The Team

We're looking for a User Experience Researcher Intern to join our science efforts. The goal of CZI’s science initiative is to accelerate the pace of science and to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the century. Our science initiative supports multiple efforts, including Patient-Driven Research, a program to advance therapeutic research in rare disease, and Single Cell, a platform for visualizing biological data at the cellular level.

The Single Cell Biology team works to fund and build the create of healthy RNA tissue databases and builds the tools to help scientists query this resource to accelerate our understanding of human biology at the cell and tissue level.

What You'll Do

• Participate in the design, execution, analysis, and reporting of mixed-methods research studies to understand scientists, their needs, and how we can meet them.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teammates and external partners in shaping the delivery of products that accelerate the pace of science through fostering collaboration and knowledge discovery.
• Collaborate with product teams to generate concepts that address problems faced by biologists.
• Analyze data and convey insights in clear, illustrative ways that help the product team learn about scientific and research processes, inspire product strategy, and encourage design iteration.
• Collaborate on “full-stack” research, including gathering foundational and strategy-guiding insights all the way to very tactical usability research.
• Combine quantitative and qualitative data to determine the success of features during pilots and post-launch.
• Participate in critiques by sharing and receiving constructive feedback.

What You'll Bring

• Pursuing an advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in Human Computer Interaction, Psychology, or any area of human biology.
• The ability to work for 12 consecutive weeks during the Summer 2024.
• A strong desire to learn new things.
• Strongly driven by helping to build user-focused tools to solve important problems.
• An ability to prioritize and communicate effectively and in a compelling way.
• Familiarity with user research methods and knowledge of when to apply the appropriate methods.

The Redwood City, CA pay for this role is: BS $45.68/hr, MS $48.63/hr, PhD $51.49/hr. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process. Pay ranges outside Redwood City are adjusted based on cost of labor in each respective geographical market. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

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