architects and specialists across disciplines to solve mobility challenges with innovation and technical excellence.

HDR New England Transportation Group is seeking a Traffic Engineer to work on transportation and safety design projects across New England. The position will be based in our Boston office.

• Perform traffic engineering analysis and design including traffic modeling, signal design, safety analyses, signing and striping design, and strategic highway safety planning.
• Prepare traffic signal design plans, signing and striping plans, maintenance traffic plans, and PS&E packages. Work with the roadway design team to evaluate traffic systems and recommend solutions.
• Conduct crash analysis and safety studies as part of broader transportation assessments.
• Carry out operational traffic analysis using modeling tools from highway capacity software to complex micro‑simulation models, and apply results to engineering practice for isolated intersections, roundabouts, urban arterials, and freeway segments.
• Write traffic impact and transportation assessment reports, communicate analysis results clearly, and present findings to the team.
• Perform detailed checks and quality-control reviews of design work by other team members.
• Act as traffic engineering task leader, coordinating with other disciplines.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Experience with adaptive signalization, transit signal design, and ITS.
• Knowledge and experience with New England transportation agency policies and procedures, Complete Streets, NACTO, FHWA, and AASHTO.
• Experience in designing traffic control tactics, systems management, communications, ITS systems, and sequencing plans.
• Familiarity with PTV Vissim, Guide Sign, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office.
• Preference for local candidates.
• PTOE certification.
• RSP certification.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience with traffic analysis and traffic engineering/design.
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., PE or P.Eng).
• Hands‑on experience conducting traffic design using CAD platforms including Micro Station, AutoCAD, and Guide Sign.
• Hands‑on experience conducting operational analysis using HCS, Synchro, VISSIM, and Aimsun.
• Hands‑on experience conducting safety analysis using Highway Safety Software.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Commitment to being an active participant in HDR’s employee‑owned culture.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement. Compensation ranges vary by skill, experience, education and geographic location:

BOS, MA: $93,072 – $132,960
PRO, RI: $81,438 – $116,340
RCY, CT: $85,316 – $121,880

Primary location:
United States – Massachusetts – Boston
Other locations:
United States – Connecticut – Rocky Hill, United States – Rhode Island – Providence

We believe in a collaborative culture that values trust, inclusion, and the unique contributions of all employees. Our eight Employee Network Groups support belonging and professional growth.