Senior Forensic Safety Consultant

Engineering Systems, Inc. (ESI); Centennial (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

401k with match

Pet Insurance

Flexible PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi) is a premier engineering and scientific investigation firm delivering failure analyses for law firms, insurers, and manufacturers across transport, equipment, and structural cases.

Join a multidisciplinary team that shapes investigations with real-world impact and growth opportunities. The role focuses on biomechanics and safety analyses, risk assessments, and clear communication of findings to clients, with exposure to expert testimony and technical consulting.

Qualifications

• Five to ten years work experience in a forensic or safety consulting position.
• Academic coursework or certification in human factors, neuropsychology, engineering, HCI, product design, biomechanics, cognitive engineering and/or work physiology.
• Experience with MATLAB, PsychoPy, and R; ability to design/write computational models and analysis code.

Responsibilities

• Reviews project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
• Evaluates root causes in industrial, transportation, and consumer product accidents.
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
• Identifies and reviews existing media to develop preliminary conclusions and plan further investigation.
• Conducts inspections of accident scenes and of involved or exemplar machines, safety equipment, consumer products, and other items as needed.
• Locates, assesses pertinence of, and applies consensus safety standards, scientific literature, existing test data, and governmental regulations.
• Designs and conducts testing and/or develops models to obtain and evaluate machine performance or human factors data.
• As part of a team, conducts risk assessments or job safety analyses for a variety of products and industrial machines.
• Prepares written reports and verbal presentations of findings and conclusions in clear, concise, and easy-to-understand terms.
• Prepares exhibits with visualization group to clearly communicate complex engineering concepts.
• Gives expert witness testimony at deposition or trial, as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Human Factors

Forensic Consulting

Risk Assessment

Root Cause Analysis

Expert Witness

Communication

Data Analysis

MATLAB

PsychoPy

R

Education

MS in Human Factors Engineering or related field

PhD in Industrial/Experimental/Cognitive Psychology

CHFP/CPE/CUXP certifications desirable

Tools

MATLAB

PsychoPy

R

Job description

Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi) is a premier engineering and scientific investigation firm delivering failure analyses for law firms, insurers, and manufacturers across transport, equipment, and structural cases.

Join a multidisciplinary team that shapes investigations with real-world impact and growth opportunities. The role focuses on biomechanics and safety analyses, risk assessments, and clear communication of findings to clients, with exposure to expert testimony and technical consulting.