UX / UI design

Work locations

: Gurugram (Haryana) or Bengaluru (Karnataka)

Eligibility

Industry: 6+Yrs total (required), 2Yrs in Automotive OE/ Tier-1 (preferred)

Education: B.Des/M.Des. (graphic, interaction, Visual Design, UX, Industrial Design, Product Design) or relevant Experience.

Preferred Industry Background

Mobility Products or Services/ Automotive

Connected Car Services

Location-Based Services/ Mapping

Roles

User Experience Assessment, User Scenario definitions, Problem Framing, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Boarding, Usability testing

Responsibilities

Neutrally represent the user in a project and during management deliberations

Continuously evaluate prospect and user needs and industry trends and serve as a conduit to Product for Product development

Travel to end-user sites and pilot/test locations to scout opportunities

Develop new tools to make effective prototypes and closer to users/ use-cases

Identify design shortfalls & User needs through user research

Making design + UX proposals related to functions & features

Delivering on project requirements & within target timelines

Come up with UI and UX strategies based on our target goals

Collaborate with other Depts. to utilise their domain expertise to ensure successful delivery on user needs & ultimately high levels of user satisfaction

Define & describe an architecture of a solution in the context of a specific solution

Compile & present User needs and solutioning to Management/ Leadership

End goal

Designing friction-free UX & engineering simple-to-use connected mobility solutions through digital (App) in combination with physical (in-car).

Competencies Required

Required skills

Experience in Solution Engineering and communicating complex user issues and use cases to development teams/ product departments

Deep familiarity with both quantitative & qualitative research methods including AB testing, data analytics, and user research

Familiarity and experience with agile development methodologies

Experience analysing some unstructured information, knowledge of visualising, hands-on with Creative Prototyping tools

Experience interpreting user insights into potential engineering opportunities

Adequate skill in crafting original GUI mockups, storyboarding, user flows, freehand sketching, and low- to high-fidelity prototypes

Curiosity about data-based decision-making and comfort working with data

Basic understanding of Design Thinking

Basic understanding of automotive systems

Desired skills

Familiarity and experience with development tools (JIRA, Figma Suite; experience in Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) is a plus)

Willingness to travel

Basic technical understanding of smartphone app development

Experience conducting user research

Experience with user-centred design methodologies

Working knowledge of behavioural analysis

Basic understanding of Controller Area Network protocol & Telematics system

Behavioral

A strong sense of urgency

An effective team player

Out-of-the-box + yes-and mindset to achieve goals

Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills

Respectable time-management skills

Proficient interpersonal and communication skills

Project Description

Iterate to design a user-friendly, relevant & easy car-ownership UX through Suzuki Connect. Products can go into a smartphone app or an in-car head unit.