📍 Seattle, WA
🔬 Biomechanics | Forensic Analysis | Expert Witness
🎓 Ph.D. Preferred | M.S. Considered
💰 Competitive Compensation Based on Experience
🏢 Established National Forensic Engineering & Scientific Consulting Firm
🎁 Full-Time | Salaried | Benefits

About the Company

Our client is a nationally recognized forensic engineering, scientific, and technical consulting firm with decades of experience assisting clients with complex technical investigations and litigation matters.

Their multidisciplinary team includes engineers, scientists, biomechanical experts, and other technical specialists providing forensic engineering, expert witness testimony, sports biomechanics and human performance, research, testing, and evaluation services.

The firm works with insurance companies, law firms, government agencies, corporate safety departments, claims professionals, and risk management teams throughout the United States.

They are currently seeking an experienced Biomechanical Engineer to join their forensic team in Seattle, WA.

While Seattle is an ideal location for this opening, the firm is focused on identifying the right experienced expert and may also consider highly qualified forensic professionals nationwide.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Conduct biomechanical analyses related to accidents, injuries, and other complex forensic matters

• Apply principles of biomechanics, engineering, physics, human factors, and injury mechanics to forensic investigations

• Evaluate the relationship between physical forces, human movement, and reported injury mechanisms

• Analyze available physical, medical, engineering, and scientific evidence to develop technically supported opinions

• Collaborate with Accident Reconstruction engineers and other forensic experts on multidisciplinary investigations

• Review case materials, technical documentation, testing data, photographs, records, and other evidence

• Conduct research and testing when appropriate to support forensic conclusions

• Prepare clear, comprehensive, and technically defensible reports

• Explain complex biomechanical and scientific concepts to attorneys, insurance professionals, and other non-technical audiences

• Participate in depositions and trials and provide expert testimony when required

• Communicate directly with clients regarding technical findings and case strategy

• Prepare and deliver technical or educational presentations to clients and professional organizations

• Maintain and expand technical expertise through continuing education, research, publications, and professional involvement

• Independently manage multiple forensic cases and deadlines while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team

What You Bring

• Advanced degree in Biomechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline

• Ph.D. preferred; candidates with an M.S. and significant relevant experience may be considered

• Professional experience in biomechanics, forensic engineering, injury analysis, human performance, or a closely related field

• Experienced forensic professionals strongly preferred

• Strong understanding of biomechanics, physics, human movement, and injury mechanisms

• Ability to analyze complex technical and scientific evidence and develop well-supported opinions

• Experience working within a litigation or forensic consulting environment highly desirable

• Expert witness, deposition, and/or trial experience strongly preferred

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills

• Ability to explain complex scientific concepts clearly to attorneys, adjusters, juries, and other non-technical audiences

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple cases and deadlines

• Ability to work independently while collaborating with engineers, scientists, and other technical experts

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Biomechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

• Established forensic consulting experience

• Prior experience evaluating injury causation and injury mechanisms

• Experience collaborating with Accident Reconstruction professionals

• Retained and/or testifying expert witness experience

• Research, publication, or technical presentation experience

• Strong professional credibility within the biomechanics, forensic engineering, or litigation consulting community

Compensation & Benefits

💰 Competitive base compensation based on experience, credentials, and level of forensic expertise

🎓 Advanced academic credentials and significant forensic experience will be considered when determining compensation

🏥 Comprehensive employee benefits

💼 Full-time, salaried employment

📚 Continuing education and professional development opportunities

📈 Long-term career growth within an established national forensic organization

Why Join This Team?

• Join an established forensic organization with a national reputation and decades of experience

• Work alongside experienced engineers, scientists, Accident Reconstruction professionals, and other technical experts

• Apply advanced biomechanics and engineering principles to complex real-world forensic investigations

• Work on sophisticated matters involving injury mechanics, human performance, accidents, and litigation

• Develop or expand your experience as a consulting and testifying expert

• Collaborate on multidisciplinary cases requiring both Accident Reconstruction and biomechanical expertise

• Continue developing your professional credibility through research, continuing education, presentations, and technical publications

• Work with a diverse national client base that includes law firms, insurance companies, government agencies, and corporate clients

• Build a long-term career within a growing national forensic engineering and scientific consulting organization

• Location flexibility may be available for highly experienced forensic professionals

Location

This opportunity is ideally based in Seattle, Washington.

The firm is particularly interested in an experienced Biomechanical Engineering professional who can support its forensic practice from the Seattle market. However, the priority is finding the right experienced forensic expert, and highly qualified professionals located elsewhere in the United States may also be considered.