Human Performance Research Assistant (Engineer)
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format as lists.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. At end there is EEO statement and Job ID. Remove those.
Also remove repeated paragraphs like "At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." appears twice. We should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one copy of that paragraph.
Also remove "Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits New | KBR Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR". That's likely a link; we can drop.
We need to keep the benefits description.
Let's extract content.
Original posting sections:
Title line: "Title: Human Performance Research Assistant (Engineer) Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking an EVA & Environmental Physiology Lab Research Assistant at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX."
We can treat that as About the role.
Then "What You’ll Do:" paragraph: "In this role, you will support the EVA and Environmental Physiology Lab (EEPL), which focuses on enabling optimal human health, physiology, and performance in preparation for and during Extravehicular Activities (EVA)/spacewalk. You will contribute to engineering and human research efforts that develop, evaluate, and transition space suit health and performance capabilities, as well as new hardware and technologies required to support upcoming missions. Your primary interfaces will span the NASA Human Health and Performance Directorate, human research study teams, human systems engineering, flight and medical operations, crewmembers, and human test subjects."
Then bullet list under "You Will:" with many items.
Then "What You Bring:" paragraph: "You bring experience supporting research, engineering evaluations, or operational activities in human performance or engineering environments. You use your experience and judgment to coordinate complex studies, ensure data quality, maintain safety standards, and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. You comply with KBR’s Safety, Health and Environmental Plan, Quality Plan, and all safety policies and procedures, and complete all assigned training."
Then "Required: Your Qualifications:" list:
- Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field, plus approximately 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of graduate education and experience
- Experience conducting human health and performance research, including physiological monitoring and/or kinematic analysis
- Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident
Then "Desired:" under qualifications? Actually after Required: Your Qualifications: there is Desired: Master’s degree ... etc. That's still qualifications desired.
Then "Required: Your Skills:" list:
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to support multiple projects with minimal oversight
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including formal and informal presentations
- Proficiency with standard PC and Microsoft Office tools
Then "Desired:" under skills: list of many desired skills.
Then "What To Expect": "This position is expected to be 100% on site and 100% in person. Occasional travel may be required."
Then "At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." paragraph (first occurrence). Then "KBR Benefits KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development. Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits New | KBR Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR"
Then repeated "At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." second occurrence (duplicate). Then "Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." Actually there is more duplication. We'll keep only one copy of the culture paragraph.
Then "KBR is an equal opportunity employer..." EEO statement to remove.
Then "R2119168" Job ID to remove.
Now we need to structure.
Sections:
- About the role: include the introductory paragraph(s) about KBR and the role. Could combine the first paragraph and maybe the "What You’ll Do:" intro? Actually "What You’ll Do:" is responsibilities. So About the role could be the paragraph before "What You’ll Do:" that describes the contract and role location.
Thus About the role: "On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking an EVA & Environmental Physiology Lab Research Assistant at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX."
Maybe also include the earlier fluff about KBR? The first sentence: "Title: Human Performance Research Assistant (Engineer) Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely." That's also about KBR. Could include that as part of About the role. But we need to avoid duplication; it's not duplicated elsewhere. It's okay to include.
Thus About the role: combine the fluff and the contract sentence.
We'll put in
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- Responsibilities: include the "What You’ll Do:" paragraph and the bullet list under "You Will:".
We need to use
- for list. The paragraph before list can be
.
Thus:
Responsibilities
In this role, you will support the EVA and Environmental Physiology Lab (EEPL), which focuses on enabling optimal human health, physiology, and performance in preparation for and during Extravehicular Activities (EVA)/spacewalk. You will contribute to engineering and human research efforts that develop, evaluate, and transition space suit health and performance capabilities, as well as new hardware and technologies required to support upcoming missions. Your primary interfaces will span the NASA Human Health and Performance Directorate, human research study teams, human systems engineering, flight and medical operations, crewmembers, and human test subjects.
- Coordinate human research studies and engineering evaluations, including scheduling and integration with study teams and stakeholders
- Support of development and research of vehicle and space suit exploration atmospheres to mitigate decompression sickness
- Support CO₂ exposure evaluation, EVA/spacewalk physiological characterization, and development of computational models
- Implement research activities defined in strategic roadmaps
- Prepare study documentation such as IRB protocols, test plans, TRR packages, and progress reports
- Design and maintain data acquisition systems
- Perform equipment setup, calibration, and monitoring for tests and evaluations
- Monitor human subjects and collect physiological data during research studies and/or operational training, including at analog and field locations
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Requirements: maybe we can combine required qualifications and required skills? But they have separate headings. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have Requirements as a generic section, but also Qualifications and Skills separate. However we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps we can have Qualifications and Skills sections, and omit Requirements if we cover required qualifications and skills there. But the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine required qualifications and required skills into a single "Requirements" section, but we also have desired qualifications and desired skills. Could separate into Qualifications (required+desired) and Skills (required+desired). But we need to follow the allowed headings list; we can use Qualifications and Skills.
Thus we will have:
- Qualifications: include required qualifications and desired qualifications.
- Skills: include required skills and desired skills.
We need to use - for any list.
Thus Qualifications section:
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field, plus approximately 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of graduate education and experience
- Experience conducting human health and performance research, including physiological monitoring and/or kinematic analysis
- Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident
Desired:
- Master’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field
- Experience evaluating hardware such as wearable sensors or other health‑related equipment
- Experience implementing operational studies evaluating human performance and human‑system interactions, especially related to spaceflight
Skills section:
Skills
Required:
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to support multiple projects with minimal oversight
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including formal and informal presentations
- Proficiency with standard PC and Microsoft Office tools
Desired:
- Experience with implementing human subject research
- Ability to critically analyze data and perform statistical analysis
- Experience with spaceflight analogs and/or simulations
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format as lists. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. At end there is EEO statement and Job ID. Remove those. Also remove repeated paragraphs like "At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." appears twice. We should keep only one instance? The instruction: remove duplicated lines. So we should keep only one copy of that paragraph. Also remove "Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits New | KBR Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR". That's likely a link; we can drop. We need to keep the benefits description. Let's extract content. Original posting sections: Title line: "Title: Human Performance Research Assistant (Engineer) Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking an EVA & Environmental Physiology Lab Research Assistant at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX." We can treat that as About the role. Then "What You’ll Do:" paragraph: "In this role, you will support the EVA and Environmental Physiology Lab (EEPL), which focuses on enabling optimal human health, physiology, and performance in preparation for and during Extravehicular Activities (EVA)/spacewalk. You will contribute to engineering and human research efforts that develop, evaluate, and transition space suit health and performance capabilities, as well as new hardware and technologies required to support upcoming missions. Your primary interfaces will span the NASA Human Health and Performance Directorate, human research study teams, human systems engineering, flight and medical operations, crewmembers, and human test subjects." Then bullet list under "You Will:" with many items. Then "What You Bring:" paragraph: "You bring experience supporting research, engineering evaluations, or operational activities in human performance or engineering environments. You use your experience and judgment to coordinate complex studies, ensure data quality, maintain safety standards, and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. You comply with KBR’s Safety, Health and Environmental Plan, Quality Plan, and all safety policies and procedures, and complete all assigned training." Then "Required: Your Qualifications:" list: - Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field, plus approximately 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of graduate education and experience - Experience conducting human health and performance research, including physiological monitoring and/or kinematic analysis - Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident Then "Desired:" under qualifications? Actually after Required: Your Qualifications: there is Desired: Master’s degree ... etc. That's still qualifications desired. Then "Required: Your Skills:" list: - Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team - Strong organizational skills with the ability to support multiple projects with minimal oversight - Effective written and verbal communication skills, including formal and informal presentations - Proficiency with standard PC and Microsoft Office tools Then "Desired:" under skills: list of many desired skills. Then "What To Expect": "This position is expected to be 100% on site and 100% in person. Occasional travel may be required." Then "At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." paragraph (first occurrence). Then "KBR Benefits KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development. Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits New | KBR Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR" Then repeated "At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." second occurrence (duplicate). Then "Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture..." Actually there is more duplication. We'll keep only one copy of the culture paragraph. Then "KBR is an equal opportunity employer..." EEO statement to remove. Then "R2119168" Job ID to remove. Now we need to structure. Sections: - About the role: include the introductory paragraph(s) about KBR and the role. Could combine the first paragraph and maybe the "What You’ll Do:" intro? Actually "What You’ll Do:" is responsibilities. So About the role could be the paragraph before "What You’ll Do:" that describes the contract and role location. Thus About the role: "On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking an EVA & Environmental Physiology Lab Research Assistant at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX." Maybe also include the earlier fluff about KBR? The first sentence: "Title: Human Performance Research Assistant (Engineer) Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely." That's also about KBR. Could include that as part of About the role. But we need to avoid duplication; it's not duplicated elsewhere. It's okay to include. Thus About the role: combine the fluff and the contract sentence. We'll put in
. - Responsibilities: include the "What You’ll Do:" paragraph and the bullet list under "You Will:". We need to use
- for list. The paragraph before list can be
. Thus:
Responsibilities
In this role, you will support the EVA and Environmental Physiology Lab (EEPL), which focuses on enabling optimal human health, physiology, and performance in preparation for and during Extravehicular Activities (EVA)/spacewalk. You will contribute to engineering and human research efforts that develop, evaluate, and transition space suit health and performance capabilities, as well as new hardware and technologies required to support upcoming missions. Your primary interfaces will span the NASA Human Health and Performance Directorate, human research study teams, human systems engineering, flight and medical operations, crewmembers, and human test subjects.
- Coordinate human research studies and engineering evaluations, including scheduling and integration with study teams and stakeholders
- Support of development and research of vehicle and space suit exploration atmospheres to mitigate decompression sickness
- Support CO₂ exposure evaluation, EVA/spacewalk physiological characterization, and development of computational models
- Implement research activities defined in strategic roadmaps
- Prepare study documentation such as IRB protocols, test plans, TRR packages, and progress reports
- Design and maintain data acquisition systems
- Perform equipment setup, calibration, and monitoring for tests and evaluations
- Monitor human subjects and collect physiological data during research studies and/or operational training, including at analog and field locations
- Perform other duties as assigned
- for any list.
Thus Qualifications section:
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field, plus approximately 5 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of graduate education and experience
- Experience conducting human health and performance research, including physiological monitoring and/or kinematic analysis
- Must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident
Desired:
- Master’s degree in biomedical engineering, physiology, or a related science field
- Experience evaluating hardware such as wearable sensors or other health‑related equipment
- Experience implementing operational studies evaluating human performance and human‑system interactions, especially related to spaceflight
Skills
Required:
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to support multiple projects with minimal oversight
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including formal and informal presentations
- Proficiency with standard PC and Microsoft Office tools
Desired:
- Experience with implementing human subject research
- Ability to critically analyze data and perform statistical analysis
- Experience with spaceflight analogs and/or simulations