UX Researcher, XR UX Research
Google · San Jose, CA | New York City, NY | San Francisco, CA
About this role
Google is hiring a mid-level Product Designer based in San Jose, CA | New York City, NY | San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Android. Compensation is listed at $159,000–$231,000 per year.
- Role
- Product Designer
- Function
- design
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Jose, CA | New York City, NY | San Francisco, CA
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
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Job description
from Google careersAt Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a User Experience Researcher (UXR), you make this possible. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to gather insights and create industry-leading products.
You’ll play a critical role in helping your team understand user needs and will drive impact at all stages of product development, ensuring products are useful, usable, and helpful. You will explore user behaviors and motivations by conducting primary research, including: field studies, interviews, diary studies, ethnography, surveys, usability testing, and logs analysis. You will also grow within a supportive UXR community offering mentorship, regular meetups, and exclusive internal tools.
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR
team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where
lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.