Our client a sports product manufacturing and retail client is looking for Product Research Associate in Beaverton, OR. It is a 3-months contract role.

Position title: Product Research Associate

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 3- months

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in relatable field, Biomechanical, data analysis, Phyton, Excel experience; background in motion capture systems, wearables

Preferred: Strong industry research experience

Job Description:

• The nature of the work is focused on research and development of products from conception to retail to meet the needs of accounts and consumers.
• Carries out foundational research in kinesiology and biometrics, which fuels and supports the overall innovation agenda resulting in creating functionally superior creative product.
• Utilizes biomechanical and physiological equipment to conduct leading- edge experiments to collect data contributing to the research and development of new technologies.
• Demonstrates a high level of initiative in performing experiments independently.
• Summarizes data from research.
• Assists in preparation of reports to present results of independent experiments and findings at department level.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day logistics and support data collection & analysis for sports research programs.
• Interact with researchers, athletes, and other staff to communicate study details, troubleshoot equipment, and provide updates.
• Oversee inventory management of research tools and product.
• Summarize and visualize data from research.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and presentations.

Skills:

• Familiarity with biomechanics, performance research, wearable sensors, motion capture, and force plates.
• Experience with data processing, aggregation, analysis, and visualization.
• Working knowledge of programming languages such as Python or Matlab preferred.
• High level of initiative and ability to perform tasks independently.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Exposure to industry research preferred.