Senior UX Designer, Pixel Hardware + Innovation

Google•Mountain View, CA

About The Position

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. Do you want to design the most helpful and beautiful smartphone experience? Join the Pixel UX team to bring the best of Google experience and build unique hardware enabled experiences on Pixel devices. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-visibility team in a key strategic area for Google. The Pixel UX team is a close-knit, interdisciplinary group that is responsible for developing Pixel hardware, apps, and experiences that are radically helpful, smart, and reliable. This position in our team provides the opportunity to define innovative UX that bridges the gap between hardware and Android software on the Pixel family of devices. We are looking for a strong hybrid interaction and visual designer who is excited about the future of mobile. If you are up for the challenge, come join our team and help us define the future of Pixel! The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Nice To Haves

Experience designing across multiple platforms, including Android, and multiple form factors including phone or emerging hardware.
Experience crafting mobile interfaces, and designing consumer-focused, app/mobile products, and emerging hardware.
Ability to prioritize and manage workload and meet critical project deadlines.
Ability to have a strategic and critical thinking mindset.
Excellent communication, presentation, people management, and investigative skills.
Excellent interaction, visual, prototyping, systems design, and motion skills.

Responsibilities

Drive all stages of UX design process with the conceptualization, design, prototype and specification of user interfaces for products.
Work closely with Product Managers, Engineering and partner teams to drive a cohesive and delightful user experience for Pixel hardware.
Produce high-quality designs and patterns for mobile phones and tablets.
Guide problem solving with teams to develop new solutions, frameworks, and push and evolve smartphone and tablet experiences further and bring Google magic to the Pixel ecosystem.
Strong collaboration with extensive cross-product area partners including: ID, Android, Nest, Gemini, and other partners.