Research Coordinator

JES Tech • Houston, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

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. In this role, you will provide vital research support for the Behavioral Health & Performance (BHP) Laboratory at Johnson Space Center to advance NASA’s 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 NASA’s mission. You will be working 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).

Requirements

• Master’s 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.
• 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: Proficient with R and R Markdown statistical programming language, Proficiency with database software (e.g., Excel), Demonstrated writing ability at multiple levels, including procedural documents, research reports and summaries, briefings, technical reports, and project plans, etc., 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).

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level