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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience with research design utilizing various methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiry, surveys, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's or PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or a 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.
• Experience conducting research with emerging technologies and devices (e.g., VR headsets, smartphones, wearable devices, etc.).
• Understanding of human physiology, human performance, visual processing, attentional demands, or ergonomics.

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 users 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 users and Google’s business.

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 through primary research methods like field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis.

The UXR community at Google is unique and will support you in doing your best work. You’ll have opportunities to work with and learn from UXRs across Google through regular meetups, mentorship programs, and access to internal research tools.

The Google Augmented Reality team is focused on building the foundations for immersive computing and creating helpful, delightful user experiences. Our goal is to make immersive computing accessible to billions via mobile devices, with scope that continues to grow and evolve.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$185,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Salary ranges are role, level, and location-dependent. Individual pay within the range is influenced by work location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can provide specific salary details for your preferred location during hiring.

Note: The listed compensation reflects the base salary only, excluding bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent research on various aspects of products and experiences.
• Collect and analyze user behavior through lab studies, field visits, ethnography, surveys, benchmark studies, server logs, and online experiments (A/B testing).
• Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, and other UXRs to prioritize research opportunities in a dynamic environment.
• Understand and incorporate complex technical and business requirements into research.
• Advocate for research findings through reports and presentations.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal history, in accordance with legal requirements. For accommodations, please complete our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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