Principal UX Designer, Infotainment

Rivian

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United States, California, Palo Alto, United States

Posted on: 2022-04-27

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Doing something different is never easy. It requires courage, optimism and grit. Core to our mission is building a team of adventurous individuals determined to make a positive impact on the world. This means challenging ourselves constantly. Stretching beyond the bounds of conventional thinking. Reframing old problems. Seeking new solutions. And operating comfortably in a space of uncertainty. While our backgrounds are diverse, our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Do you like doing the impossible? We’d love to hear from you.

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Rivian is looking for a Principal User Experience (UX) Designer to work with a world class team of UX, UI, HMI, Content, Motion, 3D designers, Design Producers, Researchers and Engineers to deliver exciting connected infotainment solutions that will enable new adventures and experiences for both the driver and passengers. In this design leadership role, you will be responsible for leading the team creating and defining the holistic infotainment user experience across our current and future consumer adventure vehicles.

This role will shape the core infotainment UX across our Driver, Center, & Rear Displays and will focus on core application and interaction designs in the areas of media & entertainment, productivity, climate, profiles & personalization, voice assistant, gaming, and more. You will be shaping the next wave of innovation around these product experience areas, while bringing coherency and unity to the designs that span across the infotainment system. The work spans many forms and exists in many areas including first surface touch areas, applications, driver aid widget, vehicle settings, 3^rd party services, etc. This is about designing end-to-end experiences, not just screens.

Together with a team that values positivity, humility and humor – your designs will push the boundaries for what is possible today. Ideal candidates will have a combination of creative vision, collaboration and communication skills, & technical understanding to complement their creative spirit and interaction expertise. In this role, you will further build on your expertise of interaction & usability patterns, wireframing, visual fidelity & prototyping your designs to effectively communicate the product intent & design nuance to the cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

Lead a cross-discipline infotainment pod team to deliver differentiated in-vehicle infotainment experiences
Directly manage a small team of UX designers within the pod and provide coaching + guidance
Craft intuitive and unique user experiences around a wide array of core infotainment features (media & entertainment, productivity, climate, profiles & personalization, voice assistant, gaming, and more)
Design multi-modal experiences (audio, visual, touch, haptics) that span the system that are designed for drivers and passengers to easily perform their actions safely and effectively while creating muscle memory and repeatablility
Generate design storyboards, user journeys, sketches & concepts, user flows, wireframes, micro-interactions & prototypes
Create detailed design documentation of your feature work for implementation
Collaborate with system engineers to define vehicle driving behavior and how it relates to the driver experience
Input into future electronics and hard controls requirements.
Partner with user researchers to gather consumer data, validate concepts, test prototypes & apply findings into you designs
Work closely with other team members including UI, HMI, Content, Research, UX Producers, Product Managers, Engineers to receive critical feedback and iterate to make the best possible product
Present work to the executive & leadership teams

Qualifications:

8+ years of relevant work experience designing touch, voice, in-vehicle or transportation solutions
Experience with design leadership, creative direction, coaching & mentoring
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science or equivalent
Exceptional problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Ability to analyze and synthesize complex design challenges in order to support an informed, creative process
Ability to zoom out and see the bigger picture, while zooming in to rationalize and perfect the nuanced details
Advanced proficiency in design and prototyping tools, such as Figma and ProtoPie
Bonus points for 3D prototyping skills in After Effects, Blender or similar tools
Comfortable with high paced environments
Willingness to dive into projects with a blank slate & learning/listening mindset
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Able to have a spirited & articulated debate with fellow designers and cross-functional members
An online portfolio showcasing your design work and ethos

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].