Meta Reality Labs (RL) is building the future of connection within virtual and augmented reality, and this role aims to define, assess, and enhance the form, function, and dynamics of their hardware and software by leveraging expertise in human perception, cognition, and motor control.
Requirements
- PhD in Perceptual/Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Science, Kinesiology, Biomedical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction or a closely related scientific or engineering field
- Demonstrated scientific background in human perception, cognition, or motor control, with experience applying such knowledge in analyzing and interpreting relevant human behaviors associated with novel systems
- 5+ years of experience in experimental design, behavioral analysis, literature review, and proficiency with inferential statistics
- Proven track record of rigorous scientific research, including development of metrics and novel scientific approaches
- Demonstrated experience in understanding humans’ performance and limitations to directly influence product design
- 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.
- Experience evaluating product safety, quality or usability across realistic use contexts.
Responsibilities
- In Reality Labs, the focus areas of UX Research Scientists can vary from health & safety to visual perception to biomechanics & ergonomics. Regardless of the focus area, the primary responsibility is to develop frameworks that clearly define the trade space between user variables and technology variables, and to develop methodologies for investigating novel challenges
- 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
Other
- You must be a data enthusiast, and creatively develop metrics for investigating novel challenges in a variety of areas, including sensors, displays, wearable device form factors, etc.
- You 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.
- Ultimately, your expertise and ingenuity in research must do more than just contribute to knowledge and assessment – you must also be skilled at driving measurable impact on the user experience of our products.
- Demonstrated track record of clear and concise communication, demonstrated experience translating technical concepts to drive understanding and buy-in from audiences, and proven experience of successfully building effective partnerships
- The right candidate will be an effective communicator, interested in understanding people, and curious about the evolving complex relationship between humans’ sensorimotor and cognitive systems and the novel hardware and software technologies in development at RL
