UX Researcher, Search at Google Mountain View, CA

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Mountain View, CA seeks a User Experience Researcher (UXR) to understand user needs and guide product decisions. You will conduct primary research across methods such as field studies, interviews, diaries, surveys, and usability tests, partnering with product teams to surface opportunities and define new features.

You'll collaborate with UX designers, researchers, writers, program managers, and engineers to craft industry-leading experiences that scale globally, impacting billions of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 4 years of experience in an applied research setting or similar.
• Experience in product research (end-to-end, usability, or generative).
• Master's/PhD in HCI or related field preferred.
• 3 years of experience with senior stakeholders and large orgs.

Responsibilities

• Influence stakeholders to gain support for research-based, user-centric solutions.
• Own project priorities and oversee resource allocation.
• Drive ideas to improve products through research-driven insights.
• Lead teams to define and evaluate product and ecosystem impact.
• Analyze and synthesize user, product, and business needs to guide strategy.

Skills

Applied research

UX research methods

Product research collaboration

Research design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in related field

Job description

UX Researcher, Search job at Google. Mountain View, CA.

Minimum qualifications:

• + Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• + 4 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• + Experience in product research either in an end-to-end, usability, or generative setting.

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 executive 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.
• + Experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, diary studies, surveys, etc.).
• + Experience working with Product teams to extract their research questions and define new product or feature opportunities.

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. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google's businesses.

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 play a critical role in creating useful, usable, and delightful products. 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.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information - any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $129,000-$185,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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Key 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 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 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.

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