UX Researcher Job at Sun Technologies in California

Location

Foothill Ranch, California

Duration

Expected 6 months contract with possible extension

Job Description

Pay Range: $28/hr – $32/hr, the pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits:

• Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA
• 401(k)
• Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws

Description:

• UX Research role for physical products not digital. UX Researchers as the primary experience not UX designers.
• Designing products with the end-user in mind. Thinking about how our customers are going to use our products helps us to create a more useful design. There are various methods for establishing what designs people want, including collecting data and ideas from the target user.
• Finding new methods or tools for research
• Help create speed and efficiency for UX team
• Design thinking proficiency
• Human factors proficiency
• You will research brands, culture, products and marketing. You will conduct interviews, surveys and evaluations including field tests to unlock potential opportunities then ensure they meet the user’s needs. Satisfying the end-user is the goal and this requires collaboration and influence. Collaborate with Design teams, Product Strategy, Engineering and Marketing.

Your toolkit should include:

• User journey mapping
• Usability testing
• Profiling/archetype generation/psychology
• Discovery research
• UX/UI principles
• Data visualization

Primary tasks:

• Work closely with cross functional teams to plan research initiatives
• Define research goals
• Define workstream plan and timeline
• Deploying the right research methods
• Collecting data and performing interviews
• Synthesize data
• Storytelling and influencing with your insights

Bonus skills:

• Finding new methods or tools for research
• Help create speed and efficiency for UX team
• Design thinking proficiency
• Human factors proficiency

Specific Skills Needed:

• Top 3-5 mandatory and/or minimum requirements
• Top 3-5 desirable attributes/qualifications

Finding new methods or tools for research – Help create speed and efficiency for UX team – Design thinking proficiency – Human factors proficiency