Research Health Science Specialist
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Seattle, WAFresher3h agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
- Position serves as a Without Compensation Research Health Science Specialist within the Seattle VA Office of Research & Development (ORD).
- No pay is associated with this position.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct bench tests of prosthetic devices using commercial and custom materials testing instruments.
- Design and fabricate fixtures using typical machine shop tools.
- Operate commercial testing instruments.
- Calibrate sensors.
- Interface electronics with data acquisition instruments.
- Perform test procedures.
- Conduct human subjects research involving custom and clinical standard of care prosthetic devices.
- Operate gait laboratory instruments and perform test protocols.
- Collect, process, and assist in interpretation of study data.
- Develop custom software, verification of research data, visualization of data, and presentation of results.
- Participate in study dissemination efforts (e.g., conference abstracts, peer-reviewed manuscripts for journal submissions).
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Full-time (Without Compensation)
Qualifications
- General Experience:
- Analyze problems to identify significant factors.
- Gather pertinent data.
- Recognize solutions.
- Plan and organize work.
- Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Education:
- Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree in a field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences appropriate to the work.
- Combination:
- A combination of specialized experience and education beyond the listed requirements may be used to qualify.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work.