UX Researcher Google Mountain View

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User Experience (UX) Researchers work to answer the most challenging questions in design. In this role, you will reveal what our users need from our products by conducting primary research, exploring the behaviors and motivations of our users, and working with teams of Designers, Product Managers, Engineers and others to develop new features. You’ll inspire change at all stages of product development by delivering exciting oral, written and visual presentations about our findings. Most importantly, your job as a researcher is to help the UX team understand what would make a user’s experiences feel more intuitive, accessible, fun—and even magical.

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Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Only one thing consistently stands in the way between our users and the world's information—hardware. Our Consumer Hardware team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, more powerful, and seamless. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, our Consumer Hardware team is making people's lives better through technology.

Responsibilities
Conduct independent research on multiple aspects of how users experience online search.
Collect and analyze user behavior through server logs, online experiments (A/B testing), benchmark studies, lab studies and surveys.
Work with Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, and Research Managers to prioritize research opportunities in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
Advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written reports and oral presentations.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
BA/BS in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Experimental Psychology, Anthropology, Information Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of work experience in an applied research setting.

Preferred qualifications:
4 years of relevant work experience, including experience integrating user research into product designs and design practices.
Experience with SQL, Python, SPSS and remote usability testing tools, such as Keynote or UserZoom.
Strong understanding of strengths and shortcomings of different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase.
Excellent working knowledge of statistics and the principles of experiment design.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and collaboration skills.

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