Senior Technical Design Researcher, Pixel, AI Systems and Hardware
Mountain View, CA, USA$159k - $230kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Senior-level UX research-focused role within Google Pixel AI Systems and Hardware, driving AI-forward research, co-designing across the full AI stack, and prototyping future UX concepts with a focus on user needs and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Employ an AI-forward research approach by embedding agentic workflows and AI tooling into research processes to accelerate execution and ensure scalability.
- Build new UX experiences while co-designing across the full AI stack (e.g., intelligent interfaces, sensing, and compute). Develop and test prototypes that explore technical trade-offs (e.g., cloud vs. on-device inference).
- Explore novel UX opportunities and create physical, testable prototypes for user evaluation.
- Apply first-principles thinking to challenge the status quo and deconstruct challenges to fundamental truths.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in an applied research setting (e.g., product or academic), or similar.
- Experience with research methods (e.g., usability, studies, contextual inquiries, 1:1 interviews, unmoderated research studies).
Skills
Required:Applied research methods (usability studies, interviews, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, logs analysis)Co-design across AI stack (compute, sensing, interfaces)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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