Electrical Engineer - Electric Utilities

Robson Forensic, Inc.; Florida; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Robson Forensic is seeking a PE-licensed Electrical Engineer with 15+ years of hands-on experience in electric utilities to join our team. You will investigate incidents, analyze compliance with laws and standards, and document findings in clear reports.

No prior forensic experience is required as Robson Forensic provides training in forensic methods. Travel and collaboration with experts across disciplines are expected in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 15+ years of electrical engineering experience in electric utilities (investor-owned, public power, cooperatives).
• Thorough knowledge of federal/state/local laws, rules, regs, codes, standards of care, and safety aspects.
• Excellent technical, analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• Aptitude to translate complex findings into clear evidence for non-technical audiences.
• Clean background screen, driver's license, and ability to drive.

Responsibilities

• Investigate incidents involving design, construction, operation, and maintenance of electrical systems, equipment, and devices.
• Analyze applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, and standards of care.
• Write clear, scientifically sound reports.
• Provide expert testimony.

Skills

PE license

Electrical engineering

Analytical skills

Technical writing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Electrical Engineer - Electric Utilities

Expert Full Time Atlanta, GA, US

You are already an expert in your field. You are a Professional Engineer (P.E.)with 15 or more years of hands-on Electrical Engineering experience and a comprehensive understanding of electric utilities (investor-owned, public power, and/or cooperatives).

This role asks you to bring this same set of skills to a different challenge: determining why an incident occurred. You will work alongside nationally respected experts on casework that is consequential to industry and society, and you will keep learning for the rest of your career.

Prior forensic experience is not required. We hire for deep industry knowledge. Robson Forensic will train you to apply your expertise in a forensic setting, based on our experience of nearly 40 years in providing expert witness services.

What you will do:

• Investigate incidents involving design, construction, operation, and maintenance of electrical systems, equipment, and devices.
• Analyze applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, standards of care, and safety aspects.
• Write clear, scientifically sound reports.
• Provide expert testimony.

You will delve into the "why" behind incidents, critically assessing decision‑making, operational practices, and the standards of care.

What we require:

• Licensure: Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience: 15+ years of electrical engineering experience, including experience with electric utilities (investor-owned, public power, and/or cooperatives), design, construction, operation, & maintenance of electrical systems, equipment, & devices
• Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of federal/state/local laws, rules, regs, codes, standards of care, & safety aspects.
• Skills: Excellent technical, analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• Aptitude: Strong ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, objective evidence for non-technical audiences.
• Other: A clean background screen, a driver’s license, and the ability to drive.

Experience that helps, though not required:

• Project management
• Lineman
• Supervision of linemen or service technicians

Work style:

Approximately 20% of the role is travel for training, inspections, and providing sworn testimony on your investigative findings at a deposition or trial. The remainder is investigation, analysis, and report writing, working independently and as part of a collaborative team. Our experts offer and receive support/mentoring in a firm with over 100 scientists, engineers, and other professionals and manage a portfolio of 50-70 projects/clients.

LOCATIONS: Miami Lakes/Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Atlanta, GA, Las Vegas, NV, Dublin, OH, Lancaster, PA, Irving, TX (hybrid)

ABOUT ROBSON FORENSIC:

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. Our experts come from both industry and academia, and the work blends collaboration with autonomy. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.