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Research Associate I - College of Engineering - BioMedical Engineering

Pittsburgh, PA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-08 → 2026-10-02

Core

Design, validate, and test a novel battery-operated, flexible NIRS sensor for freely moving human subjects to enable long-term, everyday brain measurements using non-invasive optical, electrical, and ultrasound instruments. (via careerplan.io/jobs/2024525-research-associate-i-college-of-engineering-biomedical-engineering-at-cmu)

Role type

Research Associate (BioMedical Engineering)

Builds

Novel NIRS sensor prototypes and data collection systems for human subjects

Domain

BioMedical Engineering / Neuroscience / Optical Sensing

Required skills

Human subject recruitment, biomedical lab research, engineering design of optical systems, data analysis

Preferred skills

Experience with non-invasive optical, electrical, and ultrasound instruments

Technologies

NIRS systems, optical sensing, ultrasound instruments

Responsibilities

Data collection, designing instrumentation, data analysis

Seniority

Entry-level Research Associate