Human Factors Engineer/Researcher
About The Position
At Apple, we create products that enrich lives, with wearables being central to this mission. We believe the best wearables are those that seamlessly blend into everyday life-functional, elegant, and simple. Come join one of the core teams driving this vision forward! We are the Product System Quality team, and we collaborate with designers and researchers to refine prototypes, ensuring a magical fit experience for millions, one ear at a time. The wide diversity of ear shapes and sizes across the world presents a unique and exciting challenge, pushing us to innovate and create solutions that fit everyone. We are seeking a highly skilled Human Factors Engineer/Researcher to apply user-centered design principles to the research, design and development of Apple audio products. In this role, you'll be focused on evaluating comfort, fit, and ergonomic interaction with products. You'll study and observe user interactions and customize quantitative log collection, while also intuitively relating to the user and applying their intuition.This role requires working at the intersection of different fields, on a variety of projects and with multiple partners. Curiosity to delve into new domains, the ability to learn from cross- functional, often highly technical partners and quick thinking are key.
Requirements
- Ability to work exceptionally well in a fast-paced environment and multitask between tasks/projects
- Experience with scripting/programming for data manipulation and research applications (e.g., R, Matlab, Python)
- Expertise in interview techniques related to product use
- Experience with human factors engagement through different stages of the product life cycle, including foundational, formative and evaluative stages
- Experience using AI tools to support research workflows, including study design, analysis, and insights synthesis
Responsibilities
- Recruit study participants
- Create research protocols
- Run user study sessions
- Conduct human factors tasks
- Analyze study results
- Communicate with cross functional partners
- Customize data collection tools, as well as manipulate, analyze and visualize outputs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Industry
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
