Position: Research and Development Intern

Location: Kent, WA
Employment Details:

• Seasonal, $2500/month.
• No additional benefits.
• Start Date: As early as November 1st, 2018 – no later than December 1st, 2018
• End Date: April 1st, 2019, but exceptional applicants may be offered an extension through the summer
• Candidates will be expected to work ~40 hours per week.
• This is NOT a remote position. It is located in Kent, WA. No financial relocation assistance is offered, though Driveline will put you in contact with a number of affordable short-term housing options upon accepting the role, if offered.

Description:
You will spend your time on the floor checking in with athletes, monitoring their movements, answering questions and integrating with the skill-specific and High Performance teams to collect and analyze athlete data.

You’ll work on projects like:

• Preparing athletes for biomechanical assessments via retroreflective marker placement.
• Running assessment reports in our internal tools software and in industry-standard software like Visual3d, Motive:Body, and OpenSIM.
• Collecting and cleaning data for existing and new research projects.
• Filming athletes using our Edgertronic high-speed cameras, editing the videos, and organizing them for easy access by the coaches, athletes, and research team.
• Writing blog posts and creating social media content to document findings.
• Going through your own independent research project of your choice, from study design, to IRB approval, to data collection and analysis, and finally, publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

R&D interns at Driveline Baseball spend their entire week working on internal projects that push the limits of knowledge in the baseball training space. You will be given unparalleled access to technology that few labs in the world have access to, and you will be tasked with an independent project that will eventually be published in a peer-reviewed journal with your name attached and proper credit given (all publication fees are paid for by Driveline Baseball).

You will be given a laptop and standing desk to work at inside the research lab, on the floor, and with our athletes. This isn’t a front office “hidden” position where you crank out data and no one is counting on you – you will be interfacing daily with professional athletes.

This is an opportunity to advance your career and knowledge base while being paid.

A Great Candidate Demonstrates:

• Quantitative skill and experience in major statistical packages, like R-Studio.
• Previous experience with some form of biomechanical analysis software package.
• Open source project work on GitHub or openly published preprints/blogs to review. Driveline wants to know that you have contributed in some way on your own – this internship is very self-driven and is not micromanaged. Driveline needs independent thinkers, workers, and doers who take initiative.
• Previous experience in coaching or playing baseball. Knowledge of the game within the game results in faster on-ramping at Driveline Baseball.
• Excellent verbal communication skills. Deliver the right message at the right time.
• Excellent “feel.” That mix of empathy, common sense and likability that makes people trust you.
• A mindset for growth and learning. What do you want to be better at?
• Always organized.
• Proactively creates solutions to problems. You can’t help but do a little weekend side-project to solve that issue that’s been bugging you.

Requirements:

• Familiarity with Driveline’s mission, previous research, and blog posts.
• Passion for getting it right. “Smart people know how hard it is to know something.”
• Ability to work independently.
• Must be able to stand for 4+ hours straight.
• Must be able to lift 50+ pounds.

What is Not Required:
Any form of college education. Driveline cares about what you’ve done and what you’re passionate about independently, not what class load you’ve taken.

To Apply:
To apply, please fill out this Google Forms Application. Applications are due by 10/20/2018.

Following the end of the internship, candidates will be evaluated on an individual basis for full-time roles or internship extensions.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Driveline is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, creed, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected under local, state, or federal laws. For employees and applicants for employment who have disabilities, Driveline provides reasonable accommodation.