Research Engineer 2

Oregon Health & Science University; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 79,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Oregon Health & Science University in Portland seeks a Research Engineer 2 to lead full stack development for clinical and data science research. You will design analytics platforms, build informatics databases, and deploy web applications supporting research teams.

You will balance priorities with senior engineers and researchers, maintain documentation, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards while driving data-driven health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field and at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in data management, data analysis, and data visualization for research.
• Experience creating and maintaining data tools using Igor Pro and MySQL databases.
• Experience with data analysis and quality and process improvement using JMP, Minitab, LabVIEW and Excel.
• Experience with audit compliance and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Manage applications and analytics systems for clinical and data science researchers.
• Develop and maintain informatics research databases and web-based applications.
• Design and improve Health IT and data interoperability tools for research use.
• Develop, deploy, support, and integrate resources and services for research and compliance.
• Coordinate with researchers and senior staff to balance priorities and track progress.

Skills

Data management

Data analysis

Data visualization

Audit compliance

Quality assurance

Teamwork

Communication

Data security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in scientific field

Tools

Igor Pro

MySQL

JMP

Minitab

LabVIEW

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Research Engineer 2

US-OR-Portland

Requisition ID: 2026-41063

Position Category: Research

Job Type: Research

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Posting Department: Department of Psychiatry

Posting Salary Range: Commensurate with experience, education and internal equity. Minimum: $ 79,165, Midpoint: $ 105,560, Maximum: $ 131,955 at 1.0 FTE.

Posting FTE: 1.00

Posting Schedule: This is a variable FTE position. 0.1 FTE-1.0 FTE, 4-40-hours per week. It will start at 1.0 FTE but FTE may occasionally fluctuate.

HR Mission: School of Medicine

Drug Testable: No

Department Overview

The Department of Psychiatry has an opening for an energetic and highly motivated Research Engineer 2 to join a team conducting research related to the development, dissemination, and evaluation of information technology and outcomes research in the health care field. The research team is focused on improving health care practice and outcomes through use of informatics tools and data analytics.

Function/Duties of Position

This is a full stack role, managing applications and analytics systems that meet the needs of clinical and data science researchers at OHSU. This involves working with researchers, implementing analytics platforms and algorithms, creating and administering informatics research databases, developing web-based applications used for research, designing and improving existing Health Information Technology and data interoperability tools and supporting existing applications. This position develops, deploys, supports, and integrates resources and services to aid research. Under minimal supervision, the incumbent will coordinate, maintain and troubleshoot complex and critical research engineering design functionality, and will apply engineering design and software releases while maintaining security, including both internally developed and/or supplied engineering designs within the appropriate specified requirements.

The incumbent will be responsible for working with the clinical research and data science team to design testing schedules and materials/program testing, and coordinating with researchers, senior research engineers, and technical/data science experts to balance research priorities and assess progress towards goals. The incumbent will work with the data science and clinical research teams to create and maintain data analysis and visualization tools using Microsoft Excel and other programming languages and will develop and maintain relational database while tracking performance metrics, preparing detailed reports of trends, and using advanced data science and informatics techniques such as time series regression analysis, longitudinal modeling, and risk assessment analyses. The incumbent will maintain compliance documentation in support of internal and federal quality standards, and will develop and maintain standard operating procedures and training records for all clinical and informatics-related study processes, including maintenance of confidentiality and compliance with regulatory guidance related to protected health information.

The ideal candidate should be comfortable working in a team, troubleshooting issues, and have good verbal and written communication skills.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific field AND at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• The position requires expertise in and fluency in data management, data analysis, and data visualization as a test engineer
• Requires experience creating and maintaining data tools using Igor Pro and MySQL relational database.
• Requires experience with Data analysis and quality and process improvement using JMP, Minitab, LabView and Microsoft excel
• Requires experience with audit compliance and quality assurance.
• Effectiveness in organizing tasks and setting priorities, multi-tasking, working efficiently with a team, and the ability to be adaptable, creative, and a quick learner are all necessary.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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