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Retool Inc.

UX Research Manager

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$200 - $250/hr

ABOUT RETOOL Nearly every company in the world runs on custom software for critical operations like ... WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU: We're looking for a Senior UX Researcher to inform our product and ...

Photon

UX Researcher | Onsite

San Francisco, CA

Work closely with creative leads, designers, strategists, and product managers during ideation and ... Research Operations & Best Practices * Maintain research documentation and knowledge repositories.

Photon

UX Researcher | Onsite

San Francisco, CA · On-site

Work closely with creative leads, designers, strategists, and product managers during ideation and ... Research Operations & Best Practices * Maintain research documentation and knowledge repositories.

Esri

Sr. UX Researcher - ArcGIS Apps

Redlands, CA · On-site

Build strong relationships and manage research projects across multiple product teams, acting as a ... Contribute to research operations that improve rigor, efficiency, and scalability including ...

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What is the difference between Manager Ux Research Operations vs Ux Research Specialist?

AspectManager Ux Research OperationsUx Research Specialist
CredentialsBachelor's or Master's in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, or related fields; experience in research operationsBachelor's or Master's in related fields; focus on conducting user research
Work EnvironmentOversees research teams, manages processes, and coordinates resourcesConducts user research, interviews, usability testing, and data analysis
Employer & Industry UsageUsed in tech companies, design agencies, and product teamsCommonly found in UX teams across various industries

The main difference is that the Manager Ux Research Operations oversees research processes and teams, focusing on operational efficiency, while the Ux Research Specialist conducts user research activities directly. The manager role involves strategic planning and resource management, whereas the specialist role emphasizes hands-on research tasks.

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Senior User Experience Researcher

Anduril Industries

Irvine, CA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 4 days ago

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Job description

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Air Defense team builds autonomous robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, we provide critical force protection capabilities to support the service member operators. As an Air Defense UX researcher you will help provide the rapidly responsive and growing product team with critical user insights that guide tactical and strategic direction to the overall Air Defense portfolio. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • With rigorous data and user insights, contribute to the direction and decision-making for Air Defense product and program strategy.
  • Conduct and lead UX research such as service blueprints, contextual inquiry, in-field rapid ethnography, focus groups, observations, workshops, surveys, and usability testing.
  • Use storytelling to inspire and align partners and key stakeholders.
  • Identify and drive forward ideas and recommendations to improve product(s) based off of actionable research insights.
  • Operationalize ways to consolidate and share research insights, including ways to communicate quickly and efficiently, synthesize insights into research repositories, create workflows to work more powerfully with internal stakeholders.
  • Play an influential role in shaping the end-to-end experiences for critical operator workflows.
  • Help to shape the UX research best practices in Air Defense and share insights, process, and best practice across Anduril, at large.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in the Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5+ years of relevant user research experience working on digital products. Can work through ambiguity and help define research approaches to deliver impact based on actionable insights that prioritize the needs of the user and the business.
  • Research craft: Can expertly design, plan, and execute research studies with clear objectives, goals, and timelines with little or no oversight.
  • Portfolio of work demonstrating research and insights which influenced both tactical and strategic product development work.
  • Strong communication skills in a fast-paced environment; ability to drive conversations with cross-functional partners with user data; helping bring user needs to the forefront while driving empathy through rigorous research findings.
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
  • Expected travel is between 25-30%
  • In this role, you will be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Statistics, or other related area of study.
  • Active Clearance - An active security clearance is helpful, but not required.
  • Group facilitation - Can effectively lead co-creation, planning, and discovery workshops with cross functional stakeholders.
  • Comfortable defining UX research capabilities in a fast-paced start-up environment. Able to draw from a broad toolkit to integrate research into existing and future product roadmaps.
  • Programmatic support - Opinionated about research operations and efforts to increase efficiency and improve decision making.
  • Is a good teammate - Demonstrated proactiveness in helping to shape team culture and mentorship participation.
  • Hardware and/or Human Factors experience- Experience with development and research for hardware and service design; ergonomics and/or support development of military standard systems
  • Quantitative research skills - Experience applying a variety of research methodologies to drive data-driven conversations and decision making including scaled surveys, max-diff, and using various programming language to analyze data.

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As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril delivers cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the warfighter in months, not years.

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Anduril Industries is a trailblazer in the technology industry based in Costa Mesa, CA, US. Founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus VR, the company focuses on developing innovative technology to equip and empower those in the defense sector. Its primary products include cutting-edge autonomous systems and AI software that assist in combating threats to national and global security. The mission of Anduril Industries is to integrate technology and defense by building transformative, scalable solutions that ensure a safer world.

Industry

Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing

Company size

501 - 1,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Year founded

2017

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