Job Title: Research Fellow (HCI Research Lead)
University-Level Unit: College of Design and Engineering
Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Employee Category: Research Staff
Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus
Posting Start Date: 16/03/2026
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- HumanComputer 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
- Mixed-Methods Data Analysis
- Ability to triangulate findings across methods and produce clear reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- 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.
- 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
