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Industrial Design Lead, Google Beam

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Compensation
$188–274K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Industrial Design Lead will shape Google Beam’s next-generation 3D communication hardware and spatial experiences. The role spans physical industrial design, spatial architecture, and generative AI workflows, producing functional hardware reference designs, room-scale installations, and multimodal prototypes for internal engineering teams and external manufacturing partners. The lead will collaborate across product functions and mentor designers and researchers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Industrial Design3D CADSurface DevelopmentMaterials and CMFDesign for ManufacturingFactory ToolingPhysical PrototypingAppearance ModelingReference SpecificationsHardware RealizationSpatial ArchitectureEvent DesignInstallation Design3D Motion GraphicsVideo CompositingVFXGenerative AIDigital WorkflowsUnreal EngineUnityReal-Time RenderingCross-Disciplinary DesignMentoring

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Industrial Design or Related6 Years Industrial Design ExperiencePortfolio or Website LinkEnglish Proficiency

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Architecture, Media Arts and Sciences, Product Design, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 6 years of Industrial Design experience shipping mass-produced consumer electronics hardware end-to-end, including 3D CAD surface development, materials/CMF, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), and owning factory-floor tooling.

  • Experience building functional physical prototypes, appearance models, and reference design specifications for Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) or Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partners.

  • A portfolio or website link included in the resume showcasing end-to-end hardware realization and cross-disciplinary design projects.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience thriving in high-ambiguity 0-to-1 AI startups or research labs after establishing foundational mass-production at a tier-1 consumer hardware organization.

  • Demonstrated multidisciplinary portfolio spanning beyond traditional product realization into spatial/interior architecture, event and installation design, 3D motion graphics, and video compositing/VFX.

  • Fluency integrating Generative AI tools and experimental digital workflows into rapid concept exploration, visualization, and prototyping.

About the job

As the Industrial Design Lead on Google Beam, you will operate as a multidisciplinary design leader pioneering the next-generation of lifelike 3D communication hardware and spatial experiences. At the intersection of physical industrial design, spatial architecture, and generative AI workflows, you will define and fabricate functional hardware reference designs, room-scale installations, and multimodal prototypes that guide both internal engineering teams and external OEM/Original Device Manufacturer (ODM) partners.Google Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.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

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Drive end-to-end industrial design from 3D CAD surface development, CMF, and functional appearance models through Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and factory-floor tooling validation for Google Beam reference designs.

  • Design and fabricate cross-scale physical environments, custom furniture, telepresence booth architectures, and high-impact event installations (including major industry activations).

  • Integrate Generative AI tools, 3D motion graphics, real-time rendering engines (Unreal/Unity), and video compositing/VFX into rapid concept exploration, user-testing stimuli, and executive design storytelling.

  • Partner with UX, Product Managers, and Engineering leaders to define priorities and envision the future of remote communication and collaboration.

  • Coach designers and mentor researchers to design products that balance technical feasibility with innovation.

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How this job compares

Set against the 755 open Product Design jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$188–274K/yr
  • California median$185–270K/yr157 salary ranges
  • US median$160–236K/yr533 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $231K, is 4% above the California median midpoint ($222K) — in the middle half of Product Design salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 217 open Product Design jobs in California and 755 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Product Design postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (538 postings).
Education
196 of the 755 open Product Design jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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