Pixel Watch Industrial Designer, Devices and Services

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

In this role, you will shape the future by designing products that harness the power of Google to delight and inspire millions of people worldwide. You are a design leader who is passionate about improving people's lives through design and technology. You are proactive, creative, engaged, optimistic, progressive, open-minded and resourceful and you seek inspiration, empowerment, and challenge.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $109000 - $156000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Lead design programs from early concept through production, taking responsibility for creative output, schedule, and maintaining design integrity from start to finish, and keeping design leadership apprised of program status and issues affecting the team.
• Develop presentation deliverables that may include research summaries, sketches, user scenarios, product renderings, and appearance models.
• Represent the design team in meetings and presentations to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with and inspire members of the Product, Engineering, UX/User Experience Researcher (UXR), Product Marketing, and Research teams to execute on project goals.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of industrial design experience.
• Experience in design (e.g., proportions, color form, typography presentation).
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with the design process, including trend research, design strategy, concept development, and manufacturing execution.
• Strong visual sense for proportion, form and details.
• Excellent communication/visualization and storytelling skills.
• Excellent sketching, form development, 2D/3D visualization, CAD modeling, and graphic skills.