Research Coordinator

Sleeping Duck was founded in 2014 by engineers Winston Wijeyeratne and Selvam Sinnappan and is now one of Australia's fastest growing startups - and that's particularly unique because we design our own concept products entirely in house.

Ground-breaking, engineer led, in-house product design. Real sleep science. Transparency. Honesty. Value. And a commitment to passionate, exemplary customer connection, service and support. We are a multi award winning product company that is reinventing the way Australian's improve their sleep quality through better and more accessible high quality bedroom products.

Our team is exceptionally driven. We are led closely by our experienced founders and foster a strong inclusive culture. We are unified in our vision for reinventing the sleep product space to make better sleep accessible for everyone, no matter who you are. It is an exciting place to work because everyone at Sleeping Duck wants to do exceptional things.

We do almost everything in house which gives us a rare sense of unity of purpose in our vision to make better products and experiences for our customers. Our 60+ person team is very passionate, and includes Product Development, Story and Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Technology.

We are growing rapidly with significant expansion plans taking place over the next two years – making it a very exciting time for a Research Coordinator to join the team and be part of this journey.

Research and Development @ Sleeping Duck

Sleeping Duck innovates, designs and manufactures bespoke products at a high volume, not just sticking a label on someone else's work. We're on a mission to push the boundary in what's possible in an otherwise traditional industry.

Research and Development as a team explores the future of Sleeping Duck - what new products, concepts and areas the business will venture into.

What's the role all about?

This brand new position has been created to research existing scientific literature and organise internal product testing to deliver practical insights for the Product and Design team as related to the design vision and brief.

• Full time position
• 12 month fixed-term with the possibility of extension and/or permanency
• A mix of WFH and from our amazing HQ in Prahran

Your main focus areas will be:

• Coordinating feasibility studies and internal testing of concepts or prototypes
• Assessing the outcomes of the testing and their performance
• Gathering insights from a deep study of existing literature
• Managing all practical logistics relating to testing protocols - including subject recruitment, screening, scheduling, test setup, test environment and equipment management.
• Performing quality assurance on all collected data to ensure completeness and accuracy of information
• Delivering outcomes and insights to the team in easy to digest formats

Due to the nature of the testing phases, you will be required to be on call and available including in the evening (5-9pm) and weekends via email/phone to resolve any test subject issues.

• Bachelor's degree or above in Exercise Science or Kinesiology, Human Physiology/Biology, Biomedical Engineering or related field
• 1+ years of human research experience, running studies themselves
• Bonus if experience working with wearable devices, medical devices or technology that measures/monitors human physiology.
• Existing knowledge in sleep science, sleep performance and human physiology a bonus
• Able to analyse data but willing to get hands dirty, figure out practical fixes to real world physical problems as they arise
• Superior organisational skills, high attention to detail
• Excellent interpretation of large data sets
• Ability to quickly adapt work as according to the changing needs of the business
• Clear communication skills - able to present to a large group
• Proficient in Google/Microsoft office - excellent in data management - excel/google sheets as a minimum, data coding experience is a bonus (SQL/Python etc)
• Must own a car to visit subjects houses
• Able to lift mattresses to change cover and place things above/underneath, construct heavy beds

• An opportunity to be part of our evolving story and join an innovative and fast growing Melbourne born startup
• The team is really passionate about what they do, they have an open-minded, forward-thinking and inclusive culture
• Amazing employee benefits, wellness days, events, and generous leave entitlements
• To really live the SD life we will gift you a mattress to take home after your successful 6 months probation with generous discounts for family and friends