Job Description

Facebook'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, people at Facebook 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.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated UX Research Scientist to join our team, whose mission is to solve the XR interaction problem by uncovering user insights and measuring the experience utility of the technologies we build. We are specifically looking for a candidate with experience in wearable interaction research, and who can work with a team of researchers doing a wide spectrum of UX and perception science work on AR and VR interactions. More broadly, the chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers, engineers, interaction designers, product managers as their cross-functional partner, and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and research facilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute UX-focused research informs the wearable hardware experiences as well as user interactions with such hardware to set the direction of AR/MR/VR interactions and strategies
• Work with research scientists, designers, engineers and PMs to identify research questions that can yield actionable insights for and shifts research directions of the team
• Develop standardized UX metrics and research processes as appropriate for various projects and research programs across the broader organization
• Communicate research insights with appropriate teams and cross-functional partners by proactively identifying opportunities to share, using various communication channels
• Work with research leads to develop strategies to inform and evaluate the XR interaction technology development from the UX perspectives
  

Minimum Qualification

• PhD in Psychology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors or a related field or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in conducting UX-focused research on consumer technology hardware and software interactions in an industry setting
• 6+ years of experience in developing and applying a wide variety of research methods to uncover insights from human behaviors, communications, or other aspects of human interactions with consumer technology
• 4+ years of experience in owning the full end-to-end research process of planning, recruiting, executing/facilitating, analyzing, and reporting the insights
• 4+ years of experience in working in a cross-functional work environment collaborating closely with designers, engineers, product managers or other interdisciplinary partners
  
  

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in planning and executing UX research for a wrist-worn wearable product from conception to shipping
• Experience in conducting and advocating for UX research in a Research & Development environment
• Experience in conducting UX research for transferring research-grade technology to product in an industry setting
• Familiarity with VR, MR, AR platforms as UX research environments
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.