UI/UX Experience Designer

Job description:

To visualize and create automotive interfaces keeping in mind safety, usability and market trends of visual, haptic, and auditory interfaces.

Candidate must have skills in researching, designing, and implementing all user experiences when interacting with a vehicle. In addition, they are to consult with users to better understand their needs and goals, conduct usability testing, create wireframes and product prototypes, and conduct competitor and user analyses.

Work directly/interact with the Industrial Design teams, Electrical & Electronics engineering team, external vendors, Vehicle Validation team, and develop vehicle interfaces which meet performance, safety, and usability criteria.

A Day in the life:

• Understand the company, its vision/mission, products in offering, target users, users' expectations, competitor offerings, technology and IPR available, and their trends
• Understand product specifications and user psychology
• Conduct concept and usability testing and gather feedback from users
• Create personas through user research and data
• Define the right interaction model and evaluate its success through user testing
• Visualize and create attractive graphical and other UI designs and animations
• Consolidate the feedback and share the final input to external stakeholders

Academic Qualification & Experience:

• Diploma/Degree in UX Design
• 2 years in UX Design (Automotive Industry is a plus)

Technical Skills/Knowledge:

• Familiarity with interaction design and information architecture
• Proficiency in change documentation/version tracking
• Proficient in design software (e.g. Illustrator, Adobe XD, Figma, After Effects or equivalent for motion graphics, Blender or equivalent for 3D asset creation and animation) and UI evaluation tools
• Knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Python and a 3D engine like Unreal is a plus
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Analytical mind with business acumen
• Excellent communication skills

Behavioural Skills:

• Strong team-building capability
• Willingness to share experience
• Keen on new ideas and technologies
• Dynamic and proactive work approach