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Senior UX Researcher, Hardware XR

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San Jose, CA, USA$159k - $230kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

UX Researcher role within Google's XR team focusing on human-centered research for AR/VR hardware, with mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and impact across product development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scope research initiatives across multiple XR products.
  • Work with designers, product managers, and engineers in a fluid, iterative environment.
  • Design and implement experiments to evaluate the hardware and human performance of XR devices.
  • Support Human Factors-oriented programs for scaling collection of key user-signals, KPIs, etc.
  • Advocate research findings to stakeholders and leadership through written reports and oral presentations.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
  • 1 year of experience conducting research on GenAI, Augmented Reality or Hardware Devices.
  • Experience with research methods (e.g., usability, studies, contextual inquiries, 1:1 interviews, unmoderated research studies).

Skills

Required:Research methods (usability, studies, contextual inquiries, 1:1 interviews, unmoderated studies)GenAI, Augmented Reality or Hardware Devices researchLeadership and communication

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Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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