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Engineering Technician

Position Summary

We are seeking an Engineering Technician to support forensic investigations of motor vehicle losses and related incidents. The engineering technician will assist with accident reconstruction activities in producing deliverables to our clients such as engineering data analysis, evidence, demonstratives, animations and diagrams.   The ideal candidate is technically curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in both field and office environments.

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Job Listing Details

  • Job Type: Full-time

  • Location: Central Texas (Austin, Bee Cave Area)

  • Compensation: $60,000 to $100,000

  • Benefits: Competitive Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance, Paid Training and Professional Development, PTO, 401K, and Profit Sharing

  • Work Setting: In office (M-F)

Key Responsibilities​

Note: Except where mentioned in the Qualifications section below, On-the-Job training is supplied.

Data Processing

  • Processing raw laser scan data collected by field investigators for diagramming, analytical and or demonstrative production. This duty involves registering point clouds to each other, cleaning extraneous data and refining point cloud data to best suit the needs of the specific operation.

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  • Processing raw drone data collected by field investigators for diagraming, analytical and or demonstrative production. This duty involves project input setup, cleaning extraneous data and refining the image and/or point cloud data to best suit the needs of the specific operation.

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Diagram Drafting

  • Generating diagrams, scene and vehicle diagrams that incorporate a wide array of image and analytical data and following styling guidelines.

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Animation & Compositing

  • Developing top down 2 dimensional animations that quickly communicate event occurrences and alternate scenarios. This is typically done in the same software package used for 3-dimensional animations.

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  • Developing 3 dimensional multi-view 3D animations that effectively communicate events and alternate scenarios.

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  • Developing hybrid 3D-animation and still/moving camera image-plate VFX animations that effectively communicate events and alternate scenarios.

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Analysis

  • General data analysis in Excel: Excel is the primary tool for numerical aggregation and correlation for the wide array of incoming data. Nearly all projects result in Excel output. Prior excel experience is highly preferred.

  • ECM analysis: Validate Engine Control Module data (typically from commercial vehicles) and interpret the data to derive numerical tables for further analysis, diagraming and/or animation.

  • ACM analysis: Validate Airbag Control Module data (typically from passenger vehicles) and interpret the data to derive numerical tables for further analysis, diagraming and/or animation.

  • Time Distance analysis: In Excel taking known data to numerical extrapolate vehicle positions in time to answer questions.

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  • 3D analysis: For analytical purposes many projects require the ability to interpret and navigate 3 Dimensional virtual space.  Prior 3D experience is highly preferred.

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  • Vehicle Tracking: Using specialized software being able to extrapolate a vehicles prior or future path based on vehicle geometry constraints (usually acquired by investigation) and vehicle research.

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  • Still image Photogrammetry: Using specialized software: Using still images, typically in conjunction with point cloud data accurately project data into 3 dimensional space for further analysis, diagramming and/or animation.

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  • Camera tracking: Using specialized software: Taking a photogrammetric solution to match-move a virtual camera to a real world camera (typically a dash camera) to answer questions related to position, timing, speeds and accelerations.

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  • Vehicle Impact simulation: Using specialized software: Building virtual engineering models of vehicles and applying real world constraints and known limits to model impacts to answer questions.

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  • Vehicle crush assessment: Using specialized software: Taking either inspection data of damaged vehicles or photogrammetrically assessing the damage of vehicles, then building virtual engineering models of the vehicles to model out approximate impact forces and direction.

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  • Video Analysis: Using specialized software: Forensically reviewing video, forensically assessing and decompiling video and applying photogrammetric and compositing techniques to analyze video events.

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  • Traffic light signal video-analysis: Synching video recordings of traffic lights, compositing numerical data, and numerically analyzing timing in Excel.

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  • Vehicle acceleration video-analysis: Synching video recordings of exemplar or subject vehicle acceleration test, compositing numerical data, and numerically analyzing timing in Excel.

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Qualifications:

  • Required:

    • Engineering related Bachelors or Associates degree or a closely related technical field; or equivalent technical/field experience.

    • Mathematical grasp and comfort with technical calculations.

    • Proficiency with Excel and technical writing tools (Word, PDF markup).

    • Experience with AutoCAD.

  • Preferred:

    • Experience with 3DS Max.

    • Experience with Blender.

    • Experience with compositing (Nuke/Premiere).

    • Experience with camera tracking (PF-track, Syntheyes).

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