Hardware UX Researcher, Meta Reality Labs

4 weeks ago

Seattle, United States Meta Inc Full time

Summary: At Meta Reality Labs, we are inventing the future. We are a team of Engineers, Designers and Researchers creating wearable devices that leverage novel display, sensing, & AI capabilities to provide value and human connection to our users. As a Hardware UX Researcher on the Reality Labs team, you will plan, execute, and evangelize user-focused research that contributes to the strategy, product definition, and design of AR/VR technologies.Hardware UX researchers and human factors specialists are responsible for delivering technical expertise in areas like cognition, perception, biomechanics, and ergonomics, partnering with hardware engineering and industrial design to build best in class devices. The role will be responsible for developing foundational data sets and research-based, durable design principles to influence hardware development today and in the future, as well as conducting studies to directly inform product design and strategy. Strong candidates will demonstrate a rigorous and creative approach to scientific research methods as well as have experience shipping hardware products.Ultimately, your expertise and ingenuity in research must do more than just contribute to knowledge – you must also be skilled at driving measurable positive impact on product and the user experience. Required Skills: Hardware UX Researcher, Meta Reality Labs Responsibilities: Define and establish cognitive, perceptual, and ergonomic insights and frameworks that help us understand tradeoffs & dependencies across business, experience, & technology workstreams Conduct research using a wide variety of qualitative and some quantitative methods to create actionable insights across the product development lifecycle, including human factors evaluation and testing of designs and early prototypes, as well as UX evaluation and testing of more mature prototypes Work closely with partners (hardware engineering, industrial design, product management, privacy & security, and more) to ensure the product team is moving forward with a clear understand of the user problem space Effectively communicate with and present findings to a variety of audiences from product teams to executive leadership Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years’ of relevant experience in user experience, applied research and/or product research and development or a Master’s degree and 5+ years’ relevant experience, or PhD and 2+ year relevant experience Relevant experience within user experience, applied research setting and/or product research and development Interest in and experience executing hands-on, primary research Experience translating research findings into strategic narratives Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in relevant Human Factors and behavioral research areas such as cognitive science, HCI, industrial engineering, biomedical engineering, perceptual psychology, kinematics & biomechanics, or related fields Experience shipping consumer and wearable devices Experience combining qualitative and quantitative user data into cohesive insights Experience with wearable devices and inward/outward facing sensing technologies (e.g., eye-tracking, EMG, SLAM) Experience with experimental methodology, inferential statistics and modeling, kinematics analysis, EMG, EEG, eye-tracking and other approaches to measuring human performance Public Compensation: $138,000/year to $192,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits Industry: Internet Equal Opportunity: Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment 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. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment. Meta 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.

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