Senior UX Researcher

The role

You will lead end-to-end user research to shape developer tools, operational interfaces, and platform capabilities for industrial robotics. You will partner with product managers, engineers, and industrial designers to create human-machine experiences for robotics developers and factory personnel.

What you will do

• Plan and execute generative and evaluative research studies across factory UI, developer tools, and robotic platform interfaces.
• Translate field observations and technical developer feedback into design recommendations.
• Partner with product and engineering leads to align UX research goals with platform engineering milestones.
• Conduct field work and observational studies on-site in industrial and manufacturing plant environments.
• Flex into product management or program management activities when required.

Required qualifications

• Master's or PhD degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human-Machine Interaction (HMI), Cognitive Science, Psychology, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of user research experience in developer products, complex software platforms, or hardware/robotics interfaces.
• Proven experience operating at a startup-like pace within an enterprise setting.
• Experience leveraging modern AI and agentic tools to streamline research synthesis and workflows.
• Demonstrated expertise in qualitative research methods (ethnography, field studies, usability testing, interviewing).
• Willingness to conduct field research in active industrial, manufacturing, and factory environments (requiring standard PPE and safety protocol compliance).
• Up to 15-20% domestic and international travel.

Nice to have

• Experience conducting user research in industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Experience with complex software engineering interfaces such as SDKs, APIs, or AI-human interactions.
• Familiarity with mixed-methods research, combining qualitative insights with quantitative usage telemetry.
• Strong track record of influencing engineering roadmap decisions through user insights.

Benefits

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About the company

Intrinsic is an AI robotics group at Google aiming to reimagine the potential of industrial robotics. The team works to make industrial robotics intelligent, accessible, and usable for businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers.