Onsite Vision Science Lab Manager

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About the role

  • Vision Science Lab Manager supporting Vision Science team and managing lab operations at Snap. Building prototypes and moderating research studies in Boulder or Santa Monica.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Vision Science team by managing day-to-day lab operations
  • Moderate human-subject research studies
  • Build rapid prototypes to enable experimental design, validation, and prototyping
  • 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
  • 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
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of lab processes, tools, and documentation
  • Build rapid prototypes to support vision science experiments and demos, using tools such as Lens Studio, Unity, or similar real-time/AR platforms
  • Implement experimental stimuli, UI flows, and interactive behaviors required for research studies
  • 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 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
  • Experience in object-oriented programming languages, such as Unity or Lens Studio
  • Must be able to work from an office in Boulder or Santa Monica.

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

Job title

Vision Science Lab Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$91,000 - $161,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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