Traffic Engineer

Silverspace Inc; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Silverspace Inc. in San Diego is seeking a confident Traffic Engineer to join our Traffic Division. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team on landmark projects in the San Diego region, supporting clients and communities turn their dreams into reality.

You will help shape the future of tomorrow by providing municipal traffic engineering services, preparing traffic plans, and delivering traffic analyses with leadership and client engagement. Southern California experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• California PE license (Civil or Traffic) required.
• 3–12 years of traffic engineering experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of management experience supervising traffic designers and CAD drafters/technicians.
• Strong independent thought and decision‑making with leadership abilities.
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with clients, public agencies, and staff.
• Recent Southern California experience, preferably in San Diego County.

Responsibilities

• Manage project schedules and budgets.
• Prepare contracts, fee proposals, and scopes of work.
• Work directly with clients and public agencies.
• Provide municipal traffic engineering services, including in‑house work.
• Prepare final traffic engineering plans (signals, signing/striping, etc.).
• Prepare Traffic Impact Analyses and related reports.
• Transit planning and design experience is a plus.

Skills

Traffic engineering

Leadership

Project management

Client relations

Independent thinking

Education

Professional Engineer (CA)

Tools

HCS

Vistro

Synchro

Traffic software

Job description

We are a well-established engineering firm seeking a confident Traffic Engineer to join our Traffic Division in our San Diego office.

If you are looking for a place to grow your career and make a difference, this is the place for you. As a Traffic Engineer in Southern California, you will work with a multi-disciplinary team on meaningful, landmark projects in the San Diego region. You will help clients and communities turn their dreams into reality, learn from and work alongside industry-leading experts, and help shape the future of tomorrow.

Qualifications:

• California registration as a Professional Engineer (Civil or Traffic) Mandatory.
• Minimum of 3-12 years of traffic engineering experience. Compensation may vary based on interview, experience, and licensure.
• Minimum of 3 years of management experience supervising traffic designers and CAD drafters/technicians
• Strong independent thought and decision‑making abilities, with demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with clients, public‑agency personnel, and in‑house staff
• Recent Southern California experience, preferably in San Diego County

Management experience should include:

• Managing project schedules and budgets
• Preparing contracts, fee proposals, and scopes of work
• Working directly with clients and public agencies

Technical experience should include:

• Providing municipal traffic engineering services, including in‑house services
• Preparing and processing final traffic engineering plans (traffic signals, traffic control plans, signing/striping plans, etc.)
• Preparing Traffic Impact Analyses and other traffic‑related studies and reports
• Transit planning and design experience is a plus

Preferred skills:

• Extensive, demonstrated engineering ability across all aspects of traffic engineering and planning projects
• Proficiency in HCS, Vistro, Synchro, and other traffic‑related software
• Working knowledge of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) and MUTCD
• Familiarity with the Highway Capacity Manual