Research Coordinator

Belong. Connect. Grow. We are a contract of innovators thinkers creators explorers volunteers and dreamers and we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health ensuring human performance and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking a Research Coordinator at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston TX.

What Youll Do:

In this role you will provide vital research support for the Behavioral Health & Performance (BHP) Laboratory at Johnson Space Center to advance NASAs human spaceflight exploration objectives. As a Research Coordinator you will engage in the full research lifecycle: designing and integrating protocols configuring study hardware and software and managing human data collection and management. You will also contribute to data analysis and the development of high-impact proposals technical reports and scientific publications. A successful Research Coordinator will provide seamless collaboration with BHP Lab personnel and external partners across both research and operational groups to meet the evolving needs of NASAs mission.

You will work on a highly collaborative team interfacing routinely with our NASA customer laboratories in the Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Division external PI teams and provide timely deliverables to stakeholders for BHP Lab products such as Human Research Program Space Medicine Division and Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP).

You will:

Coordinate comprehensive project logistics including equipment and material preparation task tracking managing procedures protocols and schedules.

Manage the full data pipeline (collection validation cleaning and analysis) in strict accordance with established laboratory quality standards.

Assist NASA customer and BHP Lab Scientists with specialized tasks to ensure optimal laboratory performance.

Train laboratory members test subjects and crew members on data collection protocols and study procedures.

Develop and implement innovative original solutions to problems

Liaise with internal and external collaborators to effectively plan track and complete collaborative research

Participate in writing literature reviews initial reports summaries and project summaries

Participate in presenting project updates interim and final results and other reporting at meetings and scientific conferences

Liaise with internal and external collaborators to effectively plan track and complete collaborative research

What You Bring:

You bring experience implementing research design and execution to help answer applied human spaceflight questions. You use your experience and judgment to develop innovative solutions to problems that will inform NASAs future spaceflight mission planning and preparation. As a key part of our safety culture you will comply with KBRs Safety Health and Environmental Plan Quality Plan and all safety policies and procedures and complete all assigned training.

What to Expect: This position is expected to be 100% on site and a minimum of 60% in person. Occasional travel may be required.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED:

• Masters degree and 2-3 years of experience. Preferred fields include Psychology Behavioral Science Social Sciences or a different field with equivalent experience in behavioral research.
• Prior experience with human behavior and performance research

DESIRED:

• Experience managing and implementing human research protocols including logistics planning and data collection processing and management
• Experience summarizing data using descriptive statistics figures and other data visualizations.
• Interest in human behavior psychology cognition biobehavioral health and performance
• Experience supporting NASA research projects or experience with other organizations conducting basic applied or clinical human research
  

SKILLS/TRAINING
REQUIRED:

• Proficient with software applications including Microsoft Office365 and SharePoint
• Highly ethical and respectful of human research data confidentiality protections and intellectual property
• Highly conscientious and demonstrated attention to detail
• Demonstrated excellence in verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to successfully work independently and as part of a team
• Proven ability to set and meet goals for completing job tasks
• Ability to be flexible and adapt quickly and effectively to changing requirements and schedule
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary settings with competing goals for project implementation and outcomes
• Sound judgement and decision-making including ability to interpret requirements for real-time implementation
• Ability to communicate effectively with varied audiences including various levels of management foreign nationals scientists medical professionals and engineers
• Demonstrated interpersonal effectiveness and professionalism in working with others in a collaborative team-oriented environment.
• Proficiency in at least 3 of the 4 areas below

1. Proficient with R and R Markdown statistical programming language
2. Proficiency with database software (e.g. Excel)
3. Demonstrated writing ability at multiple levels including procedural documents research reports and summaries briefings technical reports and project plans etc.
4. Experience preparing collecting and processing research data from various sources (e.g. surveys research devices/wearables computer-based tasks physiology and biological samples written text audio/video).
   

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.