UX Researcher

Applied Intuition

Job Location:

Sunnyvale, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 91000 - 141000

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive defense trucking construction mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers as well as the United States military and its allies trust the companys solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale California with offices in Washington D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach Florida; Ann Arbor Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at .

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments.

About the role

We are hiring our first UX Researcher to join our product design team focused on Vehicle OS and invehicle experiences. This is an earlycareer role for someone with a strong academic foundation in HumanComputer Interaction who wants to own the full UX research lifecycle in a fastpaced highly technical environment. You will partner closely with interaction designers product managers and engineers to define problems run user studies and make our complex automotive workflows intuitive and safe.

In this role you will spend time in the field with our customers run evaluative user tests on our UI and synthesize insights that directly shape our roadmap. You will be a key voice of the customer inside the Vehicle OS organization and help us navigate standards safety and usability constraints for production automotive software.

At Applied Intuition you will:

Work with product and design partners to clarify problem statements define research questions and scope research plans for Vehicle OS and invehicle features.
Design and execute user studies endtoend including participant selection protocol design moderation notetaking and synthesis.
Run usability tests on interaction designs and UI flows (both inlab and infield) to validate concepts quickly and inform iteration.
Conduct contextual and field research with automotive customers and end users including observing workflows and capturing qualitative insights.
Translate research findings into clear narratives artifacts and recommendations that influence product decisions and design direction.
Collaborate with designers who are focused on interaction design to ensure research questions are tightly connected to design hypotheses.
Incorporate constraints such as automotive ISO and safety standards into research questions and recommendations in partnership with engineering and compliance stakeholders.
Build lightweight repeatable research practices for the product design team (templates checklists repositories of findings).
Advocate for the customer in discussions about scope prioritization and tradeoffs balancing insight quality with speed.
Continuously refine your toolkit of qualitative and quantitative methods to match the pace and needs of our teams.

Were looking for someone who has:

A masters degree in HumanComputer Interaction Human Factors Cognitive Psychology or a related field.
4 years of industry experience in UX research interaction design or a closely related discipline (internships and coops count).
Experience planning and running user research studies (e.g. usability testing interviews concept tests) endtoend.
Strong interaction design literacy and a genuine interest in complex user workflows even if you are not the primary UI owner.
Excellent listening and notetaking skills with the ability to capture and organize qualitative insights clearly.
Comfort working in a fastpaced ambiguous environment where speed and iteration are critical.
Strong communication skills including the ability to present findings and advocate for user needs to crossfunctional partners.

Nice to have:

Experience working on automotive mobility or other highly regulated or safetycritical products.
Familiarity with automotive UI patterns invehicle HMI or infotainment systems.
Exposure to ISO or other relevant safety/usability standards in transportation or hardwarecentric products.
Experience collaborating with academic or external research partners.
Prior work conducting field research or ethnographic studies with professional users.

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary equity and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units comprehensive health dental vision life and disability insurance coverage 401(k) retirement benefits with employer match learning and wellness stipends and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment. Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position and the actual base salary offered will depend on factors including experience credentials education skill requirements interview performance and scope of the position.

For pay transparency purposes the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $91000 - $141000 USD annually.

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently the parties agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a) 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that as applicable they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471 Appendix A to Subpart A) relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

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About Applied IntuitionApplied Intuition Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the auto...