# Jun Kurihara

> Device interaction designer / Prototyper / Google

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/junkurihara

I am a physical UX designer / prototyper / Industrial designer, with over 15+ years of experience in the emerging technology, consumer electronics and in the medical/life science area. 

My role at Google as a Device interaction designer (Physical UX designer), I work on various technologies to create prototypes with new unique user interactions for future products.   

Currently have over a 15+ patents and a dozen products in the market.  Would be open to new and interesting inquiries. 

Partial portfolio can be viewed at  www.junkurihara.com
Thank you!

## Work Experience
### Device Interaction Designer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Staff Industrial designer @ CreateMe
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr. Industrial designer @ Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara County, California, United States

### Sr. Industrial designer / Physical user experience designer/ Prototyper @ Verb Surgical Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, CA
Led the industrial design, from prototypes to production ready units.
Closely collaborated with R&D, engineering, marketing and surgeons to align expectations and create new, strategic products to market.

### Sr. Industrial designer / UX designer @ Illumina
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on future hardware and software DNA sequencer products.

Collaborated with human factors, engineering, scientists ,and marketing to implement business and user need solutions.  We created iterative pragmatic solutions for users with the end goal of the simplest interaction and zero user error workflow.

### Industrial designer / User experience strategist @ Illumina
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led the industrial design and created simple, error free workflows on current instruments.
This included user testing, managing vendors and consultants to meet aggressive deadlines.
Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business objectives and user needs.

### Industrial Designer - emerging technologies @ Panasonic Silicon Valley Lab
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area
Panasonic Silicon Valley Labs (PSVL) was an experimental division that explored emerging technologies.  My main responsibility was to oversee the design & execution of proof of concept prototypes that showcased new user experiences through gesture input sensors, next generation consumer electronic devices and spaces. 

Some works were shown at CES, SIGGRAPH and APEX.  I lead a small design team, collaborated with developers and engineers to create a fluid and seamless experience between hardware and software interaction.  

Projects include: 

• " Smart" automotive cockpit in collaboration with an auto company- 2010
• Gesture input 3d interface tv remote control -  CES 2011
• Eye tracking & gesture input for flight entertainment system -  APEX 2012 EXPO
• 3D Holographic & interactive table - SIGGRAPH 2012
• Elderly smartphone- 2013
• Hover touchscreen application -  2013

### Industrial designer @ Atomicchestnut LLC
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in industrial design w/ honors
ArtCenter College of Design

### exchange program
INSEAD

### BS in Biological Sciences
UC Santa Barbara


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/atomicchestnut

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Source: https://flows.cv/junkurihara
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/junkurihara/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-13