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  • R&D Associate / Biomechanical Consulting / Part-time on-going

    Date: Aug 1/2014
    Company Name: GTD Engineering
    Website URL: www.gtdengineering.com
    Contact Person: Dr. Geoffrey Desmoulin; and Ms. Christina M. Stevens
    Title: President and Senior Engineer; and Operations Lead respectively
    Phone: 604-842-4831
    Email: gtdesmoulin@gtdengineering.com; and cmstevens@gtdengineering.com

    Posting Job Title: Research and Development Associate

    Posting Job Location: Vancouver but Flexible for right candidate

    Number of Positions Available: 2
    Work Term Dates: Part-time On-going

    Monthly Salary (required): $15/hr during probation period; $25/hr there after.

    Company Profile:
    Mission Statement
    GTD Engineering is devoted to excellence. Our mission is to provide innovative solutions to difficult challenges through the use of science and engineering; improving lives by aiding our clients in making informed choices.
    What we do
    GTD Engineering provides world-class evidence based solutions. Our forensic services specialize in injury biomechanics, incident reconstruction, and product safety to determine injury cause and prevention. Our applied services specialize in product testing and research to evaluate existing products or aid our clients in new product development. We design, build, bend, break, crash, shoot, deconstruct and reconstruct while objectively measuring critical information to provide solutions for our clients. Our experience has garnered us federal court qualifications and an extensive international client list making GTD your first choice when looking for the highest quality results.

    Responsibilities & Duties:
    As a team member the candidate will plan and conduct research, use analytical tools, and synthesize technical issues involving kinematics, dynamics, mechanisms of injury, fracture analysis, product failure analysis and human tolerance. The candidate will communicate results via written reports and verbal interaction using professionalism and personal style, including publishing papers in technical journals. Career growth will include the opportunity for additional education, and eventually client development.

    You are expected to have:
    • Personal and professional ethics and integrity.
    • Attention to detail, personal organization, the ability to follow direction, be team orientated and be coachable.
    • Excellent and creative problem solving ability.
    • Outstanding team interaction.
    • Professional level technical writing ability.
    • Experience conducting technical analyses (analytical, computational and experimental) pertaining to injury potential, injury mechanisms, and injury mitigation in various accident scenarios (workplace, sports, vehicle, military, self-defense, etc.)
    • Ability to work independently, and effectively in teams.
    • Ability to work in a fast-paced consulting environment.
    • Something unique and different to bring to the team. Be a specialist in something. (Programming, different and complimentary engineering discipline, data collection, modeling, specific software guru, presentation competency, ability to build client base, military or personal defense training or experience, forensic trial testimony experience in a specific area, police officer, etc.).

    Required Qualifications: Applied Science/Engineering/Nursing/Physiotherapy/Other Specialized degree.

    Other Desirable Qualifications: P.Eng.

    NOTE: SPECIAL APPLICATION PROCESS:

    Please send current C.V. and cover letter outlining what goals you want to achieve by working for GTD Engineering to both Dr. Desmoulin and Ms. Stevens.
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