Staff Interaction Designer, Google Beam

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid vacation

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking an experienced Interaction Designer to join the Beam team. You will transform complex tasks into intuitive, immersive 3D experiences for billions of users, shaping the product from concept to execution.

You'll collaborate with engineering, product management, and research to evolve the Google design language, exploring AI-assisted workflows and generative AI futures for spatial communication. This role offers high-impact work across multiple US locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience in spatial UI ergonomics, lighting, texture, and materials within 3D environments.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Define and galvanize the long‑term user experience strategy for the Beam platform, driving alignment among cross‑functional leaders in Engineering, Product, and Research.
• Partner closely with User Research to evaluate usability and delight of call experiences and design high‑fidelity simulated experiences.
• Manage highly ambiguous design problems, including spatial design and depth-based hierarchy within a 3D environment.
• Lead cross‑functional UX alignment with partner design and engineering teams; facilitate workshops and establish interaction patterns.

Skills

8+ years UX

Spatial UI ergonomics

3D environments

Cross-functional collaboration

Generative AI tools

3D design software

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Generative AI tools

3D design software

Job description

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.

Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience in spatial UI ergonomics, lighting, texture, and materials within 3D environments.
• 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, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in product design or UX.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 4 years of experience leading design projects.
• 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
• Understanding of Artificial Intelligence to accelerate and expand design workflows, utilize Generative AI for creative concepting, asset generation, and rapid aesthetic exploration to expand the boundaries of the possible in a 3D context.

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. The Google Beam UX team works on cutting-edge technologies to enable the next generation of immersive experiences and platforms. We design, prototype, and research the experiences and interactions that set the direction for Google's emerging products in 3D video calling; experiences that deliver on a promise to provide our users with lovable, approachable, and truly helpful technology. In this role, you will help craft a multi-year product goal and design detailed, ship-ready experiences that align cross-functional stakeholders in a cohesive, collaborative way. You will solve highly ambiguous spatial and system interaction challenges, establishing robust design quality processes, and leading design alignment with key partners. You will apply your passion for craft to bridge UX exploration and engineering execution, pioneer interactive prototyping workflows, leveraging AI tools, and define generative AI futures for 3D communication. Google Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the‑art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast‑paced product‑oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.

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

• Define and galvanize the long‑term user experience strategy for the Beam platform, driving alignment among cross‑functional leaders in Engineering, Product, and Research. Ensure the design goal remains the central pillar of product development.
• Partner closely with User Research to evaluate the emotional resonance, usability, and delight of call experiences. Enable sophisticated user studies by designing and setting up high‑fidelity simulated experiences, allowing researchers to gather deep signal on product direction through controlled environmental settings.
• Manage and resolve highly ambiguous design problems, including spatial design, depth‑based hierarchy, and the unique constraints of spatial layouts within a 3D environment, while prioritizing and optimizing for connection and presence.
• Lead cross‑functional UX alignment with strategic partner design and engineering teams. Facilitate design workshops and establish foundational interaction patterns to ensure platform unity and consistent user experiences.

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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .