Contract Optician OpportunityXP Health is running a validation study on a new way to measure OC remotely, comparing it against the current in-person process used for progressive lens orders. Roughly 30 participants will each go through an at-home phase and an in-office phase. XP is hiring 3 contract opticians to work scheduled office days, running parallel stations so participants move through efficiently. Your impact and responsibilities include: Perform "dotting" for each participant: manually mark the precise optical center point by hand on each supplied test lens/frame (no prescription in the lens), which serves as the study's ground-truth measurement Work through ~10 frames per participant (~3 minutes of dotting per frame), staying on pace with the schedule so sessions run on time Run your own station in parallel with the other two opticians (3 stations total) during each office day Coordinate with the on-site research assistant (RA), who checks participants in, stages frames, and keeps the room on schedule Complete CITI training (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative — a standard, short online human-subjects research ethics course) before any participant contact, if not already certified
What we're looking for:- Licensed optician (ABO certified or state-equivalent), with hands-on experience marking optical center / segment height on lenses
- Comfortable following a structured research protocol exactly as written, without improvising technique
- Able to work efficiently and consistently across a full day of back-to-back participant sessions
- Available to work onsite at our San Carlos office full-time (about 9am–5pm) for the whole study
- Available from October through November
Nice to haves: Experience in a research study or supporting a clinical study Details:
Employment type: Temporary, part-time, W-2 hourly (non-exempt)
Pay: $30-36 per hour
Hours: Approx. 9am–5pm, onsite a couple of days a week
Duration: About 4–6 weeks, October through November
Location:
Onsite at XP Health HQ, San Carlos, CAPaid sick leave is provided under California law. This temporary role isn't eligible for company benefits.
Why join us?- Get hands-on experience running a real research study from start to finish
- Work alongside our product, engineering, and optical teams at a growing health tech startup
- Help shape a product used by people across the country. $40B is spent on US vision care every year, and over $17B of it goes to waste.
- Backed by experienced founders and 20+ corporate clients (and growing!)
Our hiring process:
Stage 1 — First screen: A 20-minute call to talk through the role, your availability, and pay.
Stage 2 — Interview Onsite with Team: Meet our team and mark optical center on a few test frames using our study protocol, so we can see your technique firsthand.
We aim to make a decision within a few days of your final interview.
