Vehicle Crash/Automotive Engineering Forensic Expert

About the role

Investigate vehicle crash incidents.
Analyze vehicle systems and structures, applying your comprehensive knowledge of standards and practices.
Write clear, scientifically sound reports.
Provide expert testimony.

Responsibilities

• Investigate vehicle crash incidents.
• Analyze vehicle systems and structures, applying your comprehensive knowledge of standards and practices.
• Write clear, scientifically sound reports.
• Provide expert testimony.

Requirements

• Licensure: Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license is desirable but not required.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited college.
• Experience: 7+ years of hands-on motor vehicle design, development, manufacturing, including development and testing at the OEM or Tier 1 level.
• Knowledge: Thorough working knowledge of vehicle systems, vehicle dynamics, crash testing, and automotive engineering development & manufacturing processes.
• Skills: Excellent technical, analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Prior forensic experience is not required. We seek professionals eager to apply their deep industry knowledge to a challenging new domain.
• You must have a clean background screen, a driver’s license, and the ability to drive.

Benefits

• Use your cumulative training, experience, and critical thinking skills.
• Collaborate with highly respected experts.
• Continuously learn and grow as an expert in your field.
• Make a tangible difference in litigation.

Schedule

Hybrid

Pay

Negotiable

Location

Lancaster, PA