About ESi

Engineering Systems Inc. (ESi) is an engineering and scientific investigation and failure analysis firm. We primarily work with law firms, insurance companies, and manufacturers on small to large-scale projects to answer any technical questions they have. Our projects can entail investigating major transportation accidents, equipment failures, personal injury claims, and damage to residential or commercial structures. The variety and depth of our project work creates a variety of fulfilling roles at ESi.

Some of the benefits we can offer you!

Professional Development investment
Medical, Dental & Vision
Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance
401k with employer match
Merit Bonus
Annual Bonus
Competitive Salary
Flexible Time Off (FTO) - encouraged to take at least 20 days of paid time off/year
Career Growth
Pet Insurance
Work/Life Balance
10 paid holidays (9 standard holidays and 1 floating holiday)
Access to Wellbeats - on-demand fitness & well-being videos
Wellness Reimbursement
30-minute fitness break available in addition to 1-hour lunch break
Business casual dress code and positive working environment
Continuing education opportunities

Job Description:

Working in a highly collaborative environment, this job involves a wide variety of incident investigations, including accident reconstruction. Projects require fieldwork, investigation, analysis, product testing, report development and legal testimony. This position requires human factors/industrial engineering expertise as part of a multi-disciplinary team evaluating human factors and safety concerns including product design, accidents, their cause and prevention, human cognitive limitations and response capabilities. The candidate will be responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating activities of small to large scale client projects to ensure that goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed timing and financial constraints by performing duties personally or in conjunction with other colleagues. Work will include review of existing scientific literature and standards; and the performance or supervision of original research to obtain and analyze relevant technical data. The candidate will interface with internal ESi consultants and directly with clients, assessing client needs, establishing performance timelines, developing budgets, and explaining complex technical concepts in lay terms.

Key Responsibilities:

Reviews project proposals or plans 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 (e.g., photographs, video, witness statements, depositions, police and OSHA reports, drawings, etc.) 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.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education Requirement:

Master's degree in Human Factors Engineering, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Industrial Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related field.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Experimental or Cognitive Psychology, or related field preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

CHFP (Certified Human Factors Professional), CPE (Certified Professional Ergonomist), or CUXP (Certified User Experience Professional) desirable.

Experience Requirements:

Up to 5 years' work experience in the forensic field with experimental design, safety consulting, statistical analysis, and/or evidence examination. Related educational experience will also be considered.
Must have completed academic coursework or received comparable certification in the following topics: engineering, human-computer interaction, human factors and product design, occupation biomechanics, cognitive engineering and/or work physiology.
Experience in MATLAB, psychoPy, and R and the ability to design and write original computational models of human performance and statistical analysis code is desirable.

Position Requirements:

Travel is required 25-30% of the time for this position.

Compensation will be made up of a competitive base salary as well as bonus potential determined by your own individual performance and the performance of the organization overall.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk long distances, stand for extensive periods, negotiate irregular terrain, walk up and down stairs, and climb ladders; to utilize safety equipment including hard hats, hearing and eye protection, and safety harnesses; and to see, hear and communicate audible or visible warnings.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to work outdoors, at night, in variable weather, at heights, alongside operating industrial machinery, and/or around or under damaged or exemplar equipment or vehicles.

It is the policy of ESI, as an equal opportunity employer, to attract and retain the best-qualified individuals available, without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status. ESI is committed to recruiting, hiring, and promoting people with disabilities, as well as veterans. If you need assistance with completing the electronic application, please email your request to employment@engsys.com

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