What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Qualitative & Quantitative Researcher position at netPolarity, Inc. (Saicon Consultants, Inc.)?
Duration: 12 months Contract - w2 only
Location: 100% Remote, must be local to Seattle, WA. Might have to go into office on rare situation
Description
This role is for Senior Mixed-Methods Researcher to help inform and influence AIML-powered technology and user experiences. An ideal candidate is experienced in conducting human-centered research and analysis with mixed methods, is able to work autonomously and collaboratively, and has experience working with cross-functional teams.
In this role you will:
• Work closely with engineers, PMs, designers, and data scientists to align on research goals, develop appropriate study designs, and complete in-person and remote user studies.
• Extract insights about usability, user experience, and user sentiment from qualitative and quantitative data, and recommend improvements.
• Work autonomously and mentor other researchers to support the goals of the research organization.
Minimum Qualifications:
• 4 years of experience in human-centered research: designing and conducting user studies, analyzing study data, and sharing results (reports, presentations, etc.)
• Comfortable analyzing qualitative and quantitative data
• Able to produce meaningful visualizations and reports of the data, and effectively present results to different audiences and across multiple media formats
• Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with minimal direction, Organized, highly attentive to detail, and manages time well
Preferred Qualifications:
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in human factors, human-computer interaction, social or behavioral science, data analytics, or any engineering or computer science field
• Proficiency with qualitative research methods (e.g. interviews, thematic analysis, observational research, etc.)
• Proficiency in any data analysis and visualization software, and/or programming languages for data analysis (e.g. Matlab, JMP, SPSS, Python, R, Tableau, etc.)
• Experience using spreadsheet and presentation software (e.g. Excel, Keynote, Adobe Illustrator, etc.)
• Solid understanding of statistics
• Prior research experience on artificial intelligence or machine learning
• Prior research experience on improving personalized user experiences
