Fire Protection Engineer
Posted Jul 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Where are you on your path to a PE, and how have you prepared for it?
What they are checking: Whether they are actively working toward licensure, since the posting offers support to EITs pursuing a PE.
Tell me about a time you had to explain a fire protection requirement to someone without an engineering background.
What they are checking: Whether they can translate code language into plain reasons that facility staff will accept and act on.
This is remote with up to 50 percent travel in the central US. How do you stay organized and keep deliverables moving while traveling?
What they are checking: Whether they have work habits that hold up through frequent travel and remote coordination.
What would you do
A code clearly applies to an FAA facility, but meeting it fully would interrupt air traffic operations. How do you advise the client?
What they are checking: Whether they can propose equivalencies or phased approaches without dropping life safety, in a mission-critical setting.
You're asked to help develop FAA Fire Life Safety guidance. How would you make sure the policy is practical at the facility level?
What they are checking: Whether they think about how a policy gets carried out in the field, not just how it reads on paper.
How would you build a training session for facility staff on fire life safety, and what would you want them to walk away able to do?
What they are checking: Whether they design training around real actions people take during an emergency.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd perform a code analysis for an existing FAA facility. Which codes and standards do you start with?
What they are checking: Whether they know how NFPA codes, the IBC and FAA orders fit together when assessing an existing building.
How do stairwell pressurization systems work, and what do you look at when assessing whether one still performs as designed?
What they are checking: Whether they understand smoke control fundamentals, since stairwell pressurization is named as a specific need.
What fire life safety concerns come with replacing an engine generator at a facility, and how would you address them?
What they are checking: Whether they connect generator work to fuel storage, emergency power and life safety requirements.
How would you run a Condition Risk Assessment for fire life safety at a site you've never visited?
What they are checking: Whether they can gather information and rank risks systematically so the FAA knows what to fix first.
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