Senior Manager - Thermal Sciences (Ph.D.)

About Exponent

Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges. Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, and more sustainable world.

Our Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Senior Manager/Senior Managing Engineer for our Thermal Sciences Practice in Menlo Park, CA. This position will involve applying fundamental engineering and scientific techniques to real-world problems in failure analysis, risk mitigation, and product development.

Key Statistics

• 950+ Consultants
• 640+ Ph.D.s
• 90+ Disciplines
• 30+ Offices globally

Responsibilities

• Conducting failure analysis and root cause analysis investigations
• Identifying and pursuing business development opportunities
• Managing multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with experts in other technical disciplines
• Project management and building client relationships
• Performing engineering calculations and analyses
• Performing laboratory experiments and analytical or computational modeling
• Planning and executing testing programs
• Preparing written reports, proposals, and presentations

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field, with a practical and theoretical understanding of combustion, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics
• Presently legally authorized to work in the United States. No immigration sponsorship or processing required
• 7+ years of relevant consulting experience in process safety, decarbonization, and/or fire protection engineering
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) Licensure, or ability to obtain a P.E. License
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Proven track record conducting hazard identification and analysis studies and incident investigations via any recognized methodology