Traffic Design Engineer

STV is hiring a Traffic Design Engineer to join our Transportation team in Owings Mills, Maryland. In this role, you’ll help design safer, smarter, and more connected transportation systems while working alongside experienced engineers from multiple disciplines. Your work will focus on traffic control device design and with opportunities to support traffic safety and operational analysis. This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented, self-motivated engineer who enjoys hands-on design, solving technical challenges, and seeing their work make a real impact.

You’ll contribute to a variety of projects across STV’s South Region, including highways and interchanges, intersection improvements, and multimodal bicycle and pedestrian facilities—with room to expand your skills and grow your career.

Develop traffic signal designs, including phasing, timing, detection, communications, and cabinet/controller plans. Prepare ITS designs for CCTV, dynamic message signs, fiber and communication layouts, detection systems, and related field devices. Design signing and pavement markings based on MUTCD guidelines utilizing Guide Sign software. Develop Maintenance of Traffic designs based on SHA and MUTCD standards for various geometric improvement projects. Utilize VISUAL or Agi
32 photometric design software to prepare lighting design plans for various roadway or pedestrian lighting projects. Partner with multidisciplinary design teams to deliver coordinated, accurate work on schedule and within budget. Conduct field reviews, document existing conditions, and verify design assumptions. Assist project managers and senior engineers with specifications, quantities, cost estimates, technical reports, and final bid packages. Apply SHA, MUTCD, AASHTO, and local municipal standards across project deliverables.

Perform task-level QA/QC and support quality reviews led by senior staff.

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years of traffic engineering or transportation design experience.
• Experience developing traffic control device designs.
• EIT certification is preferred, with the ability to obtain PE licensure in Maryland.
• Experience working with public DOT’s is highly desired.
• Proficiency in Micro Station, AutoCAD, and applicable DOT CADD standards;
  Open Roads Designer experience is preferred.
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and contribute to a collaborative team.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

At STV, you’ll work on meaningful transportation projects that improve how communities move while learning from experienced professionals across a collaborative, multidisciplinary team. You’ll gain exposure to a broad mix of project types, take on increasing responsibility as your skills grow, and build a rewarding career with a firm that values technical excellence, innovation, and professional development.

Compensation Range: $72,053.98 - $82,347.40

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Back-Up Dependent Care
• Parental Leave
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good‑faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on…