UX Researcher, Google Hardware

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a User Experience Researcher to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will collaborate with UX designers, product managers, and engineers to understand user needs and behaviors through various research methodologies. Your insights will directly influence product development and enhance user experiences. This innovative firm fosters a unique community of UX professionals, providing opportunities for mentorship and collaboration. If you are passionate about user-centered design and eager to make a significant impact in a global company, this position offers a fantastic opportunity to grow and thrive in the field of UX research.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in applied research or related fields.
• Experience conducting research on GenAI, Augmented Reality, or Hardware Devices.

Responsibilities

• Influence stakeholders for user-centric solutions.
• Drive product improvements through research insights.
• Lead teams to evaluate product and service impact.

Skills

User Experience Research

Field Studies

Usability Testing

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD in related field

Job description

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
  
• 1 year of experience conducting research on GenAI, Augmented Reality or Hardware Devices.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field.
  
• 3 years of experience working with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
  
• 2 years of experience conducting UX research on products, managing projects, and working in a large, matrixed organization.
  

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." User Experience Researchers (UXRs) make this possible.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the needs, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design.

As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you’ll help your team of UXers, product managers, and engineers understand user needs. You’ll work with stakeholders across functions and levels and have impact at all stages of product development. You’ll explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research such as field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis.

The UXR community at Google is unique and will help you do your best work. You’ll have the opportunity to work with and learn from UXRs across Google through regular meetups, mentor programs, and access to internal research tools.

Cross-Device Innovation (XDI) User Experience Researcher (UXR) is a research team in the Devices and Services product group that brings product concepts to life through research. Through foundational, exploratory, and evaluative research, XDI UXR informs technologies and ideas.

Responsibilities

• Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for research-based, user-centric solutions.
• Own project priorities in alignment with larger product goals, and oversee the allocation of resources within the project.
• Drive ideas to improve products and services through research-driven insights and recommendations.
• Lead teams to define and evaluate product, service, ecosystem impact.
• Own goals and strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.