Professional Traffic & ITS Design Engineer

The Impact You’ll Have:

Alliant Engineering, Inc. has an exciting opening for a Professional Traffic & ITS Design Engineer to join the Traffic team in our Tampa, Florida office.

As a Professional Traffic & ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Design Engineer and an experienced self‑motivated individual, you will use your project engineer skills to work in a team environment and lead on a variety of design projects in Florida and across the country.

• Independently apply standard civil and traffic engineering principles and techniques
• Design traffic engineering elements of infrastructure projects, such as roadway lighting, traffic signals, signing, and pavement markings, traffic control.
• Perform preliminary and final ITS Design ITS engineering elements of infrastructure projects, including fiber optic and schematics, changeable message devices, roadway monitoring and detection devices, and signal interconnect
• Identifies ITS processes and latest technology to develop system engineering, design, verification, and acceptance testing for innovative ITS projects
• Prepare traffic and ITS design bid packages, including plans, specifications and engineer’s estimates for successful letting and construction
• Perform quality assurance detail checking reviews of plans, specifications and estimates prior to submittal
• Perform traffic signal warrant analysis and prepare Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) studies
• Utilize applicable design standards (DOT, State Aid, County, or City-specific) and applies them in a context‑specific manner to their designs
• Write proposals, scopes of work, and prepare project budgets

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or other engineering field of study
• 4 or more years of experience in Traffic and ITS Engineering
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Proficient with Micro Station and SignCAD
• Familiarity with Florida Traffic and ITS design manuals and standards
• Working knowledge of traffic signal timing, phasing, and controller operations, and traffic operations software such as Synchro/Sim Traffic, Highway Capacity Manual, and VISSIM
• Attention to detail and detailed design
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving capabilities, organization and multi‑tasking skills
• Excellent technical, written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with industry practices and traffic engineering principles
• Ability to lead and mentor staff

• Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
• Generous Profit Sharing, ESOP, and 401k contribution programs
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Company paid Life Insurance, Short-term disability, and Long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Wellness Programs & Competitions
• Generous Annual Leave and Compensatory Time Off programs
• Flexible Schedules
• Casual work environment
• Paid Professional Development and Training
• Community Involvement/Charity Events
• Numerous Employee Focused Events (Lunch & Learns, Off-Site Socials, etc.)

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.