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# Senior UX Researcher at Intrinsic

- **Company:** Intrinsic
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/intrinsicrobotics/jobs/6219429004?gh_jid=6219429004

## Job description

Intrinsic is an AI robotics group at Google aiming to reimagine the potential of industrial robotics. Our team believes that advances in AI, perception and simulation will redefine what’s possible for industrial robotics in the near future – with software and data at the core.

Our mission is to make industrial robotics intelligent, accessible, and usable for millions more businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers. We are a dynamic team of engineers, roboticists, designers, and technologists who are passionate about unlocking the creative and economic potential of industrial robotics.

## Role

As a UX Researcher at Intrinsic, you will lead end-to-end user research to shape the developer tools, operational interfaces, and platform capabilities that enable intelligent industrial robotics in manufacturing and factory environments.  Working as part of an embedded product research team inside Intrinsic, you will partner closely with product managers, engineers, and industrial designers to turn complex technical workflows into intuitive, efficient human-machine experiences for robotics developers, system integrators, machine operators, technicians, and plant managers.

How your work moves the mission forward

- Plan and execute generative and evaluative research studies across factory UI, developer tools, and robotic platform interfaces for target users including robotics application developers, system integrators, machine operators, technicians, and plant managers.
- Translate complex field observations and technical developer feedback into clear, actionable 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, including up to 15-20% domestic and international travel.
- Flex into product management or program management activities when required to maintain project momentum and align team execution.

## Skills you will need to be successful

- 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 (such as Alphabet/Google), with the agility to flex into product management or program management support to accelerate roadmap execution.
- Experience leveraging modern AI and agentic tools (e.g., Gemini, NotebookLM, automated synthesis tools) to streamline research synthesis and workflows while maintaining rigorous strategic human oversight.
- 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).

## Skills that will differentiate your candidacy

- 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.

The base salary for this full-time position is between $159,200 - $217,300 (USD) + 15% bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process. At Intrinsic, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment at Intrinsic is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Intrinsic does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because 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), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. It is Intrinsic’s policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at: candidate-support@intrinsic.ai.

## About Intrinsic

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Intrinsic is a software and AI robotics company at Alphabet building an open, AI-integrated platform to make industrial robots radically easier to program, use, and innovate with.
- **Entity Type**: Private subsidiary of Alphabet (parent company: Google LLC)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed as individual founders; the company emerged from X (Alphabet’s moonshot factory) and acquired several robotics startups (Vicarious, Open Source Robotics Corporation, Akasha Imaging) to form its core team.

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Industrial automation, robotics software, AI-driven perception and motion planning
- **Target customers**: Solution builders, system integrators, developers, and businesses in manufacturing, logistics, and other industrial sectors (B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission statement**: “To democratize access to robotics” – making intelligent automation practical, affordable, and productive for millions more businesses and developers.

## Products & Services
- **Intrinsic Flowstate**: An all-in-one developer environment for building production-grade automation solutions. Provides tools for perception, motion planning, and sensor-based control in a composable, low-code environment.
- **Intrinsic OS**: The underlying infrastructure that enables seamless development and deployment across different hardware and software ecosystems, from simulation to real-world robots.
- **Intrinsic Capabilities (modular)**: Standalone AI-powered modules for perception (pose estimation via few-shot learning), motion planning (auto-collision avoidance), and real-time sensor-based control using force/torque/distance data.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private Alphabet subsidiary)
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual Revenue: Estimated $1.5M (LinkedIn data, may reflect early-stage/pre-revenue status) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/intrinsic)
  - Total Funding: $113M (Series A, July 2021) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/intrinsic)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Alphabet (parent company); prior acquisitions include Vicarious (2022), Open Source Robotics Corporation (2022), and Akasha Imaging.
- **Growth Signals**: Employee headcount of 223 (+19.3% YoY); operates in 11 countries with labs/offices in Mountain View, Munich, and Singapore; active job postings (31 roles as of mid-2026); 35,637 LinkedIn followers with 59.7% yearly growth.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Alphabet backing**: Deep resources, talent, and long-term R&D support.
- **Open, interoperable platform**: Focus on reducing “plumbing” work so developers can combine different hardware/software easily.
- **AI-first approach**: Integrates state-of-the-art perception, planning, and control models that are trained with minimal data (e.g., few-shot pose estimation).
- **Top-tier talent pool**: Core team drawn from acquisitions of Vicarious, Open Robotics, and Akasha, plus hires from Google, Stanford, and leading robotics labs.

## Strategic Focus
- **Platform adoption**: Drive adoption of Intrinsic Flowstate among system integrators and OEMs.
- **Ecosystem expansion**: Build a community of solution builders and third-party developers around the Intrinsic OS.
- **Vertical applications**: Enable end-to-end automation solutions for industries like manufacturing, logistics, and assembly through partner collaborations.
- **Continuous AI improvement**: Advance capabilities in grasping, manipulation, and real-time sensor feedback.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Directly contributing to making robotics accessible to millions, with a clear, audacious goal [intrinsic.ai/mission](https://www.intrinsic.ai/mission).
- **Competitive benefits**: As an Alphabet company, offers generous healthcare (medical/dental/vision), parental leave, fertility support, 401(k) with match, student loan reimbursement, equity, and annual performance bonus [intrinsic.ai/careers](https://www.intrinsic.ai/careers).
- **Flexibility and hybrid model**: Hybrid work model balancing in-person collaboration with individual flexibility; paid time off and holidays [intrinsic.ai/careers](https://www.intrinsic.ai/careers).
- **Global, multidisciplinary team**: Offices in Mountain View (USA), Munich (Germany), and Singapore; employees from diverse backgrounds in engineering, research, product, and design [intrinsic.ai/careers](https://www.intrinsic.ai/careers).
- **Autonomy and impact**: Culture of individual autonomy from day one, working on seemingly intractable problems with some of the brightest minds in robotics and AI [intrinsic.ai/careers](https://www.intrinsic.ai/careers).
- **Learning and growth**: Educational reimbursement, donation matching, and time off to volunteer; internship program available [intrinsic.ai/careers](https://www.intrinsic.ai/careers).

## Sources
1. [intrinsic.ai](https://www.intrinsic.ai/) – Company homepage, product overview
2. [intrinsic.ai/careers](https://www.intrinsic.ai/careers) – Careers, benefits, culture, FAQ
3. [intrinsic.ai/mission](https://www.intrinsic.ai/mission) – Mission statement and why Intrinsic exists
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/intrinsic) – LinkedIn company profile (headcount, funding, revenue, growth metrics)
5. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/intrinsicrobotics) – Open job postings and application portal

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