AI UX Designer System Lead, XR

AI UX Designer System Lead, XR

Share AI UX Designer System Lead, XR

corporate_fare Google place San Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Share AI UX Designer System Lead, XR

info_outline

XApplicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.

• Experience in consumer-facing product design with AI/ML products.

• A portfolio of work samples showcasing design for AI-powered systems and multimodal interaction (linked in your resume and accessible).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with agentic workflows, synthetic research, and generative UI frameworks for spatial computing.

• Experience designing for wearable form factors and heads-up multimodal orchestration.

• Experience working cross-functionally across organizational boundaries to mitigate technical constraints and prioritize opportunities.

• Storyteller expertise with the ability to articulate complex AI design visions to executive leadership.

• Proven track record of influencing product viability and Return on Investment (ROI) for long-term AI investments.

About the job

In this role, you will lead Gemini’s integration into Google’s XR platform. You will define how intelligent, multimodal assistance manifests on XR devices, serve as a vital UX bridge between XR and DeepMind organizations. You will transform breakthrough AI foundation models into seamless, intuitive experiences that leverage the unique capabilities of XR form factors.

As a part of this role, you will bring together deep systems-level interaction architecture, technical fluency, and design craft. You will drive core Gemini interaction primitives and end-to-end user journeys across the XR platform such as responsive mic and camera behaviors, intelligent cross-device handoffs, polished audio feedback, and natural onboarding experiences that seamlessly unlock the power of next-generation technology.

As a part of this team, the ideal applicant will thrive in complex, ambiguous environments, unify cross-functional teams around a clear UX goal, and are driven to execute and deliver refined, groundbreaking experiences.For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by

breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where

lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.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

• Lead XR AI experiences from ambiguous, early-stage research concepts, to iterative prototyping, platform validation, and production launch.

• Design cohesive mental models and scalable interaction primitives that govern Gemini’s presence across XR hardware.

• Define seamless end-to-end user journeys that span mobile, wearables, and XR devices, and build natural onboarding and user education frameworks that intuitively teach users how to interact with AI in XR contexts.

• Serve as a UX bridge across DeepMind and XR, and unite cross-functional product, research, and engineering stakeholders across organizations around a unified design goal and shared experience principles.

• Build interactive prototypes to pressure-test concepts in collaboration with engineering, and partner deeply within engineering workflows to ensure design fidelity translates into shippable software, upholding impeccable interaction craft through to final launch.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) .

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.

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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.