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Touch Architect, XR Hardware

Google· XR Hardware / Hardware Engineering
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San Jose, CA, USA$188k - $274kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Staff-level technical leadership role owning capacitive touch and fingerprint sensor subsystems across next-generation XR hardware, bridging hardware engineering and user experience, with a focus on research-backed design, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering scalable touch/biometric performance.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end architecture, specification, and execution of capacitive touch interfaces and fingerprint sensors across multiple product lines. Contribute to the multi-year sensing technology roadmap. Architect and oversee human-subject user studies and biometric trials to validate new touch interfaces, sensor placements, and firmware algorithms.
  • Act as primary technical bridge between Hardware and UX—co-developing interactive prototypes, defining touch and biometric UX metrics, and driving system trade-offs before architecture lock.
  • Lead complex cross-disciplinary debugging across Display, Mechanical, RF, Power, and Firmware teams to resolve noise coupling, mechanical stack-up tolerances, and algorithmic edge cases.
  • Drive IC and module suppliers on custom silicon/sensor development, factory calibration flows, compliance testing, and yield optimization through to mass production.
  • Establish internal best practices for touch/biometric benchmarking and user-experience validation. Mentor junior engineers on capacitive sensing fundamentals/human-centric hardware design.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Physics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience designing, integrating, and shipping capacitive touch and fingerprint sensor subsystems in consumer electronics.
  • 3 years of experience developing sensing/fingerprint sensors and technology.
  • Experience leading capacitive sensing and biometric modules through the full product lifecycle.

Skills

Required:Capacitive touch interfacesFingerprint sensor systemsHardware-UX collaborationCross-disciplinary debugging
Nice to have:User studies / HCI validation

Benefits

  • Learn more about benefits at Google (online link provided in job description)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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