At Meta Reality Labs (RL), we are inventing the future. We bring together a team of researchers, developers, & engineers to build the future of connection within virtual and augmented reality. You will be leveraging a background in human perception, cognition, motor control and movement (or related) to define, assess and enhance the form, function and dynamics of our hardware and software.
Requirements
- Experience in human perception, cognition, or motor control, with experience applying such knowledge in analyzing and interpreting relevant human behaviors associated with novel systems
- Experience in experimental design, behavioral analysis, literature review, and proficiency with inferential statistics
- Training and experience in both basic and applied research techniques, such as psychophysical judgment tasks, perception-response time paradigms, eye tracking, body motion tracking, postural stability measures, and human motor control and kinematics analysis
Responsibilities
- Develop ergonomic, perceptual, or psychological research studies by utilizing appropriate methods, which may include experimental design
- critical literature reviews
- psychophysical and attentional paradigms
- motion tracking and kinematics analysis
- behavioral analytics
- and relevant applied research approaches for ergonomics and user safety
- Develop and track subjective and objective metrics for quality of performing fundamental AR/VR tasks across a variety of use contexts, such as inside the home, walking in public spaces, or driving
Other
- In process of obtaining, a PhD in Perceptual/Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science, Kinesiology, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction or a closely related scientific or engineering field
- Clear and concise communicator with demonstrated experience translating technical concepts to drive understanding and buy-in from audiences, and proven experience of successfully building effective partnerships
- Demonstrated experience in understanding humans’ performance and limitations to directly influence product design
- Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
- Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op
