Manager, Engineering Sciences - Mechanical

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Secretariat is seeking a highly skilled mechanical/aviation engineering professional to join its Global Engineering Sciences team in Chicago. You will analyze failures, conduct tests, and contribute to client projects across automotive, industrial, and medical devices.

The role emphasizes problem solving, reporting, and collaboration with world‑class firms and corporations, with opportunities to lead project efforts and mentor junior staff.

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with relevant engineering expertise and experience in failure analysis
• Strong report writing and presentation abilities
• Willingness to travel as needed

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands‑on failure analysis investigations
• Perform laboratory tests
• Assist with field inspections
• Assist with client communications across time zones
• Perform technical analysis and draft report sections
• Analyze technical reports and develop rebuttal points
• Build positive relationships with colleagues and clients
• Maintain attention to detail to meet project milestones
• Manage workload to achieve milestones within budgets
• Contribute to growth of Secretariat’s Mechanical Engineering practice by recruiting staff
• Provide project management and budget oversight

Skills

Analytical skills

Report writing

Communication skills

Travel willingness

MS Office proficiency

Education

PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or similar designation

MS in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 3+ years experience

Pursuing PE credentials is a plus

Tools

FEA

CFD

MBD

Job description

Chart Your Journey at Secretariat

From a collaborative culture to teammates who will always be by your side, find a career that will grow with you. Deliver your impact at Secretariat.

ABOUT THE FIRM

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world.

When you join Secretariat, you become part of a rapidly growing elite team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills and expertise will be utilized on day one – working with the world’s most renowned law firms, leading corporations, and influential institutions to answer complex questions that shape critical financial, economic, and strategic business decisions.

Our globally integrated teams are united by the ambition, energy, and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open, collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development, recognition, diversity, and – most importantly – you.

Make your impact at Secretariat.

ABOUT Our Global ENGINEERING SCIENCES team

As part of our expanding Global Engineering and Scientific consulting team, you will work at the forefront of today’s most complex engineering challenges. You will be engaged in analyzing failures of a myriad of products from a variety of industries from automotive, construction, consumer products, consumer electronics and medical devices to name a few. Secretariat leverages our diverse technical expertise, and industry knowledge of a variety of structures and products to provide clients with world-class value to identify solutions that drive performance and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Exceptional analytical skills, problem solving, communication skills, and creativity are the foundation for successful professionals at Secretariat.
• Conducting hands‑on failure analysis investigations
• Performing laboratory tests
• Assisting with field inspections
• Assisting with client communications in all time zones
• Performing technical analysis and drafting report sections
• Analyzing technical reports offered by others, and developing rebuttal points
• Developing positive relationships with colleagues, peers and clients
• Demonstrate excellent analytical skills with acute attention to detail to successfully achieve project milestones.
• Manage workload to achieve simultaneous project milestones while maintaining project schedules and budgets.
• Contributing to the growth of Secretariat’s Mechanical Engineering practice by recruiting talented staff
• Providing project management and project budget oversight

QUALIFICATIONS

• Requisite professional degrees and work experience:
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or of similar designation
• MS degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or of similar designation and 3+ years of work experiencePursuing PE credentials is a plus
• Excellent report writing skills to complement analytics
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Excellent listening, verbal, written, technical, and presentation skills
• The desire to lead, auxiliary tasks associated with a growing practice within a rapidly growing firm
• The ability to travel as needed
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with engineering software such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Mechanics (CFD), or Multibody Dynamics (MBD) is a plus.
• Working proficiency in a second non-English language is a plus

A rewarding career above all

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do – from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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