Senior Fire Protection Engineer (MS/PhD)

About Exponent

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. We are committed to engaging multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world.

Our Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Senior Fire Protection Engineer for our Thermal Sciences Practice in Bowie, MD; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Warrenville, IL; Menlo Park, CA; Los Angeles, CA; or Natick, MA. You will be responsible for:

• Working in teams on complex interdisciplinary problems, often with tight deadlines
• Performing outstanding technical work for clients to include: National, state, and local fire and building code reviews
• Analyzing active and passive fire protection systems
• Laboratory experimental design, construction, and coordination of testing
• Fire and explosion investigations including hands-on experience in the field
• Preparing proposals and technical reports, and presenting findings to clients

Qualifications and Skills

• M.S., M.Eng., M.E., or Ph.D. in Fire Protection Engineering
• Strong technical background in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and combustion
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Strong desire and ability to tackle a wide variety of problems within and outside direct area of expertise
• Demonstrated leadership skills and proven ability to work in a multidisciplinary, collaborative environment
• Prior experience with prescriptive and/or performance-based analysis and application of codes and standards published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Code Council (ICC), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and similar
• Industry experience, including co-op, work study or internship related to Fire Protection Engineering (preferred)
• Hands-on experience in fire protection system design, installation, inspection, testing and maintenance (preferred)
• Successfully taken and passed Fundamentals of Engineering (F.E.) exam (preferred)

What We Offer

• Life @ Exponent: Learn more about life at Exponent and our impact here
• Attracting, inspiring, developing, and rewarding exceptional people with diverse backgrounds and expertise are central to our corporate culture
• Competitive benefits and compensation plans
• A supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi-disciplinary work environment
• Flexible, agile work style and working hours
• Salary Range: USD $115,000.00 - USD $135,000.00 /Yr.
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