As an organization, Google maintains a portfolio of research projects driven by fundamental research, new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals, while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work. As a Research Scientist, you'll setup large-scale tests and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more.
As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.
In this role, you will develop and lead a health sensing roadmap that provides women with clearer insights into their reproductive health through all life stages. You will play a pivotal role in defining how Google’s hardware products, apps, and third-party integrations can be used to help women navigate different phases of reproductive health to feel and perform their best. This includes driving new research ideas from conception and experimentation through to production.
Fitbit’s wide range of innovative products, including smartwatches, trackers, and a smart scale, help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration, and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Coupled with our leading software and Fitbit Premium, our immersive platform experience delivers personalized experiences, insights, and guidance to support our users’ health and wellness. Fitbit’s mission has always been to help make everyone in the world healthier and now, as part of Google we’ll be able to make health even more accessible to everyone.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Synthesize the state of the art and current market trends to form an aspirational technical vision for women’s health sensing technologies.
- Set a research roadmap that takes into account data acquisition/generation or other dependencies and balances higher-risk exploration with more immediate impact opportunities.
- Develop novel approaches that build on sensor foundation models by collaborating and leading a diverse set of researchers and partners across Google.
- Work closely with a cross-functional team including product, engineering, UX, and clinical experts to translate research outcomes into deployed solutions.
- Publish work in top clinical and machine learning venues, representing Google in the community and advancing the field more broadly.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience with research agendas across multiple teams or projects.
- 3 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
- Experience in one or more of the following: wearable devices, health sensing, or women's reproductive health.
- One of more scientific publication submission(s) for conferences, journals, or public repositories (such as CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in developing consumer device sensing technologies.
- 2 years of experience in coding and leading multiple research efforts and influencing research direction.
- Experience in applying AI to consumer health applications.
- Experience in defining and leading innovative technology roadmaps.
- Experience making scientific contributions (e.g., publications, inventions) in women’s health.