User Study Researcher/UX Researcher/User Reseacher

We seek User Study Researcher to help in the set-up, execution and analysis of on-going research studies related to the perception of Beats’ audio and accessories.

This person will be responsible for user studies that are medium to larger scale in number of users (e.g. n=50-100) and timelines (e.g. 3-6 weeks). These studies will be used to validate fit parameters during the development process and supplement on-going design research work

Scope

An ideal User Researcher candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Design and inform user study research protocols

• Assist with user study submissions, recruitment and study set-up

• Be present during user studies for moderation and proctoring

• Collect and analyze data during study using a variety of data capture tools

• Visualize data and prepare share-outs

• Share-out data with internal Beats’ Human Factors team

Assumptions

• May be exposed to HW and SW prototypes that are considered ‘Black’

• On-site training will be provided

Requirements

• Expected to be in office 5 days per week with key focus being on running user studies

• Expected to work in office between 9am to 5pm

• Expected to be based in Los Angeles / Culver City

Skills

Education / Work Experience

• Bachelor degree not required, but nice to have

• Minimum 3 years with applied experience conducting in-person human research or other relevant user study / research work

• Prefer experience in industry; technology, consumer goods, etc; preferably with personal electronic hardware or physical consumer goods (vs. software UX)

Hard Skills

• Experience using Apple SW and HW tools

• Experience with survey design tools

• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. JMP)

• Experience using AI tools in research process a nice to have