Product Research Associate 1

Job Description:

The nature of the work is focused on research and development of products from conception to retail to meet the needs of accounts and consumers. Carries out foundational research in kinesiology and biometrics, which fuels and supports the overall innovation agenda resulting in creating functionally superior creative product. Utilizes biomechanical and physiological equipment to conduct leading- edge experiments to collect data contributing to the research and development of new technologies. Demonstrates a high level of initiative in performing experiments independently. Summarizes data from research. Assists in preparation of reports to present results of independent experiments and findings at department level.

Responsibilities

- Manage day-to-day logistics and support data collection & analysis for sports research programs.

- Interact with researchers, athletes, and other staff to communicate study details, troubleshoot equipment, and provide updates.

- Oversee inventory management of research tools and product.

- Summarize and visualize data from research.

- Assist in the preparation of reports and presentations.

Skills

- Familiarity with biomechanics, performance research, wearable sensors, motion capture, and force plates.

- Experience with data processing, aggregation, analysis, and visualization.

- Working knowledge of programming languages such as Python or Matlab preferred.

- High level of initiative and ability to perform tasks independently.

- Strong organizational and communication skills.

- Exposure to industry research preferred.