Mixed Methods UX Researcher, AI Innovation and Research
Job Description
Google | Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA. Minimum 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 quantitative and qualitative research methods, including usability testing, log analysis, and surveys. 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 play a critical role in creating useful, usable, and delightful products. You’ll explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research such as field studies, interviews, diary studies, participatory workshops, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. We are the AI and innovation research team within Google’s Platforms and Devices organization. Our mission is to develop and launch AI/ML experiences across high-priority Platforms and Devices initiatives, and accelerate the goal of the universal assistant.
Locations
- Mountain View, California, USA
- San Francisco, California, USA
Salary
151,000 - 222,000 USD / yearly (Negotiable)
Skills Required
- quantitative research methodsintermediate (research)
- qualitative research methodsintermediate (research)
- usability testingintermediate (research)
- log analysisintermediate (research)
- surveysintermediate (research)
- AIbeginner (technology)
- machine learningbeginner (technology)
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (degree)
- applied research setting (experience, 6 years)
- Master's degree or PhD (degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field)
- conducting UX research on products (experience, 5 years)
- managing projects (experience, 3 years)
Responsibilities
- Own goal and strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs.
- Formulate the UX research agenda and roadmap across a portfolio of ambient and agentic AI products and experiences, ensuring alignment with high-level product and organizational strategy.
- Develop and implement scalable frameworks and models to understand user needs, both stated and unstated and their relationship with emerging AI capabilities.
- Design, plan, and execute research studies utilizing a comprehensive mix of qualitative (e.g., interviews, ethnography) and quantitative (e.g., surveys, log analysis, A/B testing) methodologies.
- Conduct advanced analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data to generate clear, actionable insights that inform the creation of useful, usable, and delightful transformative AI experiences.
Benefits
- compensation: Bonus and equity
- health: Comprehensive benefits package
- professional development: Access to internal research tools, meetups, and mentor programs
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Application Instructions
By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.