Also called: Transportation Engineer, Traffic Operations Engineer, Signal Timing Engineer
Designs intersections, signals, and road layouts to keep traffic moving safely.
You study crash data at a dangerous intersection and redesign it as a roundabout. Another day you retime traffic signals along a corridor so cars hit more green lights.
Based on BLS civil engineers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in civil engineering; PE and PTOE certifications.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Steady.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI signal timing and design tools speed work; PE-stamped designs and field judgment stay human.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, CAD or drafting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2051.
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