Principal Product Designer - Ford Motor Company
Hagatna, GU
About the Job
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
Digital Product Design at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and project managers.
We are looking for an exceptionally gifted UI/UX professional who is obsessed with exploring and advancing the latest interactive design trends, hardware capabilities and technologies. In this role, you must be able to envision the big picture while also rolling up your sleeves to perfect the smallest project details. You will create compelling and thoughtful in-vehicle and/or mobile user experiences with a focus on clean and artful design and where it seamlessly integrates with in-vehicle hardware technology.
What you'll do…
+ Leading the design of features and improvements for our products ensuring they align with business objectives and user needs.
+ Using Figma and UX tools to develop vehicle features and compelling user experiences.
+ Taking ownership of independent tracks of design work and manage timelines and deliverables.
+ Developing and iterating on user flows, mock-ups and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas.
+ Applying data driven insights to inform design decisions and measure the impact of design changes.
+ Expressing our brand vision through user interface design for in-vehicle experiences.
+ Executing designs with a keen sensibility to layout, color, typography and interactive behavior.
+ Exhibiting a passion for emerging hardware and software technologies, new interaction models, product design, and excellence in visual design.
+ Collaborating closely with Product Management, Engineering and Feature Teams to ensure a seamless transition from concept to implementation.
+ Employing a systematic approach to solving large, complex design challenges.
+ Presenting creative work early and often to key stakeholders in design reviews.
You'll have…
+ Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and equivalent experience
+ 3+ years of experience leading a team
+ 5+ years' experience working across a triad of designers, engineers and product
+ 2+ years' experience collaborating with Product Requirement Documents (PRD's)
+ Demonstrated experience with end-to-end design work required
+ Proof-points/experience owning work from ideation to delivery. This includes experience working directly with Engineering & Product Management teams to deliver design files, design assets, and documentation required to produce a launch-able product.
+ Proven experience collaborating with Engineering teams to solve development issues through design, monitoring customer feedback and product analytics, and refining design in response to incoming feedback and data.
+ Experience working in Jira, owning tasks that map to delivery stage for engineering
+ Experience with iteratively designing a product in production based on usage and customer feedback
+ High performing prototyping abilities (e.g. Figma, ProtoPie or similar)
Preferred Skills & Qualifications:
+ Exceptional visual design skills
+ Sensitivity to intelligent system interactions
+ Familiarity with Agile methodologies
+ Proficiency in human-centered design approaches, techniques and philosophy
+ Automotive UI/HMI experience is a plus
+ Background in digital product design solutions
+ Excellent concepting, written, oral and visual communication abilities
+ In-depth knowledge of the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
+ Background working through iterative product design cycles
+ Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD
This position is a leadership level 6.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
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Requisition ID : 37288
Digital Product Design at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and project managers.
We are looking for an exceptionally gifted UI/UX professional who is obsessed with exploring and advancing the latest interactive design trends, hardware capabilities and technologies. In this role, you must be able to envision the big picture while also rolling up your sleeves to perfect the smallest project details. You will create compelling and thoughtful in-vehicle and/or mobile user experiences with a focus on clean and artful design and where it seamlessly integrates with in-vehicle hardware technology.
What you'll do…
+ Leading the design of features and improvements for our products ensuring they align with business objectives and user needs.
+ Using Figma and UX tools to develop vehicle features and compelling user experiences.
+ Taking ownership of independent tracks of design work and manage timelines and deliverables.
+ Developing and iterating on user flows, mock-ups and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas.
+ Applying data driven insights to inform design decisions and measure the impact of design changes.
+ Expressing our brand vision through user interface design for in-vehicle experiences.
+ Executing designs with a keen sensibility to layout, color, typography and interactive behavior.
+ Exhibiting a passion for emerging hardware and software technologies, new interaction models, product design, and excellence in visual design.
+ Collaborating closely with Product Management, Engineering and Feature Teams to ensure a seamless transition from concept to implementation.
+ Employing a systematic approach to solving large, complex design challenges.
+ Presenting creative work early and often to key stakeholders in design reviews.
You'll have…
+ Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and equivalent experience
+ 3+ years of experience leading a team
+ 5+ years' experience working across a triad of designers, engineers and product
+ 2+ years' experience collaborating with Product Requirement Documents (PRD's)
+ Demonstrated experience with end-to-end design work required
+ Proof-points/experience owning work from ideation to delivery. This includes experience working directly with Engineering & Product Management teams to deliver design files, design assets, and documentation required to produce a launch-able product.
+ Proven experience collaborating with Engineering teams to solve development issues through design, monitoring customer feedback and product analytics, and refining design in response to incoming feedback and data.
+ Experience working in Jira, owning tasks that map to delivery stage for engineering
+ Experience with iteratively designing a product in production based on usage and customer feedback
+ High performing prototyping abilities (e.g. Figma, ProtoPie or similar)
Preferred Skills & Qualifications:
+ Exceptional visual design skills
+ Sensitivity to intelligent system interactions
+ Familiarity with Agile methodologies
+ Proficiency in human-centered design approaches, techniques and philosophy
+ Automotive UI/HMI experience is a plus
+ Background in digital product design solutions
+ Excellent concepting, written, oral and visual communication abilities
+ In-depth knowledge of the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
+ Background working through iterative product design cycles
+ Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/LL6HTHD
This position is a leadership level 6.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
#LI-Remote #DPDJOB #LI-LS1
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Requisition ID : 37288
Source : Ford Motor Company
