Staff Interaction Designer, Devices and Services
Company: Google
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
info_outline X Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified
applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered
for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance
Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: 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 . Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of
experience in product design or UX. Include a portfolio, website,
or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a
viewable link or access instructions). Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer
Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 12
years of experience in interaction design, product design, or UX. 5
years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional
organization. 5 years of experience designing interfaces for
physical devices. 4 years of experience leading design projects.
About the job At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will
follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into
intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From
creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and
prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life
with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our
multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and
Product Management, leveraging user insights to create
industry-leading products. As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply
user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user
experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners
to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative
products. Seed Studio is an innovation group within Google hardware
design working in the intersection of design strategy, advanced
concepts and creative services to grasp and inform the future of
hardware. Help us design, define, and build the future of
human-computer interaction. In this role, you will focus on
ideating and prototyping new form factors and interfaces for
agentic computing. You will be inventive in exploring novel
paradigms that go beyond traditional models. You will partner
closely with visual and motion designers, industrial designers, UX
researchers, engineers, and product leads. You will craft
compelling user journeys that make advanced technology personal,
powerful, and delightful for everyone. As a core contributor, you
will own project outcomes by leading the search for solutions to
open-ended design problems, using storytelling and prototyping to
communicate and validate new ideas. Google's mission is to organize
the world's information and make it universally accessible and
useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI,
Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for
users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and
hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster,
seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture
and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving
interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's
lives better through technology. The US base salary range for this
full-time position is $189,000-$274,000 bonus equity benefits. Our
salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within
the range, individual pay is determined by work location and
additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and
relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about
the specific salary range for your preferred location during the
hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in
US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include
bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities Drive discovery of future opportunities for Google
hardware through the prototyping and validation of new form
factors, interfaces, and interaction models. Solve ambiguous and
complex design problems involving new paradigms for agentic
computing. Work alongside strategists, visual/motion designers and
creative technologists to shape product narratives and define
product features. Partner with cross-functional and cross-product
teams to align on and define product goal and strategy. Own,
deliver and communicate design work with strategic reasoning behind
design decisions.
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