• Health Studies Scientist
• Location:
• San Diego, CA
• Schedule:
• Full-Time | Onsite
• Pay:
• $83.18 per hour
• Travel:
• Occasional travel to San Jose may be required
• Position Overview
• We are seeking a
• Health Studies Scientist
• to partner with engineering and product teams to design, pilot, and execute health studies evaluating sensor and algorithm performance.

This role combines scientific study design with hands-on research involving human participants, wearable sensors, clinical reference devices, and data-collection systems. The ideal candidate will have strong research and protocol-development experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively across scientific, engineering, legal, privacy, and operations teams.

• Key Responsibilities
• + Collaborate with engineers to define study hypotheses, endpoints, methodologies, and research protocols. + Develop protocols, Informed Consent Forms (ICFs), SOPs, and other study documentation consistent with
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• and human-subject protections.

+ Lead hands-on study sessions involving human participants, wearable sensors, internal data-logging tools, and third-party clinical reference devices.

+ Conduct pilot and feasibility studies to validate protocols, identify operational challenges, and troubleshoot sensor performance.

+ Coordinate study launches, data collection, monitoring, and closeout activities.

+ Train study personnel on data-collection procedures and data-quality standards.

+ Ensure scientific rigor, data integrity, and accurate documentation throughout study execution.

+ Partner with cross-functional engineering, research, product, legal, privacy, and operations teams to align priorities and deliver study objectives.

+ Analyze and verify collected data and support development of tools and workflows that improve research operations.

• Required Qualifications
• + Bachelor's degree in
• Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Health Sciences, or a related field
• . +
• 3+ years of experience
• in health or clinical research, sensor validation, or human data collection.

+ Demonstrated experience developing research protocols, consent documents, SOPs, and study documentation.

+ Direct experience working with human participants in research or health studies.

+ Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

+ Ability to maintain high standards of scientific validity, participant safety, and data integrity.

• Preferred Qualifications
• + Familiarity with
• FDA regulatory standards, GCP, human factors principles, and project management
• . + Experience operating physiological sensors, wearable devices, and clinical reference equipment. + Experience managing human-participant data collection workflows. + Experience using
• Python or shell scripting
• to verify, validate, or process collected data. + Experience with
• Generative AI tools
• , including LLM-assisted coding, prompt engineering, or AI-enabled productivity and scientific documentation workflows. + Experience working with engineering teams on sensor or algorithm validation.
• Work Environment
• + •Onsite position in San Diego, CA•+ Occasional travel to •San Jose, CA•may be required.

+ Business casual dress.

+ Work involves direct interaction with human study participants, research equipment, and data-collection systems.

• Pay:
• $ 83.18/hour
• Location:
• San Diego, CA
• Work Arrangement:
• Onsite
• Pay Details:
• $83.

18 per hour Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled Military connected talent encouraged to apply To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.adecco.com/en-us/candidate-privacy The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

+ The California Fair Chance Act

+ Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

+ Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

+ San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

• Massachusetts Candidates Only:
• It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.