Summary

AJANTA CONSULTING

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD

The Biomedical Data Engineer/Scientist shall provide direct support within the Air and Space Human Performance Branch (RHBA) providing direct support to Performance and Resilience Optimization (PRO) program research personnel and laboratories. The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its diverse workforce of military, civilian and contractor personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for providing direct support to PRO Research personnel and laboratories.

• Work with a team of scientists, engineers, clinicians, research assistants, data technicians, and other support contractors to collect and analyze human subject data relevant to programs for optimizing human performance.

• Complete Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative human subject use training (CITI training), within the first month. The primary duties for this position cannot be carried out without this training. This course is required for investigators and staff conducting research with human subjects.

• Conduct literature reviews and summarize previous research concerning vision science, human performance, and flight simulation; design experiments to investigate human visual performance and individual difference in visual performance; data analysis; coordinates subject recruitment; coordinates scheduling of subjects.

• Carry out data collection involving human subjects; set-up of experimental equipment; and operate and calibrate specialized research equipment.

• Assist in the preparation, completion, coordination and submission of protocol related documents to local and military Institutional Review Boards (IRB).

• Prepare progress reports for USAF leadership, IRB/IACUC, and provide auditing trails to assure protocol compliance; maintain annual IRB approvals, amendments, and safety events, process data queries and ensure resolution.

• Identify problems and/or inconsistencies and monitor patients’ progress, to include documentation and reporting of adverse events; recommend corrective action as appropriate; assist in preparation of amendments to protocols and/or modifications to study design as appropriate.

• Ensure compliance with IRB human subject use requirements and assure any threats to the validity of the data are minimized and the data is maintained in a secure fashion, consistent with IRB protocol and safeguards when working with human research subjects.

• Assist with an optimal summary and presentation of study data results in both peer reviewed published reports and presentations, in addition to completing technical review for research proposals, technical reports, and conference/journal presentations/publications.

• Ensure discovered problems/issues are clearly defined and the necessary corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner and/or risk a mitigation measure is in-place to support research project(s) execution.

• Conduct any other non-inherently governmental functions and duties recognized as being necessary to conduct their primary role within the scope of the effort.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in biomedical engineering or computer science AND

• Minimum four (4) years of relevant experience OR

• Master’s Degree in biomedical engineering or computer science AND

• Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience.

• Possess an Active Secret Clearance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Possess demonstrated software development skills and experience with designing and/or implementing network protocols, biosensors experience and interfacing with external devices (input devices and/or measurement devices).

• Experience with the planning, building, testing, optimization, and maintenance of data ecosystems.

• Experience in providing direction and supervising other members of technical staff (research assistants, data managers, junior engineers/computer scientists).

• Experience in wearable bio signals data collection and validation as well as data analysis, statistical modelling, and visualization preferred.

• Demonstrated experience with data analytics and signal processing, preferably in the devices that measure human physiology and performance.

• Experience with writing technical documentation research and development programs. Examples may include functional requirements documents, test plans, human subjects protocols, technical reports and training material.

• Possess experience with conducting and reporting research programs and have strong communication skills.

• Possess the skillset to manage research projects and provide scientific management across multiple contracted research efforts.

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 regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Teleworking Permitted?

Yes

Teleworking Details

100% Remote

Estimated Salary/Wage

USD $61,953.00/Yr. Up to USD $78,906.00/Yr.

Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Native preference under PL 93-638.

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