Research Assistant

Employer

Job Description

Duration: 12 months

Pay Rate: $18-25


ABOUT THIS FEATURED OPPORTUNITY

Our client's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, our people are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we're just getting started.


At our client's 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.


THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU

* 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


KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

* Holds a bachelor’s degree in the field of psychology, cognitive science, HCI, or related areas

* Strong communication, interpersonal and personal management skills

* High attention to detail

* Experience running behavioral experiments and collecting data


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BENEFITS

  • Company sponsored Health, Dental and Vision coverage
  • 15 days of accrued PTO per year

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

  • Advantis Global is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit, qualifications and abilities. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, political affiliation, union membership, marital or registered domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law (“Protected Characteristic”). Additionally, Advantis Global is committed to promoting pay equity and prohibits harassment of any employee on the basis of any Protected Characteristic.
  • Advantis Global is a progressive and open-minded collective. If you’re smart, optimistic and care about being awesome at what you do, come as you are! We welcome you with open arms.
  • This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.


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