Structural Engineer Intern (Protective Design & Security)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Salary: $20–$35 per hour

Company

hirify.global is an independent engineering and scientific organization developing resilient solutions for the built environment through multidisciplinary collaboration.

What you will do

• Support engineering work involving blast effects, progressive collapse, structural hardening, and related protective design topics.
• Assist with analysis, modeling, and calculations related to protective design and physical security.
• Prepare reports, calculations, technical summaries, and design documentation.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, planners, and security specialists in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Participate in on-site assessments, field surveys, and construction-phase activities.

Requirements

• Current undergraduate or graduate student pursuing civil or structural engineering, or a related field.
• Interest in protective design, security, resilience, and hazard-resistant engineering.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with design, visualization, documentation, and computational tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino/Grasshopper, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam, SAP2000, ETABS, or similar platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, multidisciplinary work focused on performance-based protective design.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible spending, and other voluntary benefits may be available depending on employment status.
• Paid time off, family leave for new parents, and volunteer time.
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter transit support where available, fitness reimbursement, and wellness and employee resource programs.
• 401(k) retirement savings with company matching and/or qualified student loan repayments.