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The Health and Civil Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Research Associate I to work within the Naval Health Research Center’s Warfighter Performance Department in San Diego, CA. The NHRC Sleep, Tactical Efficiency, and Endurance Laboratory (STEEL) conducts research studies with a focus on cognitive endurance, physiology, sleep, fatigue, and military performance in laboratory and operational environments. The candidate will support research projects with a focus on physiology and performance as it relates to sleep and fatigue, exercise physiology, and military performance in laboratory and field-based environments.

Are you ready for unique and exciting work?

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Associate to join our lab. The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing research focused on understanding how fatigue influences cognitive, physical, and emotional performance in a variety of contexts, including work, health, safety, and military settings. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with a background in human factors, physiology, psychology, neuroscience, or a related field who are interested in contributing to cutting-edge research aimed at improving human performance and well-being.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Assist with planning and executing laboratory and field-based research.

• Assist with collecting data during overnight sleep studies or attending military training exercises in operational environments.

• Assist with enrolling participants into research studies, including screening for eligibility and obtaining informed consent.

• Collecting research data by following established study procedures for multiple research projects and/or overlapping efforts. Data include sleep, physiological, and health outcomes from active duty and civilian populations.

• Reviewing and analyzing data from research studies using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or similar software. Perform simple operations to clean and organize data for later analyses.

• Contribute to writing reports, and developing conclusions based on data collected.

• Attend lab meetings and communicate with peers to explain facts, basic analyses, processes, and practices related to the research.

• Contributing to scientific literature and conferences by performing literature reviews, writing abstracts, and giving presentations.

• Solve simple or routine technical problems by following established procedures and policies.

• Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory equipment such as eye-tracking, high-density EEG systems, polysomnography (PSG) sleep systems, and field equipment such as mobile biosensors and other technologies.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required for the customer research mission.

• Effectively and efficiently respond to urgent inquiries and requests.

• Work overnights, on weekends, and holidays as needed for research project execution.

• Travel domestically and internationally as required for project, program, and contract needs.

• Model Leidos Mission, Vision, and Values at all times.

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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human factors, physiology, psychology, neuroscience, exercise science, psychology, bioengineering or a related scientific field from an accredited college or university.

• Minimum of 2 years of prior research experience. Must have a strong background in human subjects research methodology.

• **SECRET government security clearance is required.**

• Research experience with military personnel including in shipboard environments.

• Previous experience with laboratory equipment used for data collection in sleep (e.g. PSG or actigraphy), cognitive performance (e.g., ePrime or PsychoPy), or physiology (e.g., salivary assessments, EEG, or eye-tracking).

• Understand usage and maintenance of equipment necessary to obtain and analyze data. Strength in troubleshooting and testing new equipment is desired.

• Strong background in data processing using software programs such as Microsoft Excel, Matlab, Labview, SPSS, R, or other programs.

• Strong technical ability to work with new wearable and non-wearable biosensor technologies and software applications.

• Ability to interact positively and in a professional manner within a research environment.

• Proven ability to read, comprehend, and discuss research materials.

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