Help bring Amazon services into the vehicle and give customers access to experiences they need while keeping them safe. Our worldclass team of researchers designers and prototypers develop customerobsessed experiences from the broad range of inputs and outputs vehicles offer. What we build in this extreme multimodal environment establishes new design patterns and sets standards for other areas of design. Its a fastpaced fun and rewarding opportunity. This role is partner facing working closely with automakers to integrate Amazon experiences we create into their vehicle HMI. It requires both a critical eye and creativity to define multimodal experiences for the digital cabin.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a designer and collaborator who can:
Leverage automotive experience to create invehicle newtothe world experiences
Build trusted relationships with external and internal teams to raise the bar on driving experiences
Influence automakers to build HMI products that delights our mutual customers
Produce and review user flows wire frames lite prototypes and rigorous user interface specifications that consider voice and visual interactions
Create assets for our design system
Define and write emerging design requirements to be included in published documents
Confidently communicate rationale for design requirements in executivelevel design reviews
Draw on intuition but initiate research and testing efforts as needed
Define emerging requirements that help customers certify their products
Codify designs and requirements into processes and practices
Find ways to launch early while pushing towards a longterm vision
Thrive in a nimble startup like environment
A day in the life
As a Senior UX Designer you lead internal and external facing UX activities for invehicle experiences. You are fluent in vehicle HMI patterns and have experience curating a great UX that leverages screens voice physical controls and haptics. You leverage industry knowledge to ground ideas in whats achievable today while thinking big to help partners get to ambitious ideas for which no patterns exist. You establish collaborative processes with partners and engineers to bring ideas to life and translate designs into partnerfacing CX Requirements. You communicate ideas effectively drive requirements to results and define guidelines that ensure partner success.
About the team
Amazon Smart Vehicles UX is optimized for an internal product development environment and external partner integrations. UX Researchers conduct qual studies to identify and prioritize opportunities. They also conduct quant studies to evaluate or validate ideas. Visual and Voice designers leverage insights to craft multimodal experiences. They contribute to product strategy and requirements. Producers drive the process through iterations to a Minimum Loveable Product (MLP). This role takes the sumtotal of this work and provides creative direction to automakers integrating our products to ensure customer receive a barraising Amazon experience.
8 years of design experience
Have an available online portfolio
Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch Photoshop Illustrator InVision or similar
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Fluent in Japanese
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