Staff UX Researcher (XR Betas & Post-Launch)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff UX Researcher (XR Betas & Post-Launch)

Description

Lead and design comprehensive beta research programs and a long-term insights engine for XR products, spanning external NDA testing, public previews, and live market deployments across the Android XR ecosystem. Orchestrate longitudinal testing at scale by gathering real-world user feedback and synthesizing contextual usage signals into action-oriented learnings for product teams. Triangulate multi-channel data into executive readouts and help establish continuous post-launch sentiment tracking.

Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive beta research programs and an insights engine to drive product improvements, quality measurement, and ongoing post-launch performance tracking

• Define core research questions and longitudinal UX metrics; moderate qualitative field protocols that track the user experience from pre-release testing through long-term ownership

• Lead deep-dive longitudinal studies and in-market explorations

• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., marketing, data science) to coordinate complex research initiatives

• Triangulate multi-channel research data (surveys, qualitative studies, telemetry) into executive readouts for XR leadership, ensuring insights continuously feed the product development cycle

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 8+ years of experience in an applied research setting

• 8+ years of experience in User Experience Research, Product Strategy, or related work in consumer-facing technology

• Experience using both qualitative and quantitative research methods

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Paid time off: 20 days vacation/year (accrues 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years)

• Sick time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle), including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

• Maternity leave: 28–30 weeks (short-term disability + baby bonding)

• Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks

• 13 paid holidays per year