User Study Researcher III

Adecco US, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Voluntary benefits

EAP program

Commuter benefits

401K plan

Job summary

A Health Studies Scientist is needed in San Diego, onsite, to design, pilot, and execute health studies that evaluate sensor and algorithm performance. You will work with engineering, product, legal, privacy, and operations teams to ensure robust study design and data integrity.

The role requires a background in biomedical engineering/health sciences and 3+ years of health research experience, with strong communication skills and attention to regulatory standards such as GCP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Health Sciences, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in health or clinical research, sensor validation, or human data collection.
• Experience developing research protocols, consent documents, SOPs, and study documentation.
• Direct experience working with human participants in research or health studies.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with collaboration across teams.
• Maintain high standards of scientific validity, participant safety, and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to define study hypotheses, endpoints, methodologies, and research protocols.
• Develop protocols, Informed Consent Forms (ICFs), SOPs, and study docs in line with GCP and human-subject protections.
• Lead hands-on study sessions with human participants, wearables, and reference devices.
• Conduct pilot and feasibility studies to validate protocols and troubleshoot sensor performance.
• Coordinate study launches, data collection, monitoring, and closeout activities.
• Train study personnel on data-collection procedures and quality standards.
• Ensure scientific rigor, data integrity, and accurate documentation throughout execution.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align priorities and deliver study objectives.
• Analyze data and support tools/workflows that improve research operations.

Skills

3+ years experience in health/clinical

Research protocol development

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Data integrity

Education

Biomedical Engineering / Bioengineering / Health Sciences degree

Tools

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Health Studies Scientist

Location: San Diego, CA

Schedule: Full-Time | Onsite

Pay: $83.18 per hour

Travel: Occasional travel to San Jose may be required

Position Overview

We are seeking a Health Studies Scientist to partner with engineering and product teams to design, pilot, and execute health studies evaluating sensor and algorithm performance. This role combines scientific study design with hands‑on research involving human participants, wearable sensors, clinical reference devices, and data‑collection systems.

The ideal candidate will have strong research and protocol‑development experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively across scientific, engineering, legal, privacy, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to define study hypotheses, endpoints, methodologies, and research protocols.
• Develop protocols, Informed Consent Forms (ICFs), SOPs, and other study documentation consistent with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and human-subject protections.
• Lead hands‑on study sessions involving human participants, wearable sensors, internal data‑logging tools, and third‑party clinical reference devices.
• Conduct pilot and feasibility studies to validate protocols, identify operational challenges, and troubleshoot sensor performance.
• Coordinate study launches, data collection, monitoring, and closeout activities.
• Train study personnel on data‑collection procedures and data‑quality standards.
• Ensure scientific rigor, data integrity, and accurate documentation throughout study execution.
• Partner with cross‑functional engineering, research, product, legal, privacy, and operations teams to align priorities and deliver study objectives.
• Analyze and verify collected data and support development of tools and workflows that improve research operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Health Sciences, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in health or clinical research, sensor validation, or human data collection.
• Demonstrated experience developing research protocols, consent documents, SOPs, and study documentation.
• Direct experience working with human participants in research or health studies.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to maintain high standards of scientific validity, participant safety, and data integrity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with FDA regulatory standards, GCP, human factors principles, and project management.
• Experience operating physiological sensors, wearable devices, and clinical reference equipment.
• Experience managing human‑participant data collection workflows.
• Experience using Python or shell scripting to verify, validate, or process collected data.
• Experience with Generative AI tools, including LLM‑assisted coding, prompt engineering, or AI‑enabled productivity and scientific documentation workflows.
• Experience working with engineering teams on sensor or algorithm validation.

Work Environment

• Onsite position in San Diego, CA
• Occasional travel to San Jose, CA may be required.
• Business casual dress.
• Work involves direct interaction with human study participants, research equipment, and data‑collection systems.

Pay: $ 83.18/hour

Location: San Diego, CA

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Pay Details: $83.18 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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