Director, Forensic Electrical Engineering Consulting

HKA; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

HKA is seeking an experienced Forensic Electrical Engineer to lead investigations, develop expert opinions, prepare reports, and provide testimony in complex claims, arbitration, and litigation matters. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-value disputes involving power systems, data centers, and critical infrastructure with significant autonomy within a prestigious team.

Working alongside respected experts, you will influence client outcomes and the growth of the practice, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and PE license required.
• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience, including forensic consulting and expert advisory work.
• Expert witness experience with depositions, arbitration, and/or trial testimony.
• Ability to travel regularly for site inspections, client meetings, and proceedings.

Responsibilities

• Analyze electrical systems, equipment failures, construction issues, and engineering deficiencies.
• Conduct forensic investigations and root cause analyses involving electrical power, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Develop independent technical findings and expert opinions.
• Prepare forensic engineering reports and expert witness reports.
• Support attorneys, insurers, and clients in claims, disputes, arbitration, and litigation matters.
• Review engineering designs, construction documents, operating records, and applicable industry standards.
• Serve as a testifying expert in mediation, deposition, arbitration, and litigation proceedings.
• Communicate complex technical findings clearly to legal, technical, and non-technical audiences.

Skills

PE license

Expert witness experience

Electrical power systems expertise

Communication skills

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

HKA is a global leader in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, and expert witness services. We tackle complex challenges with our multi-disciplinary expertise. As trusted consultants and advisors, we deliver solutions in uncertain and disputed situations, ensuring the best outcomes for clients worldwide. Our experts have testified globally on major cases spanning across a wide range of industries and sectors.

As Part Of The HKA Team You Can Expect

• A strong collaborative culture with an emphasis on fostering individual growth and team growth in parallel.
• The opportunity to make a tangible impact on the department and organization as whole, taking on complex projects with exciting challenges.
• The ability to leverage HKA’s strong network and presence in various industries and reputation for exceptional expert witnesses to accelerate career development and connections.

The Opportunity

HKA is seeking an experienced Forensic Electrical Engineer to lead investigations, develop expert opinions, prepare reports, and provide testimony in complex claims, arbitration, and litigation matters. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-value, technically challenging disputes involving power systems, utilities, renewable energy, data centers, industrial facilities, and other critical infrastructure assets.

Working alongside some of the most respected experts in the industry, you'll join a small, prestigious team with a strong reputation in the market, significant autonomy, and a direct impact on both client outcomes and the continued growth of the practice.

Responsibilities

• Analyze electrical systems, equipment failures, construction issues, and engineering deficiencies.
• Conduct forensic investigations and root cause analyses involving electrical power, instrumentation, and control systems.
• Develop independent technical findings and expert opinions.
• Prepare forensic engineering reports and expert witness reports.
• Support attorneys, insurers, and clients in claims, disputes, arbitration, and litigation matters.
• Review engineering designs, construction documents, operating records, and applicable industry standards.
• Serve as a testifying expert in mediation, deposition, arbitration, and litigation proceedings.
• Communicate complex technical findings clearly to legal, technical, and non-technical audiences.

Required

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Expert witness experience, including depositions, arbitration, and/or trial testimony, with experience preparing expert reports and working directly with attorneys on litigation, claims, disputes, and other legal matters.
• 10+ years of Electrical Engineering experience, including forensic consulting, engineering design, project management, operations, and/or expert advisory work.
• Experience investigating electrical failures, equipment malfunctions, construction defects, operational incidents, and complex engineering disputes.
• Strong technical expertise in electrical power systems, power distribution and controls, instrumentation and control (I&C) systems, and electrical failure analysis.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to prepare defensible technical reports and present complex engineering findings to attorneys, clients, arbitrators, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to travel regularly throughout the year for site inspections, client meetings, depositions, arbitrations, and trial support, including occasional short-notice travel.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Multi-state PE licensure.
• Additional experience serving as an expert witness or providing forensic engineering, claims, dispute resolution, and litigation consulting services.
• Significant design or project management experience in one or more of the following industries:
  • Solar photovoltaic (PV) and renewable energy systems
  • Utility generation, transmission, distribution, and substations
  • Power generation facilities and power plants
  • Data centers and mission-critical facilities
  • Transportation and infrastructure projects
  • Heavy industrial, manufacturing, or process facilities

What We Offer

At HKA we recognize that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA.

Fairness And Equality At HKA

HKA works hard to provide a welcoming environment for all of our employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our fairness and equality strategy. Please visit our careers page for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.

All HKA employment decisions shall be made in accordance with controlling laws and based on merit.

HKA is one of the world's leading consultancy of choice for multi-disciplinary expert and specialist services in risk mitigation and dispute resolution within the capital projects and infrastructure sector.

We also have experience advising clients on the economic impact of commercial and investment treaty disputes and in forensic accounting matters.

As trusted independent consultants, experts and advisors, we deliver solutions amid uncertainty, dispute and overrun, and provide the insights that make the best possible outcomes a reality for public and private sector clients worldwide.