Senior UX Designer, Hardware Prototyping

Company: Google Inc.
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Senior UX Designer, Hardware Prototypingcorporate_fare Google place Mountain View, CA, USAApply

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience designing and prototyping augmented or virtual reality products.
• Experience with spatial prototyping tools, like Unity or web-based spatial tools.
• Experience with hardware prototyping platforms like Arduino or ESP-IDF.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
    
  • 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
    
  • Knowledge of industry-standard design tools (e.g., Figma).
  • Ability to take and provide creative direction.
    About the jobAt Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google's Interaction Designers take complex tasks and make them intuitive and easy-to-use for billions of people around the globe. Throughout the design process-from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes-you'll envision how people will experience our products, and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined, and even magical.
    
    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 an Interaction Designer, you'll rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences-from concept to execution. Like all of our UX jobs, you'll collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use.Google works on technologies to enable the next generation of immersive experiences and devices. The team designs, prototypes, and researches the experiences and interactions that set the direction for products that deliver users with approachable and helpful technology.Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 + 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
    • Design and prototype physical and digital experiences in collaboration with UX engineers and ID teams, with a focus on Core UX and emerging input technologies.
    • Partner with cross-functional and cross-product teams to define the product idea, contribute to product strategy, and execute on the aligned plan.
    • Work alongside interaction, visual, industrial, and prototype designers to define product features and overall experience.
    • Solve ambiguous design problems involving both screen-space and geospatial design.
    • Help define interaction design systems and patterns, execute on final designs, and communicate user narratives with reasoning behind design decisions.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. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .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.To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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