Job Description

Position: Research Assistant

Location: On-Site in New York, NY

Duration: 12-Month Contract

Compensation: $30/hr.

Overview:

At Meta Reality Labs, our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are looking for a motivated researcher to join our team, whose mission is to create and apply scientific knowledge about the cognitive system to improve human experiences in the augmented world. We are specifically looking for candidates with experience in supporting human behavioral experiments.

Our team of researchers is identifying cognitively-inspired solutions for human computer interaction. The chosen candidates will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and testing facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Stage, set up, and/or manage equipment and lab spaces to be used for experiments at the data collection center
• Supervise Data Collection which include collection of informed consent, supervising experiment protocols participants, handling of confidential data, and creation of basic reports
• Conduct literature reviews on a wide field of research topics if needed
• Assist with recruiting and scheduling of experiment participants as needed
• Review large volume of data for quality issues and provide feedback when quality improvements are needed

Requirements:

• Holds a bachelor’s degree in the field of psychology, cognitive science, HCI, or related areas
• 1-3 years of experience in related field.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and personal management skills
• High attention to detail
• Experience running behavioral experiments and collecting data
• Understanding the architecture and management of operating systems, visualization software, and networking.