"Research Fellow (HCI Research Lead)"

Job Description

Coordinate and drive research delivery across Immersive Technologies for Heritage Engagement and Preservation projects, with a primary focus on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) evaluation: planning, executing, managing, and analysing user studies across lab and real-world pilot settings, ensuring research rigour, ethics compliance, and actionable insights for iterative prototype improvement, evaluation and publication.

Key Responsibilities

1. HCI Research & User Study Leadership
   • Lead end-to-end design and delivery of user studies
   • Define research questions and develop study protocols
   • Manage study operations
2. Research analysis and evaluation
   • Analyse qualitative and quantitative data (mixed methods) and synthesise findings into clear design/engineering recommendations.
   • Maintain cross-project evaluation and reports
3. Research coordination
   • Coordinate co-design workshops and pilot deployments with grantor and project partners; consolidate requirements and feedback into actionable plans.
   • Support dissemination: academic papers, toolkits, demonstrations, and research reports.

Qualifications

• PhD in HCI, UX Research, Interactive Media, XR, Computer Science, Design Research, or a related field.

Required Experience & Skills

1. Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) & User Studies (Core)
   • Strong foundation in HCI methods and UX evaluation for interactive systems
   • Demonstrated experience to conduct, manage, and analyse user studies
2. Mixed-Methods Data Analysis
   • Ability to triangulate findings across methods and produce clear reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
3. Coordination & Stakeholder Management
   • Proven ability to coordinate multi-stream research work across interdisciplinary teams and external partners
   • Strong communication and documentation skills; able to translate stakeholder needs into measurable study outcomes and development priorities.
4. Open to Fixed Term Contract

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: College of Design and Engineering

Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Employee Referral Eligible: No

Job requisition ID: 32102

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