Protective Design Engineering Intern — Hands-On, Mentorship

KPFF Consulting Engineers; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid overtime opportunities

Wide project exposure

Mentorship and training

Networking and career growth

Job summary

KPFF Consulting Engineers in San Francisco is offering a Protective Design Engineering Intern role. You will work with engineers on projects focused on safety, resilience, and security of the built environment, applying dynamics, materials, and constructability to demanding design challenges.

You will gain hands‑on experience in blast design, progressive collapse evaluation, and structural hardening, with mentorship and exposure to project coordination, site visits, and potential full‑time

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s in Civil/Structural Eng. with 3+ years of coursework.
• Interest in resilience, safety, and security of structures.
• Experience with structural dynamics or concrete/steel design is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support structural modeling, analysis, calculations and design for protective design projects.
• Learn evaluation of structures under blast loads and progressive collapse scenarios.
• Work with mentors on multidisciplinary, project‑based protection design tasks.
• Assist in project coordination, site visits and client communication when possible.

Skills

Structural design

Protective design

Teamwork

Excel

ETABS

Education

Bachelor's in Civil or Structural Engineering

Master's in Structural Engineering

Tools

ETABS

SAP2000

RISA

LS-DYNA

Job description

KPFF Consulting Engineers in San Francisco is offering a Protective Design Engineering Intern role. You will work with engineers on projects focused on safety, resilience, and security of the built environment, applying dynamics, materials, and constructability to demanding design challenges.

You will gain hands‑on experience in blast design, progressive collapse evaluation, and structural hardening, with mentorship and exposure to project coordination, site visits, and potential full‑time