Senior Mechanical Engineer | Forensic Engineer | Expert Witness

We are growing! Come join our team of Mechanical Engineering Consultants and Expert Witnesses. Work on projects in a variety of industries ranging from consumer products to heavy equipment. Use your skills to solve difficult engineering problems, to design new products, to analyze accidents and failures and provide opinions on product liability and patent lawsuits.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients, moving projects through various stages of the product development process. 
• Perform inspections and testing as necessary to gather data
• Analyze failure sequences and apply engineering principles to determine how to mitigate risk
• Examine products and compare to claims of patents
• Write reports detailing opinions on cases
• Explain opinions in deposition or trial as necessary

Qualifications

• Experience 7+ years
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (required)
• Master's degree or PhD preferred
• Passed Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam (required)
• Passed Professional Engineering Exam, licensed PE, or ability to obtain license (required)
• Prior experience testifying in depositions or trials (desired)
• Understanding of patent prosecution and patent litigation (desired)
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Motivated self starter
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Background and experience in multiple industries is helpful

About Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc.

We are a boutique mechanical engineering and consulting firm and specialize in product development, design, analysis and forensic expert witness work in industries ranging from consumer products to industrial equipment. Our engineers started consulting on garbage trucks back in the 1970's, and have since expanded our expertise to trailers, aerial lifts, thrill rides and zip lines, custom products and other types of industrial equipment. Our engineers are listed as inventors on over 100 patents. We have provided expert opinions on over 700 cases.

Industry

• Mechanical Engineering

Employment Type

Full-time, on-sight.  

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