Research Product Designer Redmond, WA • AR/VR +1 more • Redmond, WA AR/VR Design & User Experience

Meta; Plum (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 135,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative team at a forward-thinking company dedicated to shaping the future of augmented and virtual reality. As a Research Designer, you'll leverage your expertise in AR/VR to craft engaging user experiences and interactions. Collaborating with a diverse group of researchers and engineers, you'll contribute to groundbreaking projects that push the boundaries of technology. Your work will be pivotal in creating prototypes and conducting user research, ensuring that the next generation of immersive experiences is both user-friendly and technically sound. This role offers access to cutting-edge resources and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the evolving landscape of XR technology.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with AR and VR.
• Experience designing in cross-functional environments.
• Portfolio showcasing interaction and visual design.

Responsibilities

• Design compelling interactions for AR/VR experiences.
• Contribute to strategic decisions with internal teams.
• Create proof-of-concept demos and prototypes.

Skills

AR/VR Design

Human-Centered Design

Communication

Presentation Skills

Interaction Design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design

Degree in Human-Computer Interaction

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Figma

Unity

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

At Reality Labs Research, our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences.We are looking for a skilled and proactive Research Designer to join our team, whose mission is to catalyze research through envisioning, understanding, and making the future of XR interaction tangible. You will have experience designing compelling interactions and experiences for AR/VR, can inform and help validate user value and technical requirements, and can work closely with a team of researchers creating technology to support the future of AR/VR. Your work will be used in technology demos, proof of concept prototypes, and user research studies. More broadly, you will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and testing facilities.

Research Product Designer Responsibilities

Use a human-centered design approach to clarify broad technical requirements in support of delivering a desirable user experience

Design compelling interactions and experiences for AR/VR-driven by user scenarios and use cases

Contribute to strategic decisions, working with the Design, Research Science, and Executive teams

Design end-to-end flows and supporting visuals, and individually contribute to proof-of-concept demos and prototypes for research studies

Clearly articulate design decisions to a vast set of internal stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field

Degree in Design, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

A portfolio featuring examples of interaction, 3D, motion, visual, and prototyping work

4+ years of experience with AR and VR

4+ years of experience designing in cross-functional environments

Communication and presentation experience

Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with Figma, Unity, or Adobe Creative Suite

Experience working within a technology research organization

Experience prototyping emerging technologies with physical computing, haptics, wearables, or machine learning techniques

Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative methods for user research

4+ years of interaction design experience in designing high quality user interfaces

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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.

$135,000/year to $194,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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