User Experience Researcher

Position Title: Hardware UX ResearcherLength of Contract: 6 monthsLocation: Seattle, WARole: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.ResponsibilitiesDefine and establish cognitive, perceptual, and ergonomic insights and frameworks that help us understand tradeoffs & dependencies across business, experience, & technology workstreamsConduct 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 prototypesWork 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 spaceEffectively communicate with and present findings to a variety of audiences from product teams to executive leadershipMinimum QualificationsBachelors degree with 7+ years of relevant experience in user experience, applied research and/or product research and development or a Masters degree and 5+ years relevant experience, or PhD and 2+ year relevant experienceRelevant experience within user experience, applied research setting and/or product research and developmentInterest in and experience executing hands-on, primary researchExperience translating research findings into strategic narrativesPreferred QualificationsDoctor 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 fieldsExperience shipping consumer and wearable devicesExperience combining qualitative and quantitative user data into cohesive insightsExperience 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 performanceComments for Suppliers: Hybrid schedule available - but a large part will be done in person in LabConversation roughly 45 minutes - 2 different VCs (product development vs qual and quant)