UX Designer - In-Car Experience

1w1 week ago

Waymo

San Francisco, US · Full-time · $196,000 – $248,000

About this role

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver to improve mobility and save lives lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers fully autonomous ride-hail and has driven over 100 million miles on public roads.

Design at Waymo is about the total experience—how the product works, feels, and becomes accessible for everyone. In this hybrid role reporting to a Manager of UX Design, craft the in-car experience by partnering with Creative Lead, PM, Eng, and UXR. Expand system-level entertainment with intuitive lean-back ambient interfaces rivaling smart-TV or infotainment.

Join a highly multidisciplinary team of UX Designers, User Researchers, UX Engineers, Content Designers, Industrial Designers, and more. Dig deep to understand user attitudes, emotions, and behaviors as the foundation for everything created. Build powerful tools for fleet operations and engineers who develop the Waymo Driver.

Execute hands-on iterative design to scale UI, transitions, and frameworks with bold ideas into patterns and prototypes. Evolve natural interface frameworks and define roadmaps for multimodal paradigms like voice, touch, gesture, and cross-device. Ensure global readiness through internationalization for markets like Japan and the UK.

Requirements

3-7 years of professional product design experience with a background in designing for complex, multi-form factor interactions
Applied structured, system-level thinking to navigate ambiguous problems and define scalable UX patterns
Domain knowledge in media/entertainment related apps or platforms such as IoT, smart TV, connected home systems, or automotive infotainment
Ability to clearly communicate design rationale and advocate for system-level decisions through storytelling, user-centered rationale, and compelling prototypes
Demonstrated success in collaborating closely with cross-functional partners in product management, engineering, research, and data science in fast-paced environments
Able to travel domestically/internationally 1-2x per year as needed
Familiarity with emerging technologies like AI, ML, conversational interfaces, or spatial computing

Responsibilities

Craft the in-car experience by partnering closely with the Creative Lead, PM, Eng, and UXR to define, craft, and maintain core structures across different vehicles
Expand system-level entertainment by creating an intuitive lean-back and ambient experience that rivals home-hub, smart-TV, or automotive infotainment interfaces
Execute for scaling by engaging in hands-on, iterative design cycles to build system-level UI, transitions, and frameworks
Evolve natural interface frameworks by defining the architectural roadmap for future multimodal interaction paradigms including voice, touch, gesture, and cross-device
Ensure global readiness by supporting internationalization and localization efforts for expansion into markets like Japan and the UK