UI/UX - UX Researcher IV

Evolve Esolutions - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

About the position

The UI/UX - UX Researcher IV role focuses on delivering technical expertise in human factors and UX research to influence hardware development. The position requires a strong background in cognitive, perceptual, and ergonomic insights, and involves conducting research to inform product design and strategy. The researcher will collaborate with various teams to ensure a comprehensive understanding of user needs and effectively communicate findings to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and establish cognitive, perceptual, and ergonomic insights and frameworks to understand tradeoffs across business, experience, and technology workstreams.
• Conduct research using qualitative and some quantitative methods to create actionable insights throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Evaluate human factors and test designs and prototypes, including UX evaluation of mature prototypes.
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineering, industrial design, product management, and other partners to clarify user problem spaces.
• Communicate and present research findings to diverse audiences, including product teams and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience in user experience, applied research, or product research and development; or a Master's degree with 5+ years; or a PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in user experience and applied research settings.
• Hands-on experience executing primary research.
• Ability to translate research findings into strategic narratives.

Nice-to-haves

• Ph.D. in Human Factors or related fields such as cognitive science, HCI, industrial engineering, or perceptual psychology.
• Experience shipping consumer and wearable devices.
• Ability to combine qualitative and quantitative user data into cohesive insights.
• Familiarity with wearable devices and sensing technologies like eye-tracking and EMG.
• Experience with experimental methodology and inferential statistics.