Senior Rail Track Design Engineer – Hybrid (Pacific NW)

TYLin; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TYLin is seeking a Senior Track and Civil Engineer to join our Rail + Transit team in the Pacific Northwest. This role targets professionals with 8–12 years of track and civil experience who can lead design within complex transportation programs.

You will help plan, design, and deliver rail infrastructure across the U.S., coordinating with signaling, power, civil, and structural teams while mentoring junior engineers and supporting business development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 8+ years of progressive experience in rail track and civil engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in at least one U.S. state, or the ability to obtain licensure through reciprocity.
• Strong technical knowledge of track geometry, horizontal and vertical alignment, corridor design, special trackwork, and rail infrastructure integration.
• Experience developing and reviewing engineering plans, specifications, technical reports, and design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical resource for track and civil design on major rail and transit projects in the Pacific Northwest and across the U.S.
• Lead the development of horizontal and vertical track alignments, turnouts, crossovers, special trackwork, and track layouts for stations, corridors, yards, and maintenance facilities.
• Develop, review, and oversee engineering plans, specifications, design criteria, calculations, and technical reports.
• Support and lead corridor studies, feasibility assessments, constructability reviews, design alternatives, phasing, staging, and maintenance-of-way planning.
• Coordinate closely with signaling, traction power, overhead catenary systems (OCS), communications, civil, structural, geotechnical, and other disciplines to develop integrated project solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and quality control throughout planning, preliminary engineering, final design, and construction support.
• Evaluate existing rail infrastructure and operational constraints and develop practical design solutions that consider safety, constructability, maintainability, and service continuity.
• Work directly with clients, transit agencies, railroads, contractors, and regulatory authorities to resolve technical issues and support project decisions.
• Support projects involving light rail, heavy rail, commuter rail, intercity passenger rail, streetcar, freight rail, and rail yards/maintenance facilities.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers, helping to build technical capability within the Rail + Transit team.
• Support business development activities, including proposals, technical presentations, client meetings, and strategic pursuits.
• Contribute to TYLin's continued development of best practices in track design, rail corridor integration, constructability, and multidisciplinary project delivery.

Skills

Track design

Track geometry

Corridor integration

Multidisciplinary coordination

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Civil/Transportation Engineering degree

Tools

Bentley OpenRail

OpenRoads

InRoads

MicroStation

Civil 3D

Job description

TYLin is seeking a Senior Track and Civil Engineer to join our Rail + Transit team in the Pacific Northwest. This role targets professionals with 8–12 years of track and civil experience who can lead design within complex transportation programs.

You will help plan, design, and deliver rail infrastructure across the U.S., coordinating with signaling, power, civil, and structural teams while mentoring junior engineers and supporting business development.