Mechanical Engineer - Industrial/Manufacturing Investigator

About the Role

As a Mechanical Engineer – Industrial/Manufacturing Expert, you will investigate incidents involving equipment, safety products/procedures, material handling, hand tools, and plant layouts. You will analyze inadequacies in machine guarding, instructions, warnings, or personal protective equipment (PPE), applying your comprehensive knowledge of standards and practices. Responsibilities include writing clear, scientifically sound reports and providing expert testimony.

This role offers you the opportunity to:

• Use your cumulative training, experience, and critical thinking skills to delve into the "why" behind incidents, assessing decision-making, operational procedures, and the standard of care.
• Collaborate with highly respected experts.
• Continuously learn and grow.
• Make a tangible difference.

Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth/Irving, TX area (hybrid).

Requirements

• Licensure: Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license or ability to obtain licensure in at least one state within 6 months.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering and/or a closely-related field.
• Experience: 10+ years of manufacturing and production experience, including design, installation, start-up, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of industrial equipment. Expertise must include design or specification of industrial equipment, material handling equipment (such as forklifts, aerial lifts, and cranes), industrial facility operation and maintenance processes, utility systems (steam, water, air, gas, etc.), and manufacturing processes.
• Additional Experience a Plus: Training or experience in reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), root cause failure analysis, site incident investigations, and hazard analysis/risk assessments.
• Skills: Excellent technical, analytical, writing, and communication skills; ability to manage a portfolio of 40-60 projects/clients.
• Aptitude: Strong ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, objective evidence for non-technical audiences.
• Work Style: Approximately 20% travel for inspections; the remainder is focused on analysis and report drafting, working independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Clean background screen, valid driver’s license, and ability to drive.

Prior forensic experience is not required. We seek professionals eager to apply their deep industry knowledge to a challenging new domain.

About Us

Robson Forensic is a national leader in expert witness consulting, providing technical expertise across many fields within engineering, architecture, science, and a broad range of specialty disciplines. Employees work alongside highly respected experts from both industry and academia. Our forensic experts engage in meaningful casework that is consequential to industry and society. Robson Forensic offers a unique working dynamic that blends collaboration and autonomy.