Biomedical Life Scientist

Leidos LLC; Frederick (MD); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Biomedical Life Scientist in Frederick, MD to support CDMRP in a hybrid role requiring 3 days in the office with some local travel.

The role involves planning and documenting scientific meetings, recruiting scientists, drafting meeting materials, and analyzing funding portfolio data to create tables, graphs, and slides. A Master’s degree in biology with 1+ year experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in biology, life sciences, or related discipline with 1+ year of related experience.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Strong scientific writing skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using IT data management systems.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute a variety of scientific meetings.
• Recruit scientists, clinicians, and consumer advocates to participate in scientific meetings.
• Develop and track schedules for tasks and deliverables.
• Provide scientific notetaking support by recording information from meetings and writing meeting reports.
• Draft scientific materials, including meeting summaries and funding opportunities.
• Analyze funding portfolio data and assemble data for tables, graphs, and slides.

Skills

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Master’s degree in biology or life sciences

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

IT data management systems

Job description

You can have a positive impact on the scientific community! The Behavioral Health and Readiness division of the Leidos Health & Services Sector is seeking a Biomedical Life Scientist to provide scientific and meeting support to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) in Frederick, Maryland. This is NOT a laboratory research position. This is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of 3 days/week in person at the Frederick, Maryland office. Some local travel within the Washington DC/Baltimore area is required. The CDMRP is a leading funder of research projects across a broad range of medical fields and military health. The Leidos Biomedical Life Scientist will work across a diverse variety of research programs in support of the CDMRP’s goal to transform healthcare through innovative and impactful research.

Why Leidos?

Leidos Life promotes excellent work-life balance. You can make an impact and have time for your well-being. This position is eligible for partial remote work and a flexible work schedule. Leidos offers many opportunities for career development and advancement. The successful candidate will be part of a large, dynamic workforce with a broad range of scientific expertise. Learn more at https://www.leidos.com/employees/life.

What you will do

• Plan and execute a variety of scientific meetings.
• Recruit scientists, clinicians, and consumer advocates to participate in scientific meetings.
• Develop and track schedules for tasks and deliverables.
• Provide scientific notetaking support by recording critical information from scientific meetings and writing comprehensive meeting reports.
• Draft scientific materials, including meeting summaries and funding opportunities.
• Conduct analyses of funding portfolio data and research outcomes and assembling data to prepare tables, graphs, and slides.

Successful candidates will possess

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in biology, life sciences, or a related discipline, with 1+ years of related experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required per Contract to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense Public Trust security clearance.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Strong scientific writing skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience using IT data management systems.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

August 25, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.