Product Designer

Ford Manufacturing IT is working on developing the smartest factories in the world through enhanced automation and connectivity, enabled by advanced Internet of Things (IoT) solutions utilizing advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. As part of this, a new Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platform has been established to align existing initiatives, enable development of new scalable solutions, and drive democratization of data and analytics.

Position Responsibilities:

• Maintain a user-centered approach in design perspective and practice; design and ensure User Adoption

• Work as a collaborative team member with business partners, developers, and fellow designers

• Lead products from discovery and create frameworks through iterative development and delivery

• Help product managers assess and prioritize opportunities and constraints

• Guide product decisions through user research and iterative feedback loops

• Rapidly iterate design prototypes and working applications

• Conduct user testing, interviews, and analysis

• Develop visual identity systems, data visualizations, visual design, illustrations, etc.

• Produce materials for business partners and developers, including user flows, wireframes, mockups, live style guides, and assets

• Design a total customer experience, including process, communication, and potentially physical space in addition to the IT interface

• Work with development staff collaboratively to modulate wireframes and mockups to function within the constraints of the development platform

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Design Related experience

• 3+ Years of experience in User-Centered Design, including wireframing, usability principles, screen layout design and user testing

• 1+ years of experience designing full-service consumer and/or business applications

• Experience in manufacturing-centric design

• Ability to work with in-plant personnel as required to gather requirements, conduct user testing, and meet with end users

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with designing mobile interfaces and understanding the major mobile OS visual/UX paradigms

• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as facilitation and presentation skills, and engaging presentation style.

• Ability to work as a global team member, as well as independently, in a changing environment and managing multiple priorities.

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with application implementation teams, IT project teams, business customers, and end users.

• Ability to deliver work within deadlines.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: Benefit Summary (~~~)

This position is a salary grade 7 .

This position is a range of salary grades 7

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Requisition ID : 27896