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This role evaluates highways, streets, and intersections—including traffic signals, signs, and traffic control devices—to determine compliance with engineering standards and to identify contributing factors in vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle accidents. The position supports forensic investigations, litigation consulting, and expert witness services and works directly with clients, attorneys, and public agencies.\nIn this role, you will:\nReview and analyze roadway and traffic design plans for highways, streets, and intersections.\nAnalyze as-built drawings, construction plans, and traffic control plans for compliance with contracts and engineering standards.\nResearch and evaluate traffic conditions using traffic counts, speed studies, accident history data, and roadway characteristics.\nDetermine safe and efficient traffic volumes based on roadway geometry and operating conditions.\nAssess sight distance, roadway alignment, pavement conditions, hazards, and work zone traffic control.\nAnalyze traffic signal timing, phasing, maintenance, and intersection layout for operational performance and safety impacts.\nDetermine whether roadway features or traffic control elements contributed to vehicle, pedestrian, or bicycle accidents.\nReview existing and proposed roadway signs, markings, and traffic control devices for compliance with standards.\nAnalyze traffic signal timing, phasing, maintenance, and intersection layout for operational performance and safety impacts.\nApply DOT standards, MUTCD guidelines, Engineering Policy Guides, and local design criteria in all analyses.\nPrepare clear technical reports and engineering opinions for forensic and litigation purposes.\nServe as a consulting and testifying expert witness, including depositions and trial testimony.\nManage multiple projects, meet budgets and schedules, and support client relationships.\nProvide technical guidance to junior engineers as needed.\nSupport business growth through ongoing client engagement and repeat work.\nWhat You Bring:\nDegree in Civil Engineering or related field\n8+ years in traffic engineering with at least 4 years of forensic experience\nActive PE & TE licenses (TE license only required for work in CA & OR) \nSignificant experience in traffic engineering, transportation engineering, or forensic traffic investigations\nStrong knowledge of highways, roadways, intersections, traffic signals, signs, and traffic control systems\nExperience completing traffic engineering projects with DOTs and public agencies\nProficiency with traffic analysis or simulation software (e.g. Traffic Sim)\nDemonstrated expertise with DOT’s Engineering Policy Guide (EPG)\nStrong technical report writing and verbal communication skills\nWho We Are:\nYA Group is an international professional services organization providing forensic consulting, engineering, risk mitigation, and related services. Founded over 25 years ago as a property damage consulting firm, YA has expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Today, YA has over 800 professionals dedicated to excellence, partnership, and driving innovation. \nYA Group’s Accident Reconstruction & Biomechanics team applies scientific investigation, engineering principles, and advanced technology to determine how collisions occur and why. Our experts use tools such as 3D modeling, vehicle and site inspections, Event Data Recorder downloads, and forensic animations to deliver clear, analytically grounded findings. Our multidisciplinary professionals support clients across insurance, legal, corporate, and transportation sectors and are experienced, courtroom-qualified experts.\nWhat We Offer:\nEmployee-focused culture\nStrong commitment to work-life balance\n100% Remote work\nFlexible vacation & Paid holidays\nPaid family care/sick leave\nParental leave\nComprehensive benefits\n401k w/match\nFraudulent Recruitment Alert:\nPlease be vigilant against fraudulent recruitment attempts. YA will never ask for personal financial information (such as bank account numbers or identification numbers) via social media or chat-based apps. We also will not request money for the purchase of business equipment, post job opportunities on Craigslist or conduct interviews solely via text message.\nAll official email communications regarding your application will come from  or directly from a member of our talent team using an @yagroup.com domain name.\nIf you suspect any fraudulent activity, please contact us directly at .\nDisclosures:\nAs part of our recruitment process, we may use AI-assisted tools to support candidate screening and evaluation. These tools are designed to assist—rather than replace—human decision-making, and all employment decisions are made by our recruiting team in accordance with applicable laws and our commitment to equal employment opportunity. \nWhere required by law, we will provide additional information about the use of these tools, including their purpose, and offer alternative processes or accommodations upon request.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5206,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services","Science & Engineering","Financial Advisory, Valuation & Restructuring"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T20:58:32Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":13,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.47,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":97,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-06T05:45:30Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ya-group-senior-traffic-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ya-group-senior-traffic-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-07T01:53:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3064,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1936,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2133572},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2133572"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fya-group-senior-traffic-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fya-group-senior-traffic-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fya-group-senior-traffic-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ya-group-senior-traffic-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fya-group-senior-traffic-engineer"}]}