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Senior UX / UI Designer
Bose Corporation
Framingham, MA, United States
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As a member of the ASD Next Engineering Team, this position will be responsible for helping create the amazing future user experiences that will ensure Bose will always make the best products for their customers. These products will include Bose offerings that combine aspects of both consumer and automotive products, tie in cloud-based experiences where applicable, and will allow ASD to expand their product portfolio.
We are looking for not only a for a fantastically creative UX Designer, but also someone that can help us find, integrate and bring to market the latest and greatest based on trends in user interface technology and based on evolutions in both the car and consumer electronics world. A detail obsessed person who is capable of helping us prototype new products and ideas, solving challenging UI/UX problems, and producing compelling concepts for user evaluation.
The candidate must demonstrate agility and out of the box thinking in order to allow us to rapidly prototype our conceptual products. You will be responsible for all aspects of the UX and UI aspects, including story boarding the experiences, creating the graphical and UI assets and flows, and helping to integrate the UI/UX in custom and off-the-shelf electronics that may contain features like high performance and low power applications, Bluetooth radios, audio and entertainment services, audio amplifiers and equalizers, sensors (inertial measurement units, capacitive/inductive/magnetic, light/color, environmental) and user interfaces. Additionally, the candidate collaborates with industry vendors to specify the UX/UI requirement and delivery thereof for future products enabling Bose to maintain competitive advantage.
A candidate must have strong and diverse skills all things related to UX and UI design based on different mobile and embedded OS's (Android/Linux/iOS) as well as familiar with rapid prototyping platforms (Arduino, etc).
Major responsibilities/tasks:
• Work within a small technical team spanning multiple domains (Hardware, Software, Mechanical, UI/UX, Systems, and Application). This team will be responsible for delivering on all technical and user experience aspects from idea to prototype to eventual product in an agile, flexible and creative environment.
• Responsible for all UX/UI development aspects for the ASD Next team, from initial creation of the UX storyboards all the way to implementation of the UI/UX that deliver a compelling user experience to our customers - starting with the Idea, through conceptualization and developing it into a sellable product.
• Work with 3rd party vendors and partner to ensure we can deliver future user experiences using externally developed UI technology and elements that can easily integrate into our product experiences that are competitive, compelling and future proof.
• Help drive the research into new and exciting technologies and application interfaces, and collaborate with other divisions in understanding and sharing of technology roadmaps, portfolios and intellectual property.
• Enforce adherence to Bose UI/UX Design Criteria and Bose SW Product Specifications, and help influence future Bose SW Design guidelines.
• Work with and report into the UX/UI Design groups to ensure all application SW meets UI/UX standards and maximum use of Bose internal assets.
• Ensure all UI/UX requirements documentation is accurate and detailed, including helping to draft storyboards, HMI flow/trees and user manuals for the UX/UI.
• Help build and specify the necessary platforms of software and hardware tools to facilitate the rapid prototyping of defined user experiences
• Provide the expert guidance for technical go / no go decisions for product and experience concepts related to UX research.
• Help specify and guide user research to inform stakeholders whether the UX for our concepts is desired by customers and can create the appropriate product demand.
Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in UI or UX Design, Computer Science, or Software Engineering. A masters degree or higher degree is preferred, although comparable experiences will be valued as well.
• Industrial Design experience is a plus
• Experience working on single-board microcontroller / computers (e.g., Arduino or Raspberry Pi a plus)
• Experience working on projects that involve the implementation of communication technologies such as TCP/IP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. IoT development a huge plus.
• The candidate should have 8+ years of progressive UI/UX design experience.
• Experience in defining and delivering UI/UX Applications from idea to concept to product delivery is strongly preferred.
• Experience in automotive electronics and related consumer electronics, is strongly preferred.
• Experience with agile and flexible development cycles is preferred.
• Understanding of C/C++ and creation of applications in iOS/Android/Linux on mobile and rapid prototyping is an absolute must. Candidate may present a portfolio of created applications to support this experience requirement.
• Must have experience working with Engineering Service providers, including creation and execution of Statements of Work working with 3rd party providers.
• Prefer candidates who have experience working across company divisions and managing products that span multiple functional areas and feature sets.
Required Skills and Competencies:
• Attention to detail, planning and organizational skills
• Creative, outside-the box thinking is a strong plus for this role, as this role will be part of the creation of new products and experiences.
• Specific technical experience and ability to demonstrate a track record of multiple & successful product development experiences from concept through prototyping, qualification and product delivery.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-divisional cooperation
• Ability to provide presentations on the envision user experiences to internal and external customers, including the ability to provide a walkthrough of all UI/UX features and functions.
• Long term strategic and integrative thinking with a strong understanding of technology trends and how they can be relevant to automotive use cases.
• Ability to share your visions and participation in the ideation/creative process.