Job Description

On-Site in Redmond, WA

12 Month W2 Contract

The Teams 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, people on our team 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 Teams 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 research technician to join our team, whose mission is to drive human-device studies to improve human experience in the augmented world. We are specifically looking for candidates with experience in supporting qualitative or quantitative human experiment data collection. 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

• Conduct experiments which include collection of informed consent, running experiment protocols, handling of confidential data, data annotation, and creation of basic reports

• Run or assist in data analyst for wearability experiments

• Conduct literature reviews on a wide field of research topics

• Assist with recruiting and scheduling of experiment participants

• Help with experimental design and provide feedback during design

Required Characteristics:

• Holds a master’s degree in the field of human centered design and engineering, user centered design, psychology, engineering, cognitive science, HCI, biomedical, human factors, ergonomic, or related areas

• Strong communication, interpersonal and personal management skills

• Experience running human experiments and collecting data

• Stable internet connection for remote work, as needed

Desired Characteristics:

• Advanced degree (HCDE, UCD, ME, EE, HCI, HF, BioMed, doctoral student)

• Experience designing research protocols for both qualitative and quantitative data collection

• • Experience working with sensors, actuators and instrumentation hardware (EMG, pressure sensors, vibrotactors, cameras, etc.)