Professional Biography
Stephen Panoff has worked in the automotive industry since 2007 and has held positions ranging from noise, vibration, and harshness engineer, program management, durability test engineer, to crash safety test engineer.
Stephen has been performing vehicle accident reconstruction since 2017 and is licensed as a professional engineer in multiple states. Stephen earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Engineering in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan – Dearborn.
Credentials & Certifications
- Professional Engineer (PE)
Representative Consulting Assignments
- Vehicle Electronic Data Download | Multiple Locations — Download vehicle input and response data for analysis of crash sequences
- Collision Analysis | Multiple Locations — Investigation, documentation, analysis, and reconstruction of single and multiple vehicle collisions
- Trucking Analysis | Multiple Locations — Investigation, documentation, analysis, and reconstruction of single and multiple heavy vehicle collisions
Professional Experience
- Regional Manager and Senior Managing Accident Reconstructionist | YA Group | 2026 - Current
- Senior Managing Accident Reconstructionist | YA Engineering Services | 2023 - 2026
- Mechanical Engineer | SEA, Ltd. | 2017 - 2023
- Senior Engineer | Toyoda Gosei | 2016 - 2017
- Crash Safety Test Engineer | Ford Motor Company | 2007 - 2016
Education
- Master of Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan
- Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan
- Traffic Accident Reconstruction I, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
- Traffic Accident Reconstruction II, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
- Motorcycle Collision Reconstruction, Lightpoint Data
- Accessing and Interpreting Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders, Society of Automotive Engineers
- Applying Automotive EDR Data to Traffic Crash Reconstruction, Society of Automotive Engineers
Affiliations
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Professional Licenses
- PE Mechanical - Arizona - License #67618
- PE Mechanical - California - License #41466
- PE Mechanical - Colorado - License #54678
- PE Mechanical - Florida - License #94635
- PE Mechanical - Georgia - License #49213
- PE Mechanical - Illinois - License #062-071720
- PE Mechanical - Kansas - License #26808
- PE Mechanical - Kentucky - License #38007
- PE Mechanical - Michigan - License #6201067499
- PE Mechanical - Montana - License #62471
- PE Mechanical - Nevada - License #26331
- PE Mechanical - New Jersey - License #24GE05905600
- PE Mechanical - New Mexico - License #25397
- PE Mechanical - North Dakota - License #27681
- PE Mechanical - Ohio - License #88228
- PE Mechanical - Oklahoma - License #31110
- PE Mechanical - Oregon - License #95717
- PE Mechanical - South Dakota - License #16555
- PE Mechanical - Texas - License #133564
- PE Mechanical - Utah - License #10955323-2202
- PE Mechanical - Washington - License #56773
- PE Mechanical - Wisconsin - License #49470-6
- PE Mechanical - Wyoming - License #16761