UX Research Specialist

Location: MI - Dearborn () |
Employment Type: Full Time - 40 hours per week |
Job Level: T3 |
Work Preference: Hybrid |
Job Code: 245991

Job Description:

Job Title:

UX Research Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking an execution-focused UX Research Specialist to support customer research activities, evidence review, research operations, and team workflows. The ideal candidate will bring strong organizational skills, technical curiosity, clear communication, and reliable follow-through while collaborating with senior team members on qualitative and quantitative research activities.

This role is suited for a professional with a foundation in UX research execution who can manage assigned tasks, organize research findings, explore new tools and workflows, and help improve research processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate research activities, including participant recruiting, scheduling, communications, consent, incentives, session preparation, recording, transcription, file organization, and study closeout.
• Review existing research and evidence across tools and repositories, identify relevant information and gaps, and communicate concise findings and implications.
• Support research sessions through preparation, note-taking, observation, probing, tagging, synthesis, and reporting.
• Manage multiple assigned tasks and work streams while communicating priorities, progress, and capacity.
• Organize research insights into reusable guides, templates, checklists, prompts, repository entries, and process improvements.
• Explore, test, and document new tools and workflows, including AI-assisted approaches, while considering output quality and potential risks.
• Communicate progress, next steps, blockers, and questions proactively to support effective collaboration.
• Investigate technical options and workflows involving APIs and Model Context Protocol (MCP), document findings, and connect technical capabilities to team needs.
• Support quantitative research activities, including surveys, structured data organization, and identification of basic patterns.
• Contribute to improving research workflows, knowledge sharing, and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• 2–5 years of UX research experience.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and dependable follow-through.
• Clear, concise, and proactive communication skills.
• Ability to review research evidence and summarize findings into actionable insights.
• Foundation in qualitative research execution, with an interest in developing moderation skills and research judgment.
• Familiarity with quantitative data collection and analysis, including surveys or structured data.
• Willingness and ability to learn research tools and workflows, such as Dovetail, Figma, Miro, Excel, Teams transcripts, survey tools, and research repositories.
• Collaborative approach, ownership of assigned responsibilities, and willingness to support both visible and behind-the-scenes work.
• Technical aptitude or an IT, data science, or similar technical background, with an interest in AI integrations and emerging workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with quantitative testing.
• Familiarity with AI integration methods, including APIs and MCP.
• Experience with UX research tools and research repositories.
• Interest in exploring, testing, and documenting new tools and workflows.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid position requiring onsite work four days per week.

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