Remote Senior Biomechanist-Forensic Accident Reconstruction

YA Group; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-focused culture

Remote work

Flexible vacation & Paid holidays

Paid family care/sick leave

Parental leave

Medical, Dental, Vision + more

401k w/match

Career growth

Competitive salaries + Bonus

Job summary

YA Group is seeking a Senior Biomechanist for remote work across the United States. You will lead biomechanical analyses, reconstruct vehicular accidents, and provide expert testimony in legal settings.

The role requires strong experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and collaboration with forensic animators. Responsibilities include using CAD and PC-Crash for simulations, evaluating injury mechanisms, and contributing to marketing efforts for YA Engineering Services.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and premises liability work or similar required.
• Degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering required.
• Prior deposition and courtroom testimony experience a plus.
• Experience with CAD related to accident reconstruction.
• PE license, PhD, SAE certification or ACTAR certification.
• Familiarity with automotive engineering and automotive control systems.
• Understanding of billable hours or project-based work.
• Experience collaborating with forensic animators to develop visual exhibits for deposition and trial support.
• Exposure to performing and evaluating computer simulations.
• Based in (or planning to relocate to) the job location.
• Team-oriented with a strong passion for learning.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and measure vehicles.
• Provide expert testimony at trials, depositions, or other legal proceedings and communicates investigative findings in a manner easily understood by technical or non-technical audiences.
• Use computer models to reconstruct accidents and to measure load and injury levels.
• Conduct detailed inspections of vehicles and accident sites and accurately analyzes crash sequences to identify contributing factors and the induced loading on the occupants.
• Review various documents to identify relevant information for an accident reconstruction or biomechanical engineering analysis (includes police reports, medical records, depositions, expert reports, legal pleadings and discovery documents, videos, photographs, etc.)
• Perform simulations of vehicular collisions using advanced collision reconstruction software such as PC-Crash.
• Evaluates the effects of impact forces on occupants as a result of vehicular accidents.
• Determine human injury mechanisms in vehicular accidents and premises liability cases such as slip-and-fall accidents.
• Perform accident reconstructions of single-vehicle rollovers, single-vehicle impacts with fixed objects, and multi-vehicle collisions (frontal, side, rear, and sideswipe).
• Utilize engineering principles to calculate factors such as impact and departure speeds, collision forces, and trajectories of vehicles.
• Compare calculations with crash test reports of similar collisions to correlate damages based on calculated velocities.
• Review papers and journals related to vehicular accident reconstruction to understand and advance the scientific techniques used in reconstruction work.
• Provide written conclusions of findings to assist others in understanding the evidence or in determining the facts at issue.
• Take an active role in marketing YA Engineering Services to clients and to the forensic engineering community.

Skills

Biomechanics

Accident reconstruction

Deposition/testimony

Forensic consulting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering

Tools

CAD

3D modeling

PC-Crash

Job description

YA Group is seeking a Senior Biomechanist for remote work across the United States. You will lead biomechanical analyses, reconstruct vehicular accidents, and provide expert testimony in legal settings.

The role requires strong experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and collaboration with forensic animators. Responsibilities include using CAD and PC-Crash for simulations, evaluating injury mechanisms, and contributing to marketing efforts for YA Engineering Services.