Senior Researcher, Research

Lab Summary

Our mission is to empower people to live healthier lives by leveraging our wearables, smartphones, medical devices, AI, and health services. We research, develop, and commercialize innovative digital health products and solutions by bringing together the full capabilities of our team, including product strategy and management, clinical expertise, partnerships, UI/UX design, usability research, clinical research and validation, software development, AI / Gen AI, and regulatory submissions. Millions of Samsung users’ lives around the world have been touched by our products, including the Samsung HeartWise for cardiac rehabilitation and the Samsung ECG Monitor App. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on Digital Health and AI / Gen AI provides exciting technical challenges and rewarding career experience. Join us!

Position Summary

As a Senior Researcher, you will be conducting physiology studies, including organizing and executing human data collections toward the development, verification, and validation of externally and internally developed devices, prototypes, and/or algorithms. In addition to leading clinical studies for the Digital Health Team, candidate will be involved in data management, data analysis, and clinical documentation. You will also author and maintain associated records and documentation for these studies.

Position Responsibilities

• Designs and leads execution of product-critical physiological studies according to good laboratory practice, following applicable health and safety principles and practices
• Provide Support to Clinical Research Organization (CRO) during planning and execution of clinical studies
• Project management and managing vendor relationships
• Reviews and negotiates clinical study budgets
• Develops and trains on junior associates on laboratory best practices and procedures for efficient, cohesive, and high-quality datasets
• Creates and maintains appropriate study and human subject documentation/records
• Authors or oversees SOPs, safety monitoring, and regulatory
• Performs clinical data analysis and provides statistical inferences as needed
• Operates, maintains and trains others on physiological data collection laboratory equipment
• Coach and mentor junior researchers, ECG technicians on planning and execution of studies & annotations
• Work closely with IRB for clinical study planning including Informed Consent, protocols, etc.

Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Preferred in related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 3+ years of clinical data collection and analysis/clinical research experience in industry (e.g., medical device, SaMD, pharma)
• Familiar with IRB study approval, GCP, FDA, and HIPAA requirements
• Experience with statistical software
• Experience with clinical trial documentation, SOPs, and safety monitoring

Special Attributes

• Advanced degree (MD, PhD)
• Worked with clinical studies involving wearables
• Experience with Matlab

Compensation and Benefits

Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The base pay range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the base pay range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well. Base Pay Range: $117,000 - $160,850 USD

Additional Information

Disclosure of Trade Secrets Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process, you must not disclose any trade secrets of a current or previous employer.

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