What are the responsibilities and job description for the UX Researcher III - Audio, Consumer Products position at Ursus, Inc.?
JOB TITLE: UX Researcher III - Audio, Consumer Products
LOCATION: Onsite in Seattle, WA
DURATION: 7 month contract
PAY RANGE: $66-77/hour
TOP 3 SKILLS:
Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.
Job Description:
A successful candidate will have breadth and depth of scientific background in human perception and cognition. You should be a data expert, and able to creatively develop metrics for investigating Client challenges in a variety of areas, including sensors, displays, wearable device form factors, etc.
You will demonstrate your ability to break down ambiguous problems and master research methods, including but not limited to, design of experiments, expert review, psychophysics & threshold detection, and relevant comfort research approaches. The right candidate will be an effective communicator, passionate about understanding people, and curious about the evolving complex relationship between humans' sensorimotor and cognitive systems and the Client hardware and software technologies in development at RL.
A successful candidate will prove highly effective at driving insights into actionable product engineering & development outcomes and metrics and collaborate closely with cross functional partners to help shape critical product and technology decisions across the product design and development life cycle.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
LOCATION: Onsite in Seattle, WA
DURATION: 7 month contract
PAY RANGE: $66-77/hour
TOP 3 SKILLS:
- Experience in running experiments and research projects on human subjects within the audio space
- Ability to demonstrate scientific research skills
- Advanced experience in consumer products, specifically wearable products
Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.
Job Description:
A successful candidate will have breadth and depth of scientific background in human perception and cognition. You should be a data expert, and able to creatively develop metrics for investigating Client challenges in a variety of areas, including sensors, displays, wearable device form factors, etc.
You will demonstrate your ability to break down ambiguous problems and master research methods, including but not limited to, design of experiments, expert review, psychophysics & threshold detection, and relevant comfort research approaches. The right candidate will be an effective communicator, passionate about understanding people, and curious about the evolving complex relationship between humans' sensorimotor and cognitive systems and the Client hardware and software technologies in development at RL.
A successful candidate will prove highly effective at driving insights into actionable product engineering & development outcomes and metrics and collaborate closely with cross functional partners to help shape critical product and technology decisions across the product design and development life cycle.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Advanced degree in Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science, Psychoacoustics, Audio Perception, Psychophysics, Industrial Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction or a closely related scientific or engineering field
- Demonstrated scientific background in human multi-sensory perception, cognition, auditory scene analysis and experience applying such knowledge in analyzing and interpreting relevant human behaviors associated with Client systems
- 5 years of experience in experimental design, psychophysics, behavioral analytics, and proficiency with inferential statistics
- Proven track record of rigorous scientific research Demonstrated communication skills as well as proven interpersonal skill
- 2 years of experience in conducting research for Client products headed to market
- Training and experience in Psychoacoustics, Audio perception & cognition or Psychophysics with a focus in auditory scene analysis or related audio perception techniques.
- Experience in research for emerging technologies, AR/VR/MR or wearable technology
- Experience in research across full product life-cycle
- Experience in competing research on visual or auditory perception and consumer products.
Salary : $66 - $77
