Staff Functional Scientific Researcher

ARA Career • Raleigh, NC

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Staff Functional Scientific Researcher to join the Health Effects, Analytics, Risk, and Technology (HEART) located in Raleigh, NC. The candidate will support physiological modeling for exposure risk assessment in support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). The successful candidate will be on a new team supporting the NIH DPCPSI Office of Research Innovation, Validation and Application (ORIVA). Working at ARA, there will be opportunities to work with a multi-disciplinary team focused on toxicology, physiological modeling, and risk assessment. Candidate will need to be within 35 miles of NIH campus and willing to work a hybrid schedule. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Ensure customer satisfaction through on-time delivery of high-quality deliverables. Gather, analyze, and interpret scientific data to provide actionable insights that support real-time decision-making. Design and coordinate interlaboratory validation studies, collect and analyze various data types (e.g., bioactivity, exposure, in vitro and in silico models, transcriptomics, dose-response) and evaluate relevance and reliability of data used in regulatory and other human health contexts. Perform literature searches into existing Government databases (e.g., ICE, NIH Real World Data Platform). Develop and monitor project tasks and schedules. Ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance in all research and analysis activities.

Requirements

• Masters in biomedical or other relevant field with 4 years of relevant experience or PhD. in biomedical or other relevant field with 0 years of experience.
• Expertise in NAMs or a related scientific field.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Experience developing, evaluating, and validating computational methods for human health safety and risk assessments.
• Experience in data development, analysis, and evaluation, utilizing modeling methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer satisfaction through on-time delivery of high-quality deliverables.
• Gather, analyze, and interpret scientific data to provide actionable insights that support real-time decision-making.
• Design and coordinate interlaboratory validation studies, collect and analyze various data types (e.g., bioactivity, exposure, in vitro and in silico models, transcriptomics, dose-response) and evaluate relevance and reliability of data used in regulatory and other human health contexts.
• Perform literature searches into existing Government databases (e.g., ICE, NIH Real World Data Platform).
• Develop and monitor project tasks and schedules.
• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance in all research and analysis activities.

Benefits

• Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree