Senior Managing Accident Reconstructionist

Colonial Group; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Career growth

Competitive salaries + Bonus

Job summary

YA Group is seeking a Senior Managing Accident Reconstructionist to lead a team of experts in conducting complex vehicular reconstructions. The role is remote across the United States and requires extensive experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and forensic engineering.

The candidate will manage projects, develop client relationships, and support business development while mentoring staff and delivering litigation-ready conclusions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• 10+ years of experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, premises liability, or related field.
• PE license, ACTAR certification and/or SAE certification.
• Advanced expertise in collision dynamics (impact and departure speeds, forces, trajectories).
• Strong background in automotive engineering and control systems.
• Experience working with insurance carriers, attorneys, and/or adjusters.
• Willingness to travel to remote site locations as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in accident investigations by traveling to scenes and documenting cases.
• Manage large, complex projects from start to finish.
• Develop business by building rapport with current clients and generating new work.
• Attend conferences and events to promote the company and staff skills.
• Provide client communications on scope, budget, timelines, and deliverables.
• Mentor staff and review work for accuracy and timeliness.
• Provide expert testimony in depositions or trials when requested.
• Perform vehicular investigations using 3D laser scanners, drones, and data downloads.
• Create reports detailing reconstruction process and conclusions.

Skills

CAD

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Tools

PE license

ACTAR certification

SAE certification

3D modeling software

Job description

The Role:

The Senior Managing Accident Reconstructionist leads a team of expert staff in reconstructing vehicular accidents and requires excessive experience in forensic engineering and/or accident reconstruction investigations. This role requires traveling to the site of vehicular accidents, assessing conditions leading to the accident, utilizing specialized software to reconstruct the accidents, working with forensic animators to develop 3D models and other graphics for trial exhibits, accurately analyzing crash patterns, and providing written conclusions to determine factors contributing to the accidents.

The ideal candidate has an established network of clientele and is experienced with building, establishing, and maintaining rapport with this network.

This is a fully remote role open to candidates located anywhere in the United States. Candidates located in the listed states are encouraged to apply.

In This Role, You Will:

• Lead a team of experts in conducting accident investigations by traveling to and documenting accident scenes, downloading vehicle data recorders, performing analysis of accidents using crash simulation software, writing reports as needed and providing litigation support services to clients.
• Handle large, complex projects and manage all aspects of the project from start to finish.
• Support business development efforts by building and maintaining rapport with current clients and generating new work for themselves and a team of experts supporting them.
• Partner with business development representatives, attend conferences and events to promote the company and skills of expert staff.
• Communicate with clients and team regarding scope of work, investigation tasks, budget, and ensures all project completion timelines, deadlines and deliverables are met.
• Ensure workload is evenly distributed amongst experts.
• Mentor, lead and guide a team of experts in all aspects of project work.
• Provide expert testimony in depositions or trials as expert witness if/when requested.
• Perform vehicular investigations, including documenting crash scenes, using 3D laser scanners, photography, drones, CDR/EDR download, and measuring devices.
• Analyze vehicle crush patterns and conducts research (vehicle specifications, crash test data, maintenance history, etc.)
• Process 3D laser scan point cloud data using engineering workstation computers.
• Work with forensic animators to develop scaled 3D drawings of crash scenes and vehicles.
• Utilize PC Crash (or other similar collision reconstruction software) to perform simulations of automobile collisions.
• Utilize engineering principles and momentum equations to calculate factors such as impact and departure speeds, collision forces, trajectories of the vehicles, and other types of analysis.
• Compare calculations with crash test reports of similar collisions to correlate damages based on speed and velocity.
• Create reports as requested by clients detailing the accident reconstruction process and including findings and conclusions.
• Provide reports to clients to assist with determining the contributory factors of an accident.
• Act as a team lead and review other staff's work to ensure project deliverables are accurate and timely.
• Research papers and journals related to vehicular accident reconstruction to advance the scientific techniques used in the reconstruction work.

What You Bring:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• 10+ years of experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, premises liability, or related work
• PE license, ACTAR certification, and/or SAE certification
• Advanced expertise in collision dynamics, including impact and departure speeds, forces, and trajectories
• Strong background in automotive engineering and control systems
• Extensive experience working with insurance carriers, attorneys, and/or adjusters
• Experience performing computer simulations
• Highly proficient in CAD
• Prior deposition and courtroom testimony experience a plus
• Based in (or planning to relocate to) the job location
• Enjoys working in a team environment and has a passion for learning
• Willingness to travel to remote site locations as needed

Who We Are:

YA Group is an international professional services organization providing forensic consulting, engineering, risk mitigation, and related services. Founded over 25 years ago as a property damage consulting firm, YA has expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Today, YA has over 700 professionals dedicated to excellence, partnership, and driving innovation.

YA Group’s Accident Reconstruction & Biomechanics team applies scientific investigation, engineering principles, and advanced technology to determine how collisions occur and why. Our experts bring extensive training and experience using sophisticated tools—including 3D modeling, vehicle and site inspections, Event Data Recorder downloads, and forensic animations—to analyze physical evidence and reconstruct events with clarity and accuracy. Capable of handling the full spectrum of motor vehicle accidents - low-speed impacts to complex rollover events, heavy-truck collisions, autonomous vehicle incidents, and ADAS evaluations—our multidisciplinary specialists deliver analytically grounded findings that support clients across insurance, legal, corporate, and transportation sectors. In addition, our professionals are experienced in litigation support and are courtroom-qualified experts, providing clear, confident testimony to effectively communicate reconstruction results and technical conclusions.

We Offer:

• Employee-focused culture
• Strong commitment to work-life balance
• 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

Disclosures:

As part of our recruitment process, we may use AI-assisted tools to support candidate screening and evaluation. These tools are designed to assist—rather than replace—human decision-making, and all employment decisions are made by our recruiting team in accordance with applicable laws and our commitment to equal employment opportunity.

Where required by law, we will provide additional information about the use of these tools, including their purpose, and offer alternative processes or accommodations upon request.