Job Description

Research Assistant IV

Location: Redmond WA

Duration: 1 year contract with possibility of extension.

Start: Targeting May 2024

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, disability + PTO & sick time available

Summary:

At *** Labs Research, our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Our team of researchers is evaluating novel interaction techniques and user interfaces to improve human experiences in the augmented world. We are looking for a motivated Research Assistant to join our team and support the human subject research studies we are conducting. 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. We are specifically looking for candidates with experience in supporting human behavioral experiments.

Responsibilities:

• set up, and/or manage equipment and lab spaces to be used for experiments.
• experiments which include collection of informed consent, running experiment protocols, handling of confidential data, data annotation, and creation of basic reports
• literature reviews on a wide field of research topics.
• with recruiting and scheduling of experiment participants.
• with experimental design, documentation, and provide feedback during design.

Required Characteristics:

• in the field of psychology (e.g. neuroscience), cognitive science (e.g., artificial intelligence), computer science (e.g., human-computer interaction), engineering (e.g., human-factors), or a closely-related research area
• communication, interpersonal and personal management skills
• 1 years of experience working in a research environment involving human subjects.

Desired Characteristics:

• degree (MA, doctoral student)
• analyzing data and/or designing research protocols.
• collecting user interaction data and working with related technical equipment (e.g., inertial sensing with IMUs, optical sensing, EMG)