The Leidos Performance and Readiness Division under the Health Sector is looking to improve the health and performance of warfighters and military personnel through field-based and laboratory research settings on military sites.
Requirements
- Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in nutrition, neuroscience, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, or a related scientific field from an accredited college or university.
- Proven ability to read, comprehend, and follow research protocols and instructions set forth by principal investigators and team leads.
- Any school experience with psychology, cognitive, or neuroscience research or equivalent education and experience
- Any school experience conducting research with a military population.
- Active Interim or Secret clearance is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Support recruitment of active duty, wounded warrior, and civilian subjects for human subject’s research protocols; conduct pre-screening and meetings to obtain informed consent abiding by human-use approved principles
- Follow human-use Institutional Review Board protocols and procedures for government research studies
- Operate laboratory equipment; follow standard operating procedure documents for equipment; keep equipment secure
- Interact with and collect physiological, biological, cognitive, and health data from human subjects, abiding by human research protection regulations.
- Conduct experimental preparation, testing and data collection, and organization in field and laboratory settings
- Support data management and data analysis under the direction of research leads
- Regularly and effectively communicate with project leads and principal investigators
Other
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- US Citizenship required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET government security clearance.
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team setting.
- Ability to work non-regular hours (e.g., nights and weekends) as needed for data collection.
- Ability to work professionally and respectfully with military service members.
