Staff Research Associate III

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday through Friday; 8:00am to 5:00pm with variable hours Posted Date 05/06/2025 Salary Range: $5536.68 - 8903.58 Monthly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 24307

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The UCLA Brain Tumor Imaging Laboratory (BTIL) in the Department of Radiological Sciences is seeking a Research Associate to oversee the operations of its preclinical MRI facility. In this role, you'll manage the day-to-day activities of the MRI lab, operate the 3T MRI scanner, and support ongoing technical development efforts.

You will also be responsible for maintaining scanner quality assurance and ensuring full regulatory compliance. This is a key position for candidates eager to contribute to cutting-edge brain tumor research in a highly collaborative and technically advanced academic environment.

The ideal candidate would have prior experience with MRI Physics and image processing.

Salary: $5,563.68 - $8,903.58 monthly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience/training
  
• Prior experience with MRI scanning and image analysis
  
• Ability to use computer software for word processing, data tabulation, and graphing.
  
• Strong interpersonal skills for interaction to communicate diplomatically and effectively with faculty, patients, physicians, collaborators, researchers, and other University staff.
  
• Ability to learn new methods and protocols and to adapt these to current laboratory situations
  

Preferred:

• M.S. in Bioengineering, or related field
  
• Working knowledge of Bruker MRI system and user interfaces
  
• Working knowledge of MR Physics, MR programming tools (Matlab, SPM, FSL, Unix etc.)
  

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.