Motional is looking for a Principal Product Designer to focus on our autonomous vehicle experience.
In this role, you'll be responsible for managing a team of UX designers in delivering a user-centered experience that will develop a sense of trust with customers and communities in which we're embedded. Our design and development process combines software and hardware-based elements and considerations. Success depends on strong collaboration with industrial designers, user researchers, product managers, engineers, and development/business partners.
Please submit your resume, and any information/materials that would best represent your capabilities, experience and interest in managing teams of designers.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead, manage, and foster the growth & development of 3+ senior designers, providing regular feedback and helping to set individual goals and plans to achieve objectives.
- Manage high level goals and vision, and lead ongoing roadmapping for design as it fits into the larger program and wider organization goals.
- Expect a 70/30 split between management activities and individual design activities.
- Facilitate collaborative team sessions such as project team brainstorming, critiques, and retrospectives.
- Lead the development of deliverables including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, etc.
- Work hand-in-hand with
- User researchers to drive understanding of key user needs, problems, and desires
- Industrial designers on the design of components that require physical interaction
- Product managers to define goals and focus work
- Engineers to implement designs you create, ensuring quality
- Identify and problem-solve when issues arise, shifting timelines and and defining approaches to meet new demands as needed
- Communicate design ideas and solutions effectively to key stakeholders including senior leadership
- Travel occasionally to various operational sites (Las Vegas, LA, etc.), to help facilitate on-the-ground user research and see the product in action (up to 25% travel)
- Define how people interact with the future of autonomous vehicles!
What we're looking for:
- You're passionate about solving hard problems most haven't faced before.
- You're invested in helping other designers grow and perform above expectations as a team as well as individually.
- You think beyond the deliverable at hand, considering how all components of an interconnected system work together.
- You continually look to optimize processes to enable efficient and effective delivery of work
- You're a storyteller, engaging others with delivery, identifying and clearly communicating key messages, and driving actions.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, or similar
- 1-2 years of people management experience
- 8+ years of experience in consumer-focused physical product design and development and/or service design, at scale.
- Strong experience in all stages of the design process, from early strategy and ideation, wireframes and prototypes, to the final implementation of UI design.
- Strong cross-platform design experience, including products with a physical or service component
- Ability to lead major design initiatives with little guidance
- Experience with planning large workstreams, meeting measurable goals and deadlines
- Experience working closely with engineers in shifting across both waterfall and agile development processes [physical-hardware products vs. software-digital products]
- Experience taking feedback from users, stakeholders, and colleagues and iterating on design
- Solid grasp of user interaction principles
- Ability to be flexible and inventive, using non-traditional approaches and techniques to design, given our product space
- Experience with industry standard design tools, such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
Bonus points!
- Extensive knowledge of accessibility, such as work tailored to meet those needs
- Experience with 3d modeling and design [Blender, C4D, Solidworks Alias]
- Experience with Physical>Digital (exhibits, LEDs, physical installations, TVs, AVs)
- Experience with sound design/effects
- Experience with any sort of programming (i.e. JS/CSS, Swift, HTML)
- Experience working in the autonomous vehicle, delivery, or automotive industry
If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above - that's okay! We encourage you to apply if you think this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and that you can deliver the results we need.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.
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Motional is a driverless technology company making self-driving vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
The Motional team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who together are creating a first-of-its-kind technology with the potential to transform the way we move. We're behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's most-established public robotaxi fleet.
As a leader in an emerging industry that has the promise of creating safer, more reliable and accessible transportation for all, it's imperative we have a diverse workforce, create an inclusive culture, and understand the communities we operate in around the world.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is fundamental to Motional's success. That's why we've established a team to ensure DEI is at the forefront of the candidate and employee experience, beginning with the hiring process and continuing throughout your career. We also partner with organizations like the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers to ensure our DEI work is informed by the latest thinking and approaches.
Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
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