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Research Associate - eXtended Reality (XR) Division

www.designinteractive.net

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Posted:
November 7, 2018
Location:
Orlando, Florida
Salary:
Depends on Experience
Type:
Full Time - Experienced

Perform functions to identify, develop, and track proposals to fund project activities. Support DI's mission of providing engineering services and consulting in human-system integration (HSI), usability engineering, training systems design and evaluation, serious games, and next generation HSI research. This is not a remote position.

  • Plan, with guidance, and conduct human factors research and end user evaluations of XR systems/product concepts, analyze data and document evaluation methods; create tables, charts, figures, etc. for accessibility and preparation of manuscript publications.
  • Plan, with guidance, and conduct needs analysis, task analysis, focus groups, competitive usability analyses, cognitive walkthroughs and other research. 
  • Lead execution of experimental procedures, ensuring smooth progression of participants through progressive stages of a study and efficiently resolve issues inhibiting day-to-day operations of the study.
  • Manage projects, including deep understanding of all stakeholder needs, working with Project Management Office to develop and manage schedule and budget and ensure all deliverables are completed within these constraints, and guide project team in executing a vision that meets all stakeholder needs.  
  • Lead knowledge elicitation sessions with subject matter experts.
  • Research literature related to specific XR projects or proposals, and integrate findings into conceptual design and refinement of XR solutions.
  • Assist in preparing technical and progress reports, summaries and quantitative analyses of assigned research projects. 
  • Contribute to and/or lead the development of bid proposals.
  • Contribute to writing manuscripts for publication 
  • Acquire an understanding of the evolving field of Human Factors, including critical topic areas (e.g., perceptual skills, decision making, situational awareness, neurophysiology, cognitive modeling, leadership, critical thinking, culture, emotion, trust, multimodal interaction, team performance, usability, etc.), methodologies, and tools, to support DI's XR Application Science framework
  • Translate user needs into use cases, conceptual designs, and detailed requirements specifications, working iteratively with UI/UX designers and software engineers to ensure that requirements are properly represented and appropriately reflect the conceptual design. 

  • Masters or Ph.D in Human Factors, HCI, Industrial Engineering, Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, or Experimental Psychology or related field
  • Minimum 2 years experience conducting in human factors research and development, cognitive task analysis, and gathering user-centered requirements from observational data
  • Strong knowledge of visual perception principles and demonstrable application ability
  • Requires strong experimental design, statistical analysis, and data visualization skills
  • Requires solid understanding of computational modeling techniques, psychophysical testing, and neuroimaging research with respect to human visual perception specifically, and multisensory perception in general
  • Requires solid understanding of human factors techniques, such as customer needs identification, human performance assessment, knowledge acquisition, user/workplace profiles, task analysis, scenario development, user centered design and evaluation, system engineering, system requirements engineering, designing and conducting usability tests, among others
  • Requires solid understanding of the theories, principles, and data associated with human performance capabilities and limitations (perceptual, cognitive, motor and neural) and instructional design.  Ability to apply this knowledge to the design, requirements definition, and evaluation of interactive systems
  • Requires ability to use appropriate human factors techniques to work with end users to determine end user behavior, preferences, and usage models, and integrate these into requirements specification and design documents
  • Requires proficiency in Windows and Microsoft Office including, but not limited to word processing, spreadsheet design and maintenance, and creating presentations
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to express ideas clearly and logically
  • Good interpersonal skills, including ability to adapt and work effectively in a variety of configurations - independently, as a member of a team, and in a matrix-reporting environment
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and show personal initiative
  • Good planning and organizational skills

**You need to able to obtain or maintain a United States Security Clearance, with the understanding that the primary requirement is US Citizenship.

About www.designinteractive.net
Our vision is to create human centered, metrics driven solutions, incorporating the latest in behavioral, physiological, and neuro-physiological techniques to optimize the performance of our clients’ employees and their consumers’ experience.Our goal is to be first to market with data modeling and human performance diagnostic techniques that provide a competitive edge for you when integrated into human capital management, custom training and UI/UX solutions we create for you.Niche providers of game based cognitive aptitude assessments to support our clients' hiring practices, helping them select the right employees and manage their energy, thereby improving retention.Visionaries in using the latest technology and data modeling techniques in our training solutions to diagnose performance challenges and rapidly transform new hires into experts.Leaders in agile design and development of user centered web, mobile, software and cross platform solutions for enterprise clients, while challenging the status quo in product evaluation and making quantitative emotional evaluation common practice.DI specializes in:- Helping organizations design and innovate to empower people- Best practices an...d design specifications for low cost virtual reality solutions- Adaptive interactive training systems- Wearable and mobile augmented reality ecosystems- Engaging user experience design- Data analytics and human performance modelling
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