UX Design Lead

Job Number: 69836

Group: Magna Corporate

Division: Mobility USA

Job Type: Permanent/Regular

Location:

Lowell, MASSACHUSETTS, US, 01854

Work Style:

Job Number: 69836

Group: Magna Corporate

Division: Mobility USA

Job Type: Permanent/Regular

Location: LOWELL

Work Style:

About us

We see a future where everyone can live and move without limitations. That’s why we are developing technologies, systems and concepts that make vehicles safer and cleaner, while serving our communities, the planet and, above all, people.

Forward. For all.

Group Summary

Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.

About the Role

We are seeking an imaginative, skillful, and versatile designer who in addition to having a substantive hands-on experience of designing for exceptional customer experience and has a good understanding of experience design for mobile apps. A strong background in SaaS, AI, and machine learning products. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in defining design strategy and driving the development of innovative solutions that meet the needs of our customer

Our team is building the next generation orchestration platform with hand on applications for a variety of users within Magna. We’re focused using rich data to bring efficiency to material handling workflows through several software, robotics and hardware solutions. This role will lead set design standards, lead strategy and partner with product managers across several products. #LI-Hybrid

Your Responsibilities

• Advocate for the user experience in all discussions, ensuring that the user’s voice is heard and considered in product decisions.

• Create a scalable our product design process - starting from early research and hypothesis, through defining requirements, creating user flows, wireframes, visual designs, and prototypes

• Own UX- from beginning to end and ensure product/feature is built to spec and achieves project goals.

• Elevate the visual design- Through the customer experience to drive higher engagement.

• Phased Design Approach- from user research and exploratory prototypes to design reviews, delivery, and usability testing.

• Collaborate and communicate- effectively within cross-functional teams across design, product, engineering, and management.

• Present design concepts and strategies to stakeholders and Magna executives, effectively communicating design rationale and decisions.

Who we are looking for

• 8+ years of design experience

• Knowledge of usability principles and techniques

• Agile/Scrum development environments including design sprint cycles.

• Has led a team of varying skillsets designers

• Strong understanding of responsive and mobile-first design principles.

• Ability to balance user needs with business goals and technical constraints.

• Experience with prototyping tools and techniques to quickly iterate on design concepts.

• Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps

• Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity

• Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards

• Experience working with stakeholders to plan and execute programs that are strategic in nature

• Experience in designing for complex and data-driven applications

• Experience with UX design of complex workflows

Your preferred qualifications

• Able to take ambiguous design problems and work with stakeholders and user research insights to craft design solutions grounded in customer needs and business goals

• Understanding of design thinking and lean UX methodologies.

• Experience with motion design and creating interactive prototypes.

• Industrial Design experience and use case design.

• Knowledge of front-end development languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and how design integrates with development.

What we offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Site Benefits

This role is hybrid 3 days onsite per week in our Lowell, MA office.

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.