Staff Driver Safety UX Researcher, Android for Auto
Google· Internet & Cloud Services· Sep 10, 2026 · 2mo ago
San Jose, CA, USA · Kirkland, WA, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA
In office
Full-time
Staff
$178K–$235K est.
8+ years exp
Job description
At 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.
User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.”
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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• Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for research-based, user-centric solutions.
• Define, own, and drive the strategic safety research agenda across the entire Android auto product portfolio, leveraging quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods methodologies.
• Establish and uphold safety frameworks and best practices within the Android auto team, ensuring products meet or exceed industry standards and user expectations for safety.
• Act as the subject-matter expert on driver safety, distraction, and automotive human factors, delivering critical analysis and strategic guidance for product decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience with safety-focused research programs.
• Experience with automotive human factors principles, advanced research methodologies.
Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar.
• Experience with safety-focused research programs.
• Experience with automotive human factors principles, advanced research methodologies.
Preferred qualifications:
• Master's degree or PhD in human-computer interaction, cognitive science, statistics, psychology, anthropology, or a related field.
• 7 years of experience working with executive leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
• 5 years of experience managing projects, and working in a changing organization.
• Experience with safety relevant development processes (e.g., automotive).
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