Lead UX Designer
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Job Summary
Job Description
Work Arrangement
This role is categorized as on-site. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to HQ Building in Shanghai China full time per week.
The Role
The Senior UX/UI Designer is responsible for defining and developing endtoend user experiences and user interfaces for invehicle and related digital products that are intuitive safe and emotionally compelling for GM brands serving China and global markets. This role leads UX and UI design across the instrument cluster center display HUD steering wheel controls ambient/lighting behaviors and connected experiences from early vision through production execution.
You will work closely with Interior Design UX Research CMF Studio Engineering ADAS/AV Infotainment Product Planning and JV partner SGM SDB teams to translate customer insights brand strategy and technology roadmaps into cohesive cockpit and digital experiences tailored for China. A key responsibility will be working with local partners and the North America software services team to develop software and UX/UI solutions for global production projects aligning global strategy and translating it for the local China software team.
What Youll Do
- Lead UX and UI concept development for assigned programs (advanced and production) from early problem framing and scenario definition through detailed interaction and visual design.
- Translate brand positioning China user insights and regulatory/safety requirements into clear information architecture navigation models and interaction flows.
- Create and review personas user journeys wireframes interactive prototypes and highfidelity UI designs for cluster center stack HUD and auxiliary displays.
- Define and document UX requirements and UI behavior logic including navigation media climate vehicle status ADAS/AV states alerts and personalization.
- Collaborate with Interior Design and CMF to ensure screens lighting and physical controls form a unified humancentered incabin experience.
- Work closely with Studio Engineering software teams and local development partners to ensure UX/UI concepts are feasible performant and robust across hardware platforms and markets.
- Drive UX/UI deliverables and reviews in line with the Design GVDP process including design gates integration checks and validation milestones.
- Prepare and present UX/UI work in design reviews crossfunctional forums and executive sessions clearly articulating rationale tradeoffs and customer impact.
- Define prototype and validation plans (desktop invehicle VR driving simulators and usability tests) and support UX research and clinics; synthesize feedback into iterative design improvements.
- Contribute to and help maintain design systems component libraries and UX/UI guidelines for consistency across nameplates platforms and regions.
- Mentor junior UX/UI and HMI designers providing daytoday feedback craft coaching and best practices on interaction visual design and specification quality.
- Stay current on UX UI HMI and digital product trends in automotive and adjacent industries (mobile consumer electronics gaming) and inject relevant innovations into GM China experiences.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Education (minimum): BA or MA degree in Transportation Automotive or Industrial design or equivalent experience
- Capable of conceptual thinking and cross functional collaborative work
- Desire ability and dedication of total involvement in a holistic design process
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day individually and collectively to drive meaningful change through our words our deeds and our culture. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required where applicable to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more visit How we Hire.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- CSS
- InVision
- Balsamiq
- HTML5
- Information Architecture
- Ux
- Usability
- Wireframing
- UI
- Axure
- Responsive Web Design
- Sketch
About Company
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