Senior Traffic & ITS Engineer

The Impact You’ll Have

Alliant Engineering, Inc. has an exciting opening for a Traffic & ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Design Engineer to join the Traffic team in our Minneapolis, Minnesota office.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Minnesota or is able to obtain a PE license in Minnesota within 6 months from start of work.
• 6+ years of experience as a Traffic and/or ITS Engineer
• Proficiency with MicroStation, Open Roads, or AutoCAD
• Familiarity with traffic and ITS design standards (e.g., MUTCD, MnDOT manuals)
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and communication abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with SignCAD
• Experience leading projects and mentoring staff
• Familiarity with MnDOT Quality Management Process Manual
• Knowledge of traffic signal timing, phasing, and operations software (e.g., Synchro, SimTraffic, VISSIM)