Job Details

Client: Meta Reality Labs

Title: Research Associate

Team: Mobile Lab (LA)

Location: 100% On-Site – Television City, LA - 7800 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036

**Training will be on-site at the homebase lab in Pittsburgh, PA for 4-8 weeks, all expenses paid**

Duration: 1 year extending contract

Type: Contract, 40 hours per week

Hours: Monday-Friday (shifts vary + some weekends)

Lab Hours: 7AM – 11PM

Pay Rate: $21-23/hour

Program Overview:

Insight Global @ Meta Reality Labs

This opportunity is to join a research team who is supporting a long-term effort to make person-to-person communication in Virtual Reality indistinguishable from real life.

This team's core function is to collect user data, which in this case is scans of the persons face and body. We capture facial expressions, eye movement, voice, etc.; to then build a virtual model of that person.

From there, A.I. uses cameras embedded in the VR headset to predict their movements based off the data we collected. The result is a hyper realistic model of that person whose expressions (face, mouth, eyes, forehead wrinkles, etc.) change in real time even when they have a headset on.

The team consists of one home lab in Pittsburgh and two mobile labs. These labs also collect user data and help obtain a wider range of demographic data that is pertinent to this research effort.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree

1. Experience with research or following work processes (gathering requirements, capturing notes, documentation). Any clinical experience can work as well.
2. Customer service experience. Ability to get people out of their comfort zone and be someone's friend for a day. This person should enjoy working with people daily.
3. Strong organizational, interpersonal skills, and attention to detail
4. Demonstrated ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
5. Demonstrated ability to remain adaptable and flexible in stressful situations.
6. Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and solve problems.
7. 1+ year of experience with Windows and macOS

Plusses:

Experience with virtual reality systems, cameras and optical systems, lighting systems, and audio systems.

Day-to-Day

The Research Associate will collect face and body data gathered from large-scale capture domes and VR headsets by:

Staging and setting-up equipment for the study, which may include engaging with engineering, external equipment vendors, internal and external safety evaluators, and the research study team to ensure the equipment is set up properly.

Conducting the study, including participant coaching and interaction, operating complex, experimental capture systems, and debriefing with team leadership as necessary

Performing basic troubleshooting of capture systems (hardware and software) and escalate any bugs or issues using internal tools.

Providing research study support, including data collection, tracking of participants, and tracking of equipment and procedures.

Contributing to and/or update existing documentation.

Serving as a participant for studies and being captured in various systems as needed.

Completing project work related to captures such as recording and updating capture scripts.

Attending all required trainings, meetings, and standups

Providing feedback for process improvement areas