Google

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in a technical, User Experience (UX), or design environment.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of Designers, Researchers, Engineers, Content Strategists, and Product Managers throughout the design process.
• Experience prototyping and developing user experiences across various XR platforms using tools like Unity, OpenXR, and WebXR.
• Experience in physical prototyping, interaction design, and a design process.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in a technical, UX, or design setting, or related field.
• 5 years of experience managing projects.
• Experience in collaborating with User Research to craft usability studies for prototypes.
• Familiarity with ARCore, Jetpack Compose, and Material Design.
• Ability to articulate positions, and advocate for user needs.

About the Job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s UX Engineers are versatile and passionate about taking on new problems to drive progress and vision for design teams. They’re comfortable wearing many hats and get excited about working across discipline lines to develop products and prototypes that bring new ideas to life.

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 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 UX Engineer, you'll work as part of a UX team in a challenging, fast-paced environment. You’ll demonstrate your creativity, analytical skills, and knowledge of user facing technologies to create prototypes that identify the best product experiences, launch innovative features, build tools that accelerate UX teams, bridge between design and engineering discussions, and enable efficient, high quality execution.

We design, prototype, and research the experiences and interactions that set the direction for a new product category.

Design is at the forefront of everything we do. As a User Experience (UX) Engineer on the Google Hardware team, you will define every aspect of an emerging device category with very little precedent in the real world.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $178,000-$265,000 + 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. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Develop and contribute to AR system architecture, interaction model, and UI framework in close collaboration with UX team and cross functional partners.
• Deliver prototyping work as part of a prototype-driven design and discovery process.
• Partner with cross-functional and cross-product teams to define the product goal, contribute to product strategy, and execute on the aligned goal.
• Work alongside interaction, visual, and industrial designers to define product features and overall experience.
• Solve highly ambiguous and design problems involving both screen-space and spatial design.