Biomedical Research Engineer - Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

The Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for an onsite Biomedical Research Engineer.

Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
The WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) is a comprehensive multidisciplinary patient care, education, and research institute providing neurological and mental healthcare through more than 300,000 visits annually. The 300+ physicians and scientists of the RNI improve lives by pioneering advances in neuroscience, brain health, and therapeutics. The RNI team uses the latest technologies with academic, government, and industry partners to make tangible progress to combat public health challenges ranging from addiction to Alzheimer's disease.

The RNI's flagship facilities are located on the WVU Health Sciences campus in Morgantown, with more than 2,200 dedicated team members across seven departments, patient care units, and research laboratories. For more information, visit WVUMedicine.org/RNI.

About the Opportunity
We are seeking a Biomedical Research Engineer to support biomedical, neuroscience, clinical research, and human-performance initiatives. This position will contribute to research software, data-collection systems, analytical workflows, and technical reporting.
The successful candidate will work with researchers, engineers, clinicians, and operational teams to help ensure that research technologies and data processes are reliable, well documented, secure, and responsive to project needs. This role offers opportunities to gain experience across scientific computing, research technology, data engineering, and laboratory operations.

We strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU offers generous benefits, including:

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year (employee leave)
• 18 sick days per year (for when you're ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family's, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. Looking for more retirement benefits information? Check out retirement health insurance benefits, retirement income, and FAQ's.

• Wellness programs

What You'll Do

• Support the development, testing, and maintenance of software used for cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and human-performance research.
• Assist with research data collection involving sensors, physiological systems, motion-capture equipment, wearable devices, and related technologies.
• Set up, calibrate, test, and troubleshoot research software, hardware, and data-collection systems.
• Develop and maintain scripts and automated workflows using MATLAB, Python, or similar tools.
• Support data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, validation, analysis, and reporting.
• Work with structured, semi-structured, and time-series data from research systems, devices, databases, files, and cloud-based platforms.
• Perform data-quality checks and help investigate missing, inconsistent, or anomalous data.
• Prepare analytical datasets, figures, dashboards, recurring reports, and other research deliverables.
• Maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, data dictionaries, and training materials.
• Provide technical guidance, demonstrations, and training to research staff and system users.
• Use version control and participate in software testing, code review, and quality-assurance activities.
• Follow established practices for handling sensitive biomedical, clinical, and research data, including applicable privacy, security, access-control, and data-governance requirements.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand requirements, troubleshoot issues, and support project deliverables.

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or a related technical field.
• A minimum of one (1) year of combined experience in the following:
  • Programming, data analysis, scientific computing, research technology, laboratory engineering, or a related field.

  • Experience supporting biomedical, clinical, neuroscience, human-performance, or related research.

• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered.

• All qualifications must be met by the time of employment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of MATLAB, Python, or another scientific-computing environment.
• Ability to organize, analyze, and troubleshoot complex technical information.
• Understanding of software-development, data-quality, testing, and technical-documentation practices.
• Ability to work with research data obtained from devices, files, databases, application programming interfaces, and other technical systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and adapt to changing project requirements.
• Familiarity with cognitive or behavioral assessment software, including MATLAB Psychtoolbox or similar tools.
• Familiarity with physiological signals, biomechanics, motion capture, eye tracking, wearable technologies, or other sensor-generated data.
• Experience with SQL, relational databases, cloud platforms, data pipelines, dashboards, or automated reporting.
• Familiarity with Git or another version-control system.
• Familiarity with research-data privacy, security, quality, or governance practices.

West Virginia University is a place of purpose and community. We take pride in our profound impact on the state of West Virginia and are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees.

From the groundbreaking R1 research at our flagship campus in Morgantown to the career-oriented programs at WVU Potomac State in Keyser, and the technology-intensive programs at WVU Tech in Beckley, the contributions of WVU employees resonate across the state, touching lives and shaping futures.

At WVU, you will discover a supportive community that champions work-life balance and fosters a collaborative atmosphere. Our core values - service, curiosity, respect, accountability and appreciation - unite us as Mountaineers.

Join us at West Virginia University, where your work will make a lasting impact. To learn more about WVU, visit wvu.edu.

West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or Veteran status.