Senior Research Scientist

Job summary

Description: Who We Are Aptima is a technological leader in the national security industry. Our mission is to drive the future of national security by engineering scalable solutions that fuse technological innovation with human potential to transform how individuals and teams train, develop, and perform in mission-critical environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Master’s Degree in a scientific or engineering discipline (e.g., Experimental Psychology, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Biochemistry or Biomedical Engineering).
• Minimum of 7+ years’ work-related experience
• High proficiency in advanced techniques for measuring human states
• Strong understanding of data analytic techniques and the ability to implement or direct engineers in these approaches
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in experimental design and execution
• Experience in data collection techniques using a variety of instruments, including hardware sensors, software sensors (e.g., human-computer interaction monitors), and/or survey/self-report
• Excellent communications

Responsibilities

• How You Will Make An Impact
• Successfully lead multi-disciplinary, multi-company project teams in PI roles
• Collaborate with software engineers, within an agile development environment, to implement, test, and apply mathematical algorithms from research
• Develop and implement advanced techniques for measuring and modeling human states
• Serve as a thought partner to multiple Aptima partners and customers, while successfully collaborating and maintaining knowledge of the marketplace and influencing the technical interest and direction of our customers
• Foster repeat relationships with external customers and partners
• Lead proposals (e.g., SBIRs, BAAs, IDIQ Task Orders) in areas of expertise
• Advise division leadership in identifying and selecting future areas of inquiry, research methods, and

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Security clearance