Spaceflight Human Performance Research Associate

KBR; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 95 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

401K match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

AD&D

FSA

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Flexible schedule

Résumé du poste

KBR Johnson Space Center position in Houston focuses on enabling optimal human health and performance for EVA/spaceflight. The role supports engineering evaluations, hardware and software research, and multidisciplinary collaboration with NASA teams to advance space suit health, CO₂ exposure studies, and physiological modeling.

Responsibilities include coordinating studies, developing acquisition systems, and preparing study documentation while ensuring safety and data quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field, plus approximately 5 years of experience
• Experience conducting human health and performance research, including physiological monitoring and/or kinematic analysis
• Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident

Responsabilités

• Coordinate human research studies and engineering evaluations with study teams and stakeholders
• Support development of vehicle and space suit exploration atmospheres to mitigate decompression sickness
• Support CO₂ exposure evaluation, EVA/spacewalk physiology characterization, and computational models
• Prepare study documentation such as IRB protocols, test plans, TRR packages, and progress reports
• Design and maintain data acquisition systems; perform equipment setup, calibration, and monitoring

Connaissances

Biomedical engineering

Physiology research

Data acquisition

Kinematic analysis

US Citizenship/PR

Formation

Bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering/physiology

Outils

SolidWorks

ProE

MATLAB

Python

Description du poste

KBR Johnson Space Center position in Houston focuses on enabling optimal human health and performance for EVA/spaceflight. The role supports engineering evaluations, hardware and software research, and multidisciplinary collaboration with NASA teams to advance space suit health, CO₂ exposure studies, and physiological modeling.

Responsibilities include coordinating studies, developing acquisition systems, and preparing study documentation while ensuring safety and data quality.