Sr. Structural Engineer; MS​/PhD, P.E​/S.E

Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.

Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.

Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!

Key statistics:

• 950+ Consultants
• 640+ Ph.D.s
• 90+ Disciplines
• 30+ Offices globally

We are currently seeking a Senior Structural Engineer for our Civil & Structural Engineering Practice in Atlanta, GA;
Menlo Park, CA;
Irvine, CA;
Los Angeles, CA;
Warrenville, IL;
Houston, TX; or New York, NY
. This professional will assist in complex forensic investigations and consulting engagements involving the design, construction, performance, deterioration, and failure of buildings, bridges, and other structural systems. In this role, you will work as part of a team performing experimental field investigations and diagnostic surveys, modeling the performance of complex structures subject to extreme loads, authoring technical reports, and developing/maintaining client relations.

• Conducting field investigations and site inspections of buildings, infrastructure, and specialty structures to document conditions, evaluate structural performance, and identify potential contributors to damage, distress, or failure.
• Problem solving to determine root causes of structural performance issues, construction defects, material degradation, and damage associated with events such as extreme weather, earthquakes, flooding, explosions, fire, or damage accumulation under long-term service conditions.
• Modeling failures through structural calculations, quantitative risk analyses, and engineering assessment of load paths, capacity, durability, serviceability, code compliance, and risk to buildings and infrastructure.
• Developing and applying state-of-the-art analytical tools, models, and engineering frameworks to characterize structural risks and evaluate failure mechanisms
• Collaborating with teams of structural, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and material science professionals to solve complex multidisciplinary problems.
• Preparing clear, technically rigorous reports, presentations, calculations, and exhibits that communicate engineering findings, conclusions, and recommendations to clients, insurers, attorneys, industry stakeholders, triers of fact, and other technical or non-technical audiences.
• Managing local projects related to your area(s) of expertise, including coordinating field work, organizing technical tasks, maintaining schedules and budgets, communicating with clients, and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Contributing to client service and business development by supporting proposals and developing trusted client relationships
• Establishing and maintaining professional expertise through continued professional development, technical publications, conference…