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Duration:12 months contract Job Description: • Client brings together researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of augmented and virtual reality. The Audio Research team is focused on harnessing the power of AR to give audio superpowers to billions of people, forever transforming the way we work, play, and connect. • As a UX Researcher, you’ll be responsible for uncovering the user insights and feedback that guide our early research and advanced development toward experiences that are useful, usable, and desirable. • Strong candidates will demonstrate a rigorous, mixed-methods approach. You will move between in-depth qualitative work that defines a problem space and quantitative work that measures it. • You will work with research scientists as well as multi-disciplinary hardware and software teams to push the boundaries of what is possible in the AR/VR product and research science spaces. • 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 and user experience. Responsibilities: • Lead generative research on user needs for audio on glasses. • Design & conduct quantitative evaluation of audio experience quality, including lab-based studies, listening tests, surveys, and the associated statistical analysis. • Evaluate and iterate on hearing features by understanding how users perceive, interact with, and benefit from augmented audio experiences. • Translate the research insights into actionable, measurable UX recommendations and drive implementation with cross functional partners. • Manage and prioritize research plans through ambiguous and fast-changing conditions, align and efficiently execute critical insights and work with a large group of stakeholders. • Work closely with other UX researchers to help design research plans and specific studies, as well as communicate findings with stakeholders and drive impact of the work. Experience: • 5 years experience conducting applied mixed-methods research on consumer products in industry, or 3 years post-PhD. Skillsets: • Experience designing and analyzing qualitative research, including in-depth interviews and at least one exploratory or longitudinal method. • Proficiency in inferential statistics and experimental design. • Experience conducting perceptual or sensory evaluation research in which the stimulus is a rendered experience. Education: • MS in a field that includes formal training in both experimental design and qualitative inquiry. • Relevant fields include Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Human Factors, Sociology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, or a related field. • PhD preferred. Additional Qualifications: • Experience researching capture, editing, or content creation workflows, including how people decide what is worth keeping and sharing. • Experience with spatial audio perception. • Longitudinal or multi-session research experience. • Experience evaluating early-stage prototypes that do not resemble the intended end product. US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com . US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. AI Statement: By applying, you acknowledge that AI-assisted tools may be used during hiring. #LI-AS140

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Duration:12 months contract
As a UX Researcher, you’ll be responsible for uncovering the user insights and feedback that guide our early research and advanced development toward experiences that are useful, usable, and desirable.
Strong candidates will demonstrate a rigorous, mixed-methods approach. You will move between in-depth qualitative work that defines a problem space and quantitative work that measures it.
You will work with research scientists as well as multi-disciplinary hardware and software teams to push the boundaries of what is possible in the AR/VR product and research science spaces.
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 and user experience.
Lead generative research on user needs for audio on glasses.
Design & conduct quantitative evaluation of audio experience quality, including lab-based studies, listening tests, surveys, and the associated statistical analysis.
Evaluate and iterate on hearing features by understanding how users perceive, interact with, and benefit from augmented audio experiences.
Translate the research insights into actionable, measurable UX recommendations and drive implementation with cross functional partners.
Manage and prioritize research plans through ambiguous and fast-changing conditions, align and efficiently execute critical insights and work with a large group of stakeholders.
Work closely with other UX researchers to help design research plans and specific studies, as well as communicate findings with stakeholders and drive impact of the work.
5 years experience conducting applied mixed-methods research on consumer products in industry, or 3 years post-PhD.
Experience designing and analyzing qualitative research, including in-depth interviews and at least one exploratory or longitudinal method.
Proficiency in inferential statistics and experimental design.
Experience conducting perceptual or sensory evaluation research in which the stimulus is a rendered experience.
MS in a field that includes formal training in both experimental design and qualitative inquiry.
Relevant fields include Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Human Factors, Sociology, Anthropology, Neuroscience, or a related field.
Experience researching capture, editing, or content creation workflows, including how people decide what is worth keeping and sharing.
Experience with spatial audio perception.
Longitudinal or multi-session research experience.
Experience evaluating early-stage prototypes that do not resemble the intended end product.
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .
AI Statement: By applying, you acknowledge that AI-assisted tools may be used during hiring.

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PhD preferred.

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