Job Description

Research Assistant

Location: Redmond, WA

Contract Length: 12 months

Pay Rate: Competitive

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

• 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 bachelor’s degree in the field of psychology, engineering, cognitive science, HCI, biomedical, or related areas

• Strong communication, interpersonal and personal management skills

• Experience running human experiments and collecting data

• Stable internet connection for remote work

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience analyzing data and/or designing research protocols

• Experience with specialty equipment, such as EEG, fMRI, fNIRS, EMG

• Experience working with hardware containing sensors and motors, such as wristbands or head mounted displays.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of psychology, engineering, cognitive science, HCI, biomedical, or related areas

• Advanced degree (ME, EE, HCI