Clinical Research Nurse Jobs in Mountain View, CA

INTRODUCTION

As a Human Factors Researcher on the Watches team, you will join a supportive, collaborative, and highly successful UX team that has launched over ten hardware products. In this role, you will ensure physical interactions with wearable devices are effortless and comfortable. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and moderate experiments, assess biometric and ergonomic responses, and analyze tactile, visual, auditory, and haptic stimuli. If you are a quantitative researcher with strong programming skills, a passion for academia, and a drive to build better products together, we want to hear from you. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices and 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Neuroscience, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience with research methods (e.g., usability studies, contextual inquiries, interviews) in an applied research setting.
- Experience with programming languages (e.g., R, Python) and quantitative data analysis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master's degree or PhD in Human Factors, Cognitive Neuroscience, HCI, or related field.
- Experience conducting UX or human factors research on hardware or wearable products, including troubleshooting physical setups.
- Experience publishing scientific research in academic journals or peer-reviewed conferences.
- Experience translating biometric and ergonomic data into actionable design recommendations.

Responsibilities

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand human response to tactile, visual, auditory, and haptic stimuli.
- Assess biometric and ergonomic responses to various wearable devices.
- Moderate experiments and interact directly with experimental participants.
- Visualize experimental results to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Advocate for users by recommending novel hardware solutions based on data-driven research methodologies.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $159000 - $231000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.