Senior UX Researcher: Trust & Use in Everyday Robots

Fauna Robotics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fauna Robotics in New York hires a senior UX researcher to define how it studies everyday interaction with physical robots. The role owns the research practice across recruiting, protocols, lab and field studies, prototype evaluation, and metrics that tell the team whether the robot is becoming more understandable and welcome.

This is a rare robotics research role where the research object is not only task success.

Qualifications

• Senior UX researcher with full ownership of study design, recruiting, moderation, analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Decide which research questions to pursue and plan studies.
• Run lab, field, prototype, and longitudinal studies of embodied robot experiences.
• Define experience metrics across first use, task success, satisfaction and retention.

Skills

Senior UX research

Study design

Recruiting

Moderation

Analysis

Reporting

Ethnography

Job description

Fauna Robotics in New York hires a senior UX researcher to define how it studies everyday interaction with physical robots. The role owns the research practice across recruiting, protocols, lab and field studies, prototype evaluation, and metrics that tell the team whether the robot is becoming more understandable and welcome.

This is a rare robotics research role where the research object is not only task success.