AI Interface Specialist, Staff UX Designer, Google Labs

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Mountain View is seeking an experienced Interaction Designer to translate complex tasks into intuitive flows, wireframes, and prototypes, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management to advance the Google design language.

You will lead design across multi-modal and spatial interactions, working with researchers to balance aesthetic craft with rigorous HCI principles and helping define scalable design systems for cutting-edge products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with prototyping tools (Figma, Rive, After Effects, or Cinema 4D).
• Experience designing multi-modal, screen-based, or 3D spatial interactions.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of innovative design solutions for highly ambiguous problems involving multi-modal and spatial interactions.
• Architect scalable platforms and design systems that adhere to core UX standards with configurable experiences.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Research to ship industry-leading product experiences across platforms.
• Establish frameworks for user interactions across varying hardware constraints, balancing aesthetics with HCI principles.
• Influence stakeholders to gain support for design strategies across functions.

Skills

Multi-modal interactions

Spatial interactions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI or related field

Master's degree in Design, HCI, CS or related field

Tools

Figma

Rive

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Rive, After Effects, or Cinema 4D).
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Rive, After Effects, or Cinema 4D).
• Experience designing multi-modal, screen-based, or 3D spatial interactions.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 12 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with bi-directional attention systems, spatial interaction, or exhibition design.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams (e.g., Engineering, Product Management, Research) to ship products across multiple platforms.
• Experience leading design projects and working in complex, highly ambiguous problem spaces.

About The Job

At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products.

As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products.

We are defining a new paradigm where AI interactions feel intuitively human rather than programmatic. You will collaborate closely with researchers to navigate complex interaction frontiers, balancing aesthetic craft with rigorous Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) principles. As an Interaction Designer on the team, you will solve ambiguous problems involving screen-based and spatial interactions, shaping how these intuitive experiences are delivered in a variety of contexts.

Labs is a group focused on incubating early-stage efforts in support of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team exists to help discover and create new ways to advance our core products through exploration and the application of new technologies. We work to build new solutions that have the potential to transform how users interact with Google. Our goal is to drive innovation by developing new Google products and capabilities that deliver significant impact over longer timeframes.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Drive the development of innovative design solutions to solve highly ambiguous problems involving multi-modal and spatial interactions.
• Architect scalable platforms and design systems that adhere to core UX standards while allowing for customizable experiences.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including Engineering and Research, to ship industry-leading product experiences across multiple platforms.
• Establish frameworks for user interactions across varying hardware constraints, balancing aesthetic craft with rigorous HCI principles.
• Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies and navigate the complex interaction frontiers of AI.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law.

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