Research Engineer 3

Overview

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Services & Federal Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Research Engineer 3 to support the Injury Biomechanics and Protection Group (IBP) of the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) to provide the scientific, programmatic, and technical support to allow responsive, high quality, and timely mission accomplishment within a flexible and changing environment. 

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients. 

Responsibilities

• Serve as a credentialed Associate Investigator or Principal Investigator (PI) to provide research engineering support for research, analysis, and investigations.
• Support the design, preparation, execution, and analysis of studies and experimentation.
• Select, install, and maintain instrumentation.
• Perform laboratory procedures, field studies, testing, and research activities.
• Perform scientific and administrative tasks in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, injury biomechanics, biomechanics, or related fields with minimal supervision.
• Use principles of scientific, engineering, and medical disciplines to design, develop, and accomplish project goals.
• Assist with all levels of documentation, development of testing procedures and equipment, data collection, risk assessment and mitigation, and evaluation and maintenance of research assets and facilities.
• Advise Principal Investigators, Group Leadership, and study teams in administration and execution of RDT&E, analysis, and investigations.
• Work independently with minimal strategic and application guidance and no technical direction to address analytical, theoretical, scientific, and operational questions.
• Solve analytical and technical problems and execute scientific and administrative solutions.
• Provide advanced services related to the Injury Biomechanics RDT&E program.
• Prepare reports, presentations, manuscripts, and other documentation on research progress and findings.
• Provide scientific analytical, engineering problem-solving, design efforts, and experience-based solutions related to biomechanical responses and Soldier injury prevention.
• Develop and write Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Provide biomedical engineering expertise in analyzing and evaluating ongoing research through data and documentation.
• Prepare for injury biomechanics research studies, including collaboration with industry and academic partners.
• Support design and fabrication of biomechanical test equipment and devices.
• Troubleshoot instrumentation and research equipment.
• Select and justify materials, supplies, and equipment necessary for research efforts.
• Provide reliable, timely, and quality biomechanical engineering services in a team environment.
• Manage and develop methodology, projects, personnel, and resources.
• Develop recommendations on PMHS research, volunteer research, quality assurance, data analysis, BSL-2 good laboratory practice, and publication of findings.
• Provide guidance to and participate within study teams during development of research work plans, proposals, data collection and analyses, and agreements.
• Prepare protocol interim and final reports, presentations, papers, and other documentation.
• Assist with writing research work plans, proposals, data collection procedures, and agreements.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, academia, industry, and customers on biomechanical and biomedical projects.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Knowledge of commonly used and advanced concepts, practices, standards, and procedures within injury biomechanics, mechanics, dynamics, strengths of materials, and mathematics demonstrated through a relevant engineering degree from an ABET-accredited program.
• Demonstrated experience and skill with a broad range of engineering concepts, practices, and procedures through publications, particularly related to human head and spine injury biomechanics research and PMHS research.
• Experience in programming, data acquisition, instrumentation, kinematic and video motion capture, and MATLAB.
• Specialized skills include exposure to Post Mortem Human Subjects (PMHS) research and Biosafety Level 2 policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience with FDA and/or IRB approval processes.
• Demonstrated experience with mechanical material testing devices and impact devices.
• Demonstrated experience with biomedical imaging and imaging analysis tools, including CT, MRI, and X-ray technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with mathematical analysis software such as MATLAB.
• Demonstrated experience with high-speed imaging and analysis tools.
• Demonstrated experience with biomedical instrumentation, including load cells and accelerometers.
• Demonstrated experience with high-rate, high-quality data acquisition systems.
• Demonstrated experience with injury biomechanics research involving PMHS research and data, human volunteer physiological, kinematic, and biomechanical data, and/or Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs).
• Successfully pass background and drug screening

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or STEM field preferred; bachelor’s degree acceptable with directly relevant research laboratory experience.
• Experience with cadaveric research or cadaveric specimens.
• Experience taking research projects from the early stages through completion
• First-author research publications preferred.
• Experience with injury biomechanics, human head and spine injury research, or related biomedical engineering research.
• Experience with instrumentation, data acquisition, MATLAB, motion capture, high-speed imaging, and biomechanical testing equipment.
• Experience with IRB or FDA approval processes and Biosafety Level 2 procedures.
• Experience with biomedical imaging and analysis tools, including CT, MRI, or X-ray technologies.
• Experience with human volunteer data, cadaveric research data, or Anthropomorphic Test Devices.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication skills and professionalism at all times.
• May travel CONUS or O-CONUS.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a state-issued driver's license for independent travel to restricted meetings and field-data collection locations.