Job Description

Research Assistant

Within our client's VR team, their goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. They are looking for a motivated researcher to join this team, whose mission is to create and apply scientific knowledge about the cognitive system to improve human experiences in the augmented world. They are specifically looking for candidates with experience in supporting human behavioral experiments. This team of researchers is identifying cognitively-inspired solutions for human computer interaction. 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.

Location: Redmond, WA

Benefits Available: Health, Dental and Vision + Accrued PTO

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

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in psychology, cognitive science, HCI, or related area
• Strong communication, interpersonal and personal management skills
• At least 1 year of academic or internship experience running behavioral experiments and collecting data
• Ability to work well remotely (part of the time)

Preferred:

• Advanced degree (MA, or a current doctoral student)
• Experience analyzing data and/or designing research protocols
• Experience with specialty equipment, such as EEG, fMRI, fNIRS, EMG