SierTeK proudly serves our clients by providing expertise in the Program Management, Information Technology, and Administrative Support domains. Founded in 2007 as a minority and service-disabled veteran-owned company, we serve as prime- and subcontractor for a multitude of Federal Department of Defense contracts. By focusing on continual improvement, our services remain at the forefront of our industry, and we pride ourselves on delivering our services with the highest degree of integrity.
SierTeK Ltd. is seeking a Biomedical Data Engineer/Scientist to support an opportunity remotely.
POSITION OVERVIEW SECTION
Employee shall work within the Air and Space Human Performance Branch (RHBA) providing direct support to Performance and Resilience Optimization (PRO) program research personnel and laboratories. Employee assistance under this Advisory and Assistance Services task order shall be for use by 711HPW at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Essential Job Functions
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Employee shall be responsible for providing direct support to PRO Research personnel and laboratories.
- Employee shall 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.
- Employee shall employ the skillset to manage research projects and provide scientific management across multiple contracted research efforts.
- Employee shall 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.
- Employee shall 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.
- Employee shall 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.
- Employee shall 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.
- Employee shall 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.
- Employee shall 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.
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Employee shall conduct any other non-inherently governmental functions and duties recognized as being necessary to conduct their primary role within the scope of the effort.
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Employee shall have a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company based on the potential access to confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information. The NDA shall be provided to the Government Program Manager by start of performance.
Minimum Position Requirements
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Possess one of the following minimum education requirements and years’ experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering or computer science, with a minimum 4 years of relevant experience
- Master’s degree in biomedical engineering or computer science, with a minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience with conducting and reporting research programs and have strong communication skills.
- Experience in providing direction and supervising other members of technical staff (research assistants, data managers, junior engineers/computer scientists).
HIGHLY DESIRED
- Demonstrated experience in wearable biosignals data collection and validation as well as data analysis, statistical modelling, and visualization.
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