User Studies Operations Specialist

Summary: At Apple, we strive to achieve surprise and delight for every one of our millions of customers around the world. We are looking for a User Studies Operations Specialist to drive study execution, vendor strategy, and lab operations supporting a multidisciplinary neuroscience research team. In this role, you will partner directly with neuroscientists, researchers, and algorithm engineers to operationalize complex study protocols for multiple investigations in parallel, lead external research vendor engagements, and facilitate high-integrity data collection for cutting-edge technologies. Our ideal candidate combines hands-on human research experience, strong technical proficiency with early stage HW/SW prototypes, and a working understanding of AI and algorithmic evaluation workflows.

Description: As a User Study Operations Specialist, you will bridge study design and operational execution across multiple parallel investigations

Partner with researchers, algorithms teams, and engineers during protocol design to ensure operational feasibility, test hardware and harden processes. Lead end-to-end administration of complex in-person and pilot testing protocols, including overseeing participant recruitment, onboarding, informed consent Work with legal and review boards to seek approval for research investigations Manage end to end research vendor relationships, including initial vendor contacts for large scale external studies through data delivery and QA Act as an active contributor to the research team: participate in study design critiques, review research papers, and optimize testing methodologies. Assist in structuring datasets and annotation/labeling schemes to support algorithm training and benchmark evaluation.

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