User Experience Research Intern, PhD, Summer 2027

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a UX Research intern to join our multidisciplinary team to gather insights into user needs, attitudes, and behaviors that inform product design.

You will design and conduct research using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, collaborating with designers, engineers, and product managers to drive user-centered decisions.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in a relevant field with internship or project experience in research design.
• Experience using usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, and related methods.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct independent research using qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Collaborate with design, engineering, and product teams to inform decisions.
• Communicate research findings clearly and advocate for user-centered insights.
• Collect and analyze user behavior through studies, surveys, and field work.

Skills

Research design

Usability studies

Contextual inquiry

Surveys

Education

PhD in Human Factors or related field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Human Factors, Psychology, Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Information Science, or related field.
• Internship, work, or project experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Currently attending a degree program in the US and available to work full time for 12 weeks outside of university term time.
• In their penultimate academic year or returning to a degree program after completion of the internship.
• Experience integrating user research into product designs and design practices.
• Knowledge of statistics and experimental design.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills.

About the job:

User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers who focus on customer experience. We play an integral part in gathering insights about product user needs, attitudes, and behaviors to inspire and inform design.

Google is and always will be an engineering company. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to address some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, Social to Local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

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

US: $106000 - $141000 (USD) + 0% bonus target

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct independent research using a variety of qualitative research methods, utilizing quantitative methods when necessary.
• Work cross-functionally with design, engineering, and product management to ensure teams makes user-centric, data-driven decisions.
• Ensure effective communication of research findings and advocate findings outside of the project team.
• Collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs and online experiments (A/B testing).