Job Description

Job Title: Human Subjects Research Assistant II

Location: Redmond, WA (Onsite)

Duration: 12 months

Start Date: ASAP – Estimated 10/20/2025

About the Role

• At Reality Labs Research, our team explores and designs novel interfaces and hardware for next-generation virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are seeking a motivated Human Subjects Research Assistant II to support behavioral research studies and experiments that help improve human interaction with augmented systems.
• You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers and gain access to cutting-edge technology, resources, and testing facilities. This role focuses on supporting human behavioral experiments, collecting user interaction data, and assisting in study design and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Stage, set up, and manage equipment and lab spaces for experiments.
• Conduct experiments including obtaining informed consent, following study protocols, handling confidential data, and creating basic reports.
• Assist in recruiting, scheduling, and coordinating participants.
• Conduct literature reviews and assist with research documentation.
• Provide feedback and support during experimental design.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a research environment involving human subjects.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and personal management skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MA, doctoral student) preferred.
• Experience analyzing data or designing research protocols.
• Experience collecting user interaction data using technical equipment (e.g., IMUs, optical sensing, EMG).
• Familiarity with prototype devices and technical systems.

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience conducting human subjects research.
• Strong time management skills.
• Excellent communication abilities.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with prototype devices and technical systems.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science (HCI), Engineering (Human Factors), or a closely-related research field.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Conduct in-lab studies with human subjects.
• Manage daily study schedules and communicate results or issues as needed.

Why This Role Is Interesting

• Opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary team solving novel problems in the XR space.
• Exposure to cutting-edge experimental methods and devices in augmented reality research.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation. "

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