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"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent."
— Joe Sparano
Lead the design of physical user interfaces and ensure that design work is grounded in validated user experience requirements. Collaborate with various teams to align physical controls with system functions and validate usability through user testing.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of physical user interfaces: Define, prototype, and refine controls to deliver intuitive and premium tactile interactions
- Technical development: Understanding and dialogue on the package capabilities and limitations for proof of concepts and implementation of physical interfaces
- Start from a UX concept based on user needs and human-centric design principles
- Translate UX concepts into feasible physical interaction principles
- Provide this foundation to the design team, ensuring subsequent design work is grounded in validated user experience requirements
- Balance design ambitions with ergonomics, haptics, safety, and manufacturability
- Align physical controls with underlying system functions and vehicle domain architectures
- Define interaction logic and ensure correct mapping between physical inputs, digital responses, and multimodal feedback
- Collaborate with UX architects and software teams to secure consistent system behavior across physical and digital touchpoints
- Validate control placement, reach, and usability through data-driven evaluations, mockups, and user testing
- Build physical and digital prototypes to evaluate tactile quality and system integration
- Deliver detailed UX concepts, interaction requirements, and design intent documentation for cross-functional engineering and design teams
- Act as a bridge between UX, design, engineering, and software to ensure harmony between physical form, digital function, and Volvo’s design language
- Track competitor solutions and explore new technologies
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience designing for a consumer-focused tech company
- Strong design skills and a proven track record in physical interaction design
- Versatile designer with skills in product design, interaction design, and visual design or prototyping
- Strong collaboration skills with various stakeholders
- Strong communication skills to inspire teams towards action and empathy for the user
Key Skills
- Strong design skills
- Proven track record in physical interaction design
- Versatile designer with skills in product design, interaction design, and visual design or prototyping
- Strong collaboration skills
- Strong communication skills
About Volvo Car Corporation
Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow. Read about
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