At Facebook Reality Labs, we are inventing the future. The right candidate will be an effective communicator, passionate about understanding people and curious about the evolving relationship between people and emerging technologies. Candidates will demonstrate their ability to be rigorous in qualitative research methods, including but not limited to concept-testing, usability, interviews, competitor analysis, diary studies, contextual inquiry/observations, and/or ethnography. While strong candidates will have experience shipping consumer software end-to-end (early user needs research to post-ship UX research), we are looking for researchers that have demonstrated capability in driving insights into actionable, measurable product UX goals. You will work with multi-disciplinary software teams to push the boundaries of what is possible in our AR/VR products such as Portal and Oculus. 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 the product and user experience.
- Operationalize qualitative research insights into actionable, measurable UX goals across the development lifecycle
- Drive impact through a range of research approaches and tools, including internal and external literature review, qualitative methods (observation, contextual inquiry, interview) and usability
- Create close partnerships with a variety of research and product stakeholders to ensure a full understanding of the product team needs and priorities
- Engage with product researchers in Facebook Reality Labs and other Facebook teams to ensure strong sharing and collaboration practices across Facebook
- Effectively communicate research findings and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership
- MA/MS in Cognitive/Experimental/Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Human Factors, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of product research experience
- Experience working across the full product lifecycle, from early generative research – to ship – to in-market UX research
- Experience in designing research to answer questions about the user experience
- PhD in Cognitive/Experimental/Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Human Factors, or a related field
- 5+ years of product research experience
- Experience working on emerging technologies, home devices or wearable technology
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