Per-Diem Optician – Research Study (Temporary)

About the role

XP Health is running a validation study on a new way to measure OC (optical center — the point on a lens aligned with the eye, used to fit glasses correctly) 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

• 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, CA
• Paid 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

We're moving quickly to have someone to start in October

• 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.