Kbr Gmbh Space Medicine Project Support Scientist

**KBR GmbH Space Medicine Project Support Scientist**

**About Us**

KBR GmbH was established in October 2000 to provide human spaceflight medical support services to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Medicine Team (SMT) at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. KBR GmbH specializes in the provision of biomedical engineering, space medicine projects including Crew Health and Performance (CHP) technology evaluation, health care administration, psychology, nutrition, medical informatics and technology, fitness and rehabilitation, physiotherapy, and medical education. By developing expertise in these core areas whilst supporting capacity building and broader strategy/risk management, KBR GmbH has expanded to provide support services to a range of customers in aerospace, government and space life science/medical research. Thus, KBR GmbH’s employees contribute to a wide range of projects including astronaut selection and training, ongoing medical operations to the International Space Station and other Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions, whilst supporting the ESA SMT’s endeavors in preparation for space exploration beyond LEO.

**Benefit highlights with working for KBR GmbH**
- Training and Education support
- Workmen Compensation coverage
- Company pension scheme
- KVB Job ticket support - (Local Transportation support - Cologne and Bonn Area);
- Sport Membership Benefit
- Hybrid/working options

**Purpose of the Job**

The Space Medicine Project Support Scientist is a member of the Space Medicine Projects & Technologies (SMP) Team within ESA’s Space Medicine Team. The goal of the SMP Team is to identify and evaluate innovative technologies and approaches (based on new knowledge/evidence) with the potential to improve medical support to ESA astronauts.

The role of the Space Medicine Project Support Scientist is to contribute to KBR GmbH’s SMP activities as defined in the Space Medicine Services Contract which is coordinated by the KBR GmbH SMP Work Package Lead. As such the Space Medicine Project Support Scientist is expected where appropriate to contribute to the:

- Generation and evaluation of requirements for space medicine projects and Crew Health and Performance.
- Generation of knowledge of potential Crew Health and Performance technologies through the definition and support of activities with human volunteers on ground or in-flight.
- Maintenance of a Medical Knowledge Gaps priority list to facilitate collaboration with ESA Life Sciences and ESA Member State academic institutions.
- Liaising with other ESA directorates, space agencies, industry, and universities in support of functional and performance evaluation of medical technologies and/or space medicine-related knowledge (evidence) development
- Development of tools and define/evaluate studies to answer questions relevant to Crew Health and Performance
- Conducting of specification, and functional performance evaluations of technologies of potential interest to the ESA SMT as defined by the ESA Medical Projects Lead.
- Support of functional and performance evaluations of medical technologies and/or space medicine-related knowledge (evidence) development in spaceflight, analogue environments and within large-scale analogue studies.
- Where appropriate, act as the Principal Investigator (PI) for identified technology functional and performance evaluations and/or space medicine-related knowledge (evidence) development studies with human volunteers in spaceflight, analogue environments and within large-scale analogue studies.
- Definition, drafting and evaluation of the execution of ESA Purchase Orders (POs) and other ESA contracts related to SMP Objectives.
- Conduct administrative tasks including contract support to facilitate and evaluate functional and performance evaluation of medical technologies and/or space medicine-related knowledge (evidence) development
- Provision of expert support to the Medical Projects Lead related to Medical Technology and Space-Medicine related knowledge (evidence) development by:

- Reviewing and summarizing scientific and grey literature and data relevant to Crew Health and Performance
- Analyzing, summarizing, and reporting qualitative and quantitative data

**Background and Experience**
- defining and evaluating scientific &/or clinical projects, ideally in interdisciplinary and international contexts
- performing evaluations / studies that have included human participants
- synthesizing data / studies (_i.e.,_ a systematic review) and generating concise summaries including recommendations for action
- demonstrated skills and experience in scientific project management
- procurement / management / delivery of contracted (e.g., military) evaluations / studies
- reporting and/or disseminating the findings of scientific evaluations or verification reports.
- demonstrating flexibility and positive attitude towards teamwork
- demonstrating an ability to work effectively on projects with little pre-ex