Product Designer

We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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 project managers.

The Experience Strategy & Design team is a hybrid group of product designers with UX, visual and motion skills, design technologists and prototypers. This team works in small, rapid-moving groups to showcase the possibility across the ecosystem of digital design and building a seamless connection to physical experiences. We are defining the next generation of in-vehicle experiences and the operational approach needed to get there.

Rather than focusing on one-off feature-driven solutions, this team moves up stream to get ahead of delivery cycles, building bridges through curiosity and a clear mission to deliver on our brand equities and core customer needs. We find the big picture by connecting concepts and feature ideas and unifying them into cohesive and purposeful experiences across the entire vehicle ecosystem.

This team drives the definition, early UI/UX designs, flows, prototypes, and delivery plans for differentiated experiences that are critical to the brand loyalty for each of the unique customer groups across Ford. We do this through bringing the right cross-functional teams and right skillsets together early, identifying key hardware and software technology and connections needed to unblock and deliver incredible experiences to each of our unique customer groups.

In this position...

We are searching for an innovative and visionary Product Designer to deliver Ford's experience strategy through breakthrough UI/UX solutions for vehicles now and in the future. This high-impact role calls for a proven designer with a passion for tackling complex challenges, thriving in ambiguity, and delivering designs that seamlessly integrate hardware, software, and customer needs. If you excel at collaboration, creative and systems design thinking, and setting the standard for thoughtful and impactful design solutions, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact on Ford's future.

This is a hybrid position requiring 4 days a week in Palo Alto, CA or Dearborn, MI.

What you'll do...

* Translate early concepts into thorough, thoughtful, testable design solutions and prototypes.

* Define customer experiences and interactions across both physical and digital experiences, and processes that connect new features into cohesive solutions.

* Partner with engineers, technologists and studio design to explore best possible solutions, explore feasibility, rapidly iterate and test ideas, and refine concepts.

* Collaborate across design, engineering, and product teams to ensure experiences align with customer needs and technical realities, and business objectives.

* Distill complex information into clear strategies, frameworks and narratives that drive alignment and promote ongoing execution to delivery.

* Proactively identify opportunities to integrate new technologies into meaningful, customer-driven experiences.

* Craft, coordinate and present to leadership and executives through ongoing review cycles in partnership with product, engineering and research partners.

You'll have...

* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience in Digital Product Design or related fields.

* 3+ years of experience in relevant product design commercial organizations.

* 2+ years of experience working across a triad of designers, engineers, and product managers.

* Strength in systems thinking and mapping end-to-end customer journeys.

* Strong communication and…