Product Designer

Ford • Palo Alto, CA

1d • $115,000 - $192,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Digital Product Design (DPD) at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and design operations.

The Ford mobile app represents a crucial companion for our customers, one that seamlessly integrates into their daily lives, journeys, and adventures. It is an ever-present tool in the pockets of our owners and drivers, the mobile app provides essential command, status, and control of their Ford vehicle. It must deliver confidence at every step and empower Ford customers to explore, take adventures, and accomplish their tasks with ease and enjoyment.

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced Mobile Product Designer to collaborate with the Mobile App Team. This role requires a versatile and gifted UI/UX product design professional who is obsessed with exploring, and advancing, the latest mobile app design trends, hardware capabilities, technologies and overall user experience.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving the designs, prototypes, user flows, design system implementation and overall user experience of our mobile applications, which are integral to our Ford software ecosystem. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to create intuitive, engaging, and innovative mobile experiences that enhance the functionality and appeal of our vehicles.
This is a Mobile-focused product design role that is Hybrid in office 4 days/week.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Product Design, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in UX/UI product design, including at least 2+ years designing native or responsive mobile applications (iOS and/or Android) that shipped to production.
• High proficiency in Figma.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating multiple shipped mobile app design projects, showing deep understanding of mobile-specific UX principles, platform patterns, and design process.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire team members and stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Exceptional visual and UX design skills
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with Design System implementation
• Proficiency in human-centered design approaches, techniques and philosophy
• Automotive UI/HMI experience is a plus
• Background in digital product design solutions
• Excellent concepting, written, oral and visual communication abilities
• In-depth knowledge of the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
• Background working through iterative product design cycles
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Knowledge or ability to create motion and or 3D modeling is a bonus.
• Any coding or development skills is a bonus.
• AI design workflows and AI operational workflow familiarity is encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of features and improvements for our products ensuring they align with business objectives and user needs.
• Balance UX and UI design. Our product design teams operate as hybrid designers that can take things from wireframe through to highly polished and compelling visual user interface.
• Using Figma to develop mobile app features and compelling user experiences.
• Crafting and managing backlog stories that represent your work.
• Taking ownership of independent tracks of design work and manage timelines and deliverables.
• Developing and iterating on user flows, mock-ups and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas.
• Applying data driven insights to inform design decisions and measure the impact of design changes.
• Expressing our brand vision through user interface design for mobile app experiences.
• Executing designs with a keen sensibility to layout, color, typography and interactive behavior.
• Exhibiting a passion for emerging hardware and software technologies, new interaction models, product design, and excellence in visual design.
• Collaborating closely with Product Management, Engineering and Feature Teams to ensure a seamless transition from concept to implementation.
• Employing a systematic approach to solving large, complex design challenges with command of and collaboration with the Design System team.
• Presenting creative work early and often to key stakeholders in design reviews.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to effectively communicate design ideas and interactions.
• Exhibiting a passion for emerging hardware and software technologies, new interaction models, product design, and excellence in visual design.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level