Senior Biomechanist (Accident Reconstruction)

YA Group•Tampa, FL

73d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Biomechanist works with engineering staff on human-injury impact analysis in vehicular accidents, vehicle accident reconstruction, and injury analysis related to premises liability and slip-and-fall incidents. The role requires extensive experience in forensic biomechanical analysis, particularly musculoskeletal biomechanics, and evaluates how accident conditions relate to injuries. This includes analyzing biomechanical systems and human motion, assessing circumstances leading to accidents, and reconstructing events. The position also involves legal depositions and collaboration with attorneys and claims adjusters, as well as building and maintaining relationships with external clients such as lawyers and insurance carriers. This is a fully remote role open to candidates anywhere in the United States. The Senior Biomechanist investigates accidents through vehicle and site inspections, document review, engineering calculations, computer modeling, collision simulations, and analysis of impact forces and injury mechanisms. The role communicates findings in writing and through expert testimony, supports legal proceedings, and contributes to marketing YA Engineering Services to clients and the forensic engineering community.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in biomechanics, accident reconstruction, and premises liability work or similar.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering.
Experience with CAD related to accident reconstruction.
Familiarity with automotive engineering and automotive control systems.
Understanding of billable hours or project-based work.
Team-oriented, with a strong passion for learning.
Based in or planning to relocate to the job location (as stated in the posting).

Nice To Haves

Prior deposition and courtroom testimony experience.
PE license, PhD, SAE certification, or ACTAR certification.
Experience collaborating with forensic animators to develop visual exhibits for depositions and trial support.
Exposure to performing and evaluating computer simulations.

Responsibilities

Inspect and measure vehicles.
Provide expert testimony at trials, depositions, and other legal proceedings, communicating investigative findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
Use computer models to reconstruct accidents and measure load and injury levels.
Conduct detailed inspections of vehicles and accident sites, and analyze crash sequences, contributing factors, and occupant loading.
Review police reports, medical records, depositions, expert reports, legal pleadings and discovery documents, videos, photographs, and other materials relevant to accident reconstruction or biomechanical analysis.
Simulate vehicular collisions using advanced collision reconstruction software such as PC-Crash.
Evaluate the effects of vehicular impact forces on occupants.
Determine human injury mechanisms in vehicular accidents and premises liability cases, including slip-and-fall accidents.
Reconstruct single-vehicle rollovers, single-vehicle impacts with fixed objects, and multi-vehicle frontal, side, rear, and sideswipe collisions.
Apply engineering principles to calculate impact and departure speeds, collision forces, and vehicle trajectories.
Compare calculations with crash-test reports of similar collisions to correlate damage with calculated velocities.
Review papers and journals related to vehicular accident reconstruction to understand and advance scientific reconstruction techniques.
Provide written conclusions to help others understand evidence or determine facts at issue.
Actively market YA Engineering Services to clients and the forensic engineering community.
Build, establish, and maintain rapport with external clientele, including lawyers, insurance carriers, and adjusters.