Exponent is seeking a Managing Scientist for their Biomechanics Practice to help clients solve challenging technical problems that are often urgent, high profile, and multi-disciplinary, involving human performance, health, and wellness technologies, consumer products, and digital health.
Requirements
- Experience in using, and/or testing, and evaluating cutting edge technologies related to human performance, health, and wellness
- Experience in computational programming (e.g., Python, MATLAB), with an emphasis in algorithm design/development and testing, signal processing, and back-end analytics modeling
- Demonstrated experience in study design and associated statistical analyses
- Prior experience with litigation consulting a plus
Responsibilities
- Attracting new clients, developing new business, leading projects, conducting research, creating, and using analytical tools, and synthesizing technical, biomechanical issues involving kinematics, dynamics, physiology, and data analytics (e.g., AI/ML)
- Writing proposals to initiate and/or support existing and new opportunities in the human performance, health, and wellness technology sectors and in consumer products, digital health, and other related areas.
- Designing and executing human experiments to quantify and interpret explicit health, wellness, and performance characteristics within naturalistic movement environments
- Conducting safety assessments pertaining to injury potential associated with the use and/or misuse of various consumer, medical, and industrial products
- Using state-of-the-art analytical approaches to inform real-world technology and/or consumer product insights, as well as optimal technology integration strategies and approaches
- Assisting in conducting research, publishing reports and papers in technical journals, and presenting findings at meetings and conferences
- Managing projects with effective cost-control measures
Other
- Ph.D. in Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Kinesiology, Movement Science, Physical Therapy, or a related field
- 4+ years of experience (post-graduate)
- Demonstrated success in independently developing and managing client relationships
- Outstanding reputation among clients for integrity, responsiveness, and technical expertise
- Targeted business development plan for specific clients/sectors
- Ability to attract projects to support full-time staff and to manage and develop a group of highly motivated individuals
- Recruiting and developing the careers of junior staff
- Actively participating in the Biomechanics Practice and assisting in marketing the group's technical capabilities to clients and the scientific community
