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.