Technical Advisor - Medical Simulation & Human Factors

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) seeks a Technical Advisor (SETA) for Medical Simulation, Human Factors and Performance Measurement to provide onsite support in Arlington, VA. The role supports DARPA program management and advances mass-casualty training environments.

The candidate will define realism metrics, build data pipelines, and apply data-science methods to derive actionable insights for training interventions and medical technologies.

Qualifications

• Master's or doctorate in human factors, engineering, psychology, or related field.
• 9+ years designing and executing simulation studies with human participants.
• Experience with multimodal datasets and reproducible analytics workflows.
• Expertise in healthcare simulation or medical training design; clinical/research exposure.

Responsibilities

• Support DARPA program manager; lead day-to-day technical execution of simulations.
• Define metrics for scenario realism, data collection, and quality assurance.
• Develop data pipelines, annotation, and analytics to evaluate training interventions.

Skills

Simulation design

Data analysis

Healthcare simulation

AI-assisted research

Education

Master's degree or doctorate in human factors / related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) seeks a Technical Advisor (SETA) for Medical Simulation, Human Factors and Performance Measurement to provide onsite support in Arlington, VA. The role supports DARPA program management and advances mass-casualty training environments.

The candidate will define realism metrics, build data pipelines, and apply data-science methods to derive actionable insights for training interventions and medical technologies.