Research Assistant

Johns Hopkins; Gary (IN); On-site; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Flexible hours

Benefits

Job summary

Johns Hopkins in Gary, IN is hiring a Research Assistant to help our team ship reliable results. You’ll run point on incidents until resolved, push back when shortcuts threaten quality, and keep momentum across the Gary site.

This role offers a salary range of $49,000 to $73,000, plus coaching, benefits, and flexible hours. We value clear writing and communication, collaborative problem solving, and a proactive, builder-led mindset.

Qualifications

• Clarity of thought demonstrated in tidy documentation.
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience thriving in a builder-led, deadline-driven setting like Johns Hopkins.

Responsibilities

• Run point on general incidents until they’re truly resolved.
• Push back, respectfully, when a Critical Thinking shortcut will cost us later.
• Keep Gary, IN momentum when the mid-level pipeline runs thin.
• Write the Self-Motivation runbook the next hire wishes they had.
• Keep mid-level expectations grounded in what the contract role can deliver.
• Keep Johns Hopkins’s Gary, IN site running while improvements ship underneath.
• Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly.
• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch.

Skills

Clarity of thought

Written communication

Verbal communication

Builder-led environment

Job description

We're a team that ships, supports one another, and is now hiring a Research Assistant to help us do more of it. We pair a $49,000 - $73,000 salary with real responsibility, so the Research Assistant you become here grows faster than the title suggests.

Key Responsibilities

• Run point on general incidents until they’re truly resolved
• Push back, respectfully, when a Critical Thinking shortcut will cost us later
• Keep Gary, IN momentum when the mid-level pipeline runs thin
• Write the Self-Motivation runbook the next hire wishes they had
• Keep mid-level expectations grounded in what the contract role can deliver
• Keep Johns Hopkins’s Gary, IN site running while improvements ship underneath
• Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly
• Chase down the root cause instead of slapping on a patch

What You'll Bring

• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience thriving in a builder-led, deadline-driven setting like Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins is the deeply technical IN company that built its name on general work nobody else wanted to do properly. Our team in keeps a running list of what we'd do differently, and we actually act on it.

Our Johns Hopkins offer is built to keep you: $49,000 - $73,000, coaching, benefits, and hours that flex around the IN life you want.

We bumped the date today, signaling this Research Assistant search is ongoing.