This is for potential upcoming opportunities. We will review your resume and reach out when an opportunity is available.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) is a research funding agency that supports transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs to provide health solutions for all.
ARPA-H advances high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. ARPA-H awardees are developing entirely new ways to tackle the hardest challenges in health. With a scope spanning the molecular to the societal, ARPA-H programs have the potential to radically improve everyone's health. Their streamlined awards process enables us to act quickly and catalyze cutting-edge biomedical and health research. ARPA-H creates an environment to support the best ideas from Program Managers that bring together dynamic teams to solve the toughest health challenges.
Noblis has large-scope, deep and decades long experience organizationally supporting federal Advanced Research Project Agencies across domains of DHS, Intelligence, Transportation, Aerospace, Sustainability, and much more. Additionally, we have decades of experienced expertise in Healthcare, Biosciences. We span functions of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI / ML), Scientific and Technical Advisory subject matter expertise (SETA) within R&D, and the diversity of functions within Program management and strategy. This has served as a foundation of our continued growth and impact as an organization. Furthermore, as a nonprofit with a mission to "Use science and technology for the public good", we have invested leveraged our talented teams in successful innovations for new technologies that have resulted in advancing the capabilities of a variety of public sector entities to accomplish objectives in the interests of the public.
Biosciences and healthcare are in a historical renaissance of advancements to change the course of biomedical advancements and healthcare. Due to the mission of ARPA-H, and the alignment with our capabilities and history, Noblis is excited to partner with ARPA-H.
The Biomedical Engineering Specialist will be responsible for and not limited to:
- Planning and developing high-risk, high-reward biomedical engineering R&D projects that have the potential to transform human health.
- Evaluating the feasibility of technical approaches to transformative health breakthroughs.
- Reviewing health research-related technical reports.
- Developing and evaluating scientific capability development strategies.
- Monitoring R&D projects and technical performance against goals.
- Developing test and evaluation methodologies.
- Assessing the efficacy, safety, cost lifecycle costs of proposed or realized scientific solutions.
- Developing scientific program status reports, PowerPoint briefings, and read-ahead materials.
- Developing, monitoring, and maintaining a central repository of R&D efforts.
- Organizing, coordinating, and participating in meetings, discussions, and seminars on ARPA-H-related topics.
- Communicating scientific findings and the relevant impact to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Providing support to Portfolio and Program Managers in their continued engagement with ARPA-H customers.
- Performing routine tasks including, but not limited to, scheduling, writing internal memos, maintaining and updating Program Management records, filing, intranet website maintenance, preparing and reviewing presentations, records maintenance, and coordinating daily operations of the assigned program.
- Managing and respond to program-aligned data calls, compiling information, and preparing information for reporting to senior leadership.
- Assisting with planning technology transitions to end users and customers.
- Supporting the identification, assessment, evaluation, and testing of existing and emerging biomedical engineering technologies, systems, and capabilities, including: coordination with related government, academic, and industry programs; attending meetings and symposia; coordinating meetings and programs reviews; and supporting program advocacy including development and production of presentation materials.
- Providing Noblis-internal leadership, including:
- Possible line management responsibilities.
- Providing professional development and mentorship for teammates.
- Development of new Business Development (BD) opportunities and related capture management, in close collaboration with Noblis’ BD team
Work is on-site with the possibility to telework 1-2 days per week