Staff/Senior Staff Product Designer
Sonatus šŗšø Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
The Staff/Senior Staff Product Designer will define, develop, and manage design projects within Sonatusās automotive software ecosystem. This includes driving design strategy, execution, and user testing for innovative solutions to enhance vehicle capabilities and user experiences.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the design vision, strategy, and roadmap for automotive software solutions, aligning closely with product goals and market opportunities
- Conduct user research, usability testing, and competitor analysis to continuously refine product design and user workflows
- Develop detailed user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs to clearly articulate the user experience to development teams
- Collaborate with product management, engineering, marketing, and sales teams to deliver high-quality, user-friendly products on schedule
- Prioritize and maintain design-related tasks and documentation, balancing short-term needs with long-term strategic goals
- Manage the design process from concept ideation and iteration through final delivery and continuous design improvement
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to ensure technical feasibility, scalability, and compliance with automotive industry and accessibility standards
- Communicate project design strategies, customer insights, and progress to internal stakeholders, customers, and executive leadership
- Monitor industry trends, design best practices, and new interaction paradigms to stay up to date of the latest advancements in product design
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience with at least 5+ years of experience in product design (UX/UI) shipping automotive software, embedded systems, IoT solutions, or developer/cloud platforms for large enterprise customers
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to articulate complex design rationale clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong technical foundation in user experience design, visual design, and interaction design principles
- Track record leading a product through the full design lifecycle, from conception and discovery to launch and through sustaining support
- Significant experience designing for UX-driven enterprise web products
- Experience working with design systems, component libraries, and translating research findings into actionable design decisions
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies, design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma), and user-centered design processes
- Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills, capable of managing multiple design projects in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
Key Skills
- User-centered design principles
- Visual design
- Prototyping tools
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Agile methodologies
- Design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma)
- User experience design
- Interaction design principles
- Leadership
- Communication
- Mentoring
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- A/B Testing
- Prototyping
- Wireframing
- Design Systems
- UX-driven enterprise web products
- Design systems
- Component libraries
- Research findings
- Actionable design decisions
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity program
- Health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Flexible and Dependent Care Expense program
- Retirement plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Unlimited paid time off per year, 15 paid holidays
- Hybrid office work arrangement/flexibility
- Perk Offerings include: Complimentary lunches, snacks, and beverages during on-site working days
- Wellness benefit allowances (towards gym membership and fitness programs)
- Computer Accessory Allowance
- Employee Engagement Offerings: Departmental team building and outings
- Employee Referral Program
- Culture/Employee Satisfaction Surveys - Feedback matters!
About Sonatus
Sonatus is accelerating vehicle software innovation and the transition towards software-defined vehicles. Our platforms and products serve as the key building blocks that allow automotive companies and their ecosystem to innovate faster and deliver continuous improvements in costs, capabilities, reliability, and user experience over the vehicle lifespan. Sonatusā award-winning software platform is in mass production vehicles from Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis today and will grow to millions of cars by 2024. The company has raised more than $110 million USD with world-class automotive, technology, and venture investors including Foxconn, Hyundai Motor Groupās Kia Corporation, LG Electronics, Marvell, SAIC Capital, Translink Capital, UMC Capital, and Wanxiang Group Company. Sonatus is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley), with offices in Paris, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. Sonatus is a trademark of Sonatus, Inc. For more information visit www.sonatus.com.
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