User Study Intern

About Sandbar

Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to augment individuals so we can each think, act, and move more freely. Our team has built software, machine learning, and hardware products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, and Equinox. Our first product, Stream, is a self extension—a private voice ring and conversational interface. Stream has been featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, & Wired, and begins shipping in Summer '26. Join us in creating technology that extends human thinking.

About the Role

As a part-time user-study coordinator, you will recruit and schedule in-house employees and external participants for 15-30 minute studies. You will collect study outcomes and technical logging information in Google Sheets and perform basic data analysis. This role is ideal for a technical major student or recent graduate.

Responsibilities

• Conduct several 15-30 minute user studies every week
• Run a command line interface script while guiding users to perform gestures on a device
• Record gesture outcomes and collect log files for each user
• Perform basic log file analysis in Google Sheets (e.g., plotting histograms)

This is a part-time position requiring 20 hours per week, with 2 days (16 hours) spent in the office collecting data with users (schedule can be flexible).

Requirements

• Intermediate experience with Google Sheets
• Understanding of command line interface
• Excellent communication skills

Skills

• Google Sheets
• Command line interface
• Experience working on Mac is a plus
• Experience with calendars is a plus

Schedule

Minimum 2 days in the office per week; flexible based on project load.

Pay

$40–$80/hour

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• Company-sponsored 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Early-stage equity