Job Description

Job Details:

Job Title: Senior UX Researcher

Location: Burlingame, CA/Seattle, WA (Onsite)

Duration: 9 Months Contract

Pay Range: $80-$85/hourly on w2 without benefits.

Summary:

As a UX researcher, you’ll have the opportunity to partner with other researchers and cross-functional stakeholders on projects to make XR more social for our users. Research is paramount to this organization’s success - foundational research is needed to identify the right user needs and people problems to tackle with product/feature solutions and iterative evaluative research with testable prototypes is needed to provide impactful insights to the design and development teams. You are guaranteed to be pushing the boundaries of VR and AR and work with the technology of tomorrow.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with researchers, designers, PMs & engineers to identify, define and deliver meaningful social XR products and features for the Client's platform
• Collaboratively and independently develop and execute research projects
• Lead various research studies throughout all the phases of the research cycle and contextualizing insights for stakeholders
• Work with stakeholders to influence product roadmaps and strategy based on research insights
• Manage research vendors to help augment the work of the research team

Must Have Skills:

• Strong qualitative research skills, especially with conducting in-depth interviews, moderated prototype evaluation, thematic analysis of feedback and generating clear narratives from user feedback.
• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
• Quantitative data analysis and experimental design expertise, as well as the ability to triangulate data from quantitative and qualitative sources
• Experience with storytelling to get traction with various audience
• Experience with autonomy and decision making to balance demands and prioritization

Nice to have Skills:

• Know SPSS or Python or MATLAB
• Any AR/VR or Avatars experience would be excellent
• Someone who can operate without much guidance would be ideal
• Sets clear expectations/ meets deadline. Someone who is an efficient and effective communicator during the process.

Education/Experience:

• BA/BS in a human behaviour related field, such as human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, communication, information science, media studies or computer science
• At least 4 years of UX Research experience working on a shipped product, conducting formative and evaluative research
• Experience with using VR/AR/MR devices and apps is desired but not mandatory.

“U.S. Tech Solutions, Inc. is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status.”

Internal id: 24-16882