UX Research Scientist, Audio

At Meta’s Reality Labs Research, our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes MR, VR, and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world. We bring together field-leading research scientists, engineers, proto-typers, and designers to solve the hardest problems in augmented and virtual reality and AI wearables.

The Audio Research Team is focused on harnessing the power of AR and AI to build the future of human connection, from AR sound experiences indistinguishable from reality to augmented hearing and communication. We are looking for an experienced mixed-methods UX Research Scientist to shape Augmented Reality and AI audio experiences for the next generation of wearable computing devices. This scientist will develop new research methodologies in undefined problem spaces, apply research skills in consumer technology, uncover user insights and use feedback to guide innovative solutions to difficult problems. As a UX Research Scientist at Reality Labs Research, you’ll also work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team to build new experiences incorporating machine learning, multimodal interaction, signal processing, acoustics, hearing science and auditory perception. Come join a team of scientists and engineers eager to develop state-of-the-art methods to approach novel problems.UX Research Scientist, Audio Responsibilities

• Plan and execute UX-focused scientific research to shape audio-centric experiences and their user interactions, guiding the direction of new AR and AI audio technology research and products, and evaluating how those solutions meet the needs of future users.
• Work with research scientists, designers, proto-typers, engineers and product managers to identify research questions that can yield actionable insights and shift research and development directions of the team.
• Develop novel UX metrics and research methods for field-leading technical and scientific research programs.
• Drive prototype design to ensure high-quality execution of qualitative research methods, demographic sampling, and study communication.
• Communicate research insights with teams and cross-functional partners by proactively identifying opportunities to share and influence, using a diverse set of communication channels.
• Work with research leads to develop strategies to inform and evaluate new AR and AI audio technology development from a UX perspective.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• PhD degree or equivalent experience in Psychology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in conducting UX-focused research on consumer technology hardware and software interactions in an industry setting.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative user-centered research methods (e.g., experimental design, inferential statistics, experience sampling method analysis, MaxDiff, etc.).
• Experience in owning the full end-to-end research process of planning, recruiting, executing/facilitating, analyzing, and reporting the insights.
• Experience in working in a cross-functional work environment collaborating closely with designers, engineers, product managers or other interdisciplinary partners.
• Experience with rigorous scientific research, including development of metrics for psychophysical and empirical behavioral measurements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience planning and executing UX research for a consumer audio product from conception to shipping.
• Experience conducting and advocating for UX research science in an early-state research environment.
• Experience conducting UX research science for transfer of research technology to product development in an industry setting.
• Familiarity with AR, MR, and LLMs platforms as UX research science.
• Highly curious, adaptable, tenacious, and resilient.

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
US$147,000/year to US$208,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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