The position on offer is for a User Studies Exercise Physiologist, and seeks a candidate who will be responsible for creating and conducting studies related to cardiovascular fitness & energy expenditure, including calories burned, metabolic rate, aerobic fitness level p90X3 review measurement/tracking and more. At the very end of the listing, Apple also notes that the right candidate will not only need to gather and research this kind of data, but also apply relevant knowledge to the design of products and their testing/validation through user studies. The new job listing comes hot on the heels of a report earlier this week from 9to5Mac about Apple hiring a sleep research expert away from Philips , and the Jan. 31 report from the website about Apple working on a new dedicated health app called Healthbook for possible inclusion in its next major iOS iteration, iOS 8. 9to5Mac speculates that these, combined with recent reports that top Apple execs are meeting with the FDA, confirm the companys intent to enter the health http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/p90x3-reviews/sbwire-455028.htm and fitness product market, and that an iWatch riddled with biometric sensors could be the first such device to come to market.
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Apple looking to hire experts to help create fitness products
Listed Thursday on Apple’s job site but since taken down, the ad was seeking a “User Studies Exercise Physiologist” to put in 40 hours a week at Apple headquarters in Santa Clara Valley. As quoted below from the ad, Apple is looking for people who not only are knowledgeable about cardiovascular fitness but can put that knowledge toward the design of products. Design and run user studies related to cardiovascular fitness & energy expenditure, including calories burned, metabolic rate, aerobic fitness level measurement/tracking and other key physiological measurements. Candidate will be knowledgeable about the physiological effects being measured and how to avoid potential inaccuracy and experimental error due DOE flaws and/or reference monitor (i.e. metabolic cart, etc.) usage issues.
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