Job Description

Job Details:

Job Title: Research Analyst

Location: Redmond, WA

Duration: 12 months contract

Summary:

• Our goal is to explore, innovate and design Client 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

• Run or assist in data analyst for wearability experiments

• 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:

• Holds a bachelor’s degree in the field of psychology, engineering, cognitive science, HCI, biomedical, human factors, ergonomic, or related areas

• Strong communication, interpersonal and personal management skills

• Experience running human experiments and collecting data

Good to Have:

• Advanced degree (ME, EE, HCI, HCDE, HF, BioMed, doctoral student)

• Experience designing research protocols for both qualitative and quantitative data collection

• Experience working with actuator and instrumentation hardware (EMG, pressure sensors, vibrotactors, cameras, etc.)

Education:

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