Manage daily lab operations, including equipment setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Prepare labs for experimental sessions, ensuring protocols, hardware, and software are ready.
Coordinate study logistics: scheduling participants, managing consent forms, and maintaining study documentation.
Moderate in-lab vision science studies, following established research protocols.
Ensure participant safety, comfort, and data integrity during studies.
Maintain organized records of study sessions, datasets, and lab inventories.
Provide hands-on support to vision scientists during experiment design, setup, and execution.
Assist in piloting experiments, debugging experimental flows, and identifying usability or technical issues.
Collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and designers to translate research needs into practical implementations.
Support data collection workflows and coordinate handoff of data to researchers for analysis.
Build rapid prototypes to support vision science experiments and demos, using tools such as Lens Studio, Unity, or similar real-time/AR platforms.
Maintain and document prototype codebases for reuse and iteration.
Act as a liaison between research, engineering, and creative teams.

Requirements

Earned Bachelor’s Degree (MA/PHD preferred) in a related field such as vision science, perception psychology, cognitive psychology, psychophysics, computer science, human-computer interaction.
Experience with programming for VR/AR using applications like Lens Studio or Unity;
Experience with object-oriented programming
Experience running experimental studies.
Experience with experiment development packages, such as Psychtoolbox or PsychoPy.
Experience with image processing software, such as Matlab or Python.
Experience with data analysis and statistical software, such as JMP, R, Matlab, or Python.

Benefits

paid parental leave
comprehensive medical coverage
emotional and mental health support programs
compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

programming for VR/ARobject-oriented programmingexperiment developmentimage processingdata analysisstatistical softwareexperimental protocolsprototype developmentdebuggingdata collection

Soft Skills

collaborationorganizationcommunicationparticipant managementproblem-solvingattention to detailsupportmoderationliaisonsafety management

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreeMAPhD