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Job Purpose:

UX Design in all aspects for various carlines, following best industry practices, design process and automotive standards.

To own and be responsible for the Human Factors of vehicle HMI

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Your core focus will be on digital user experience touchpoints for future Aston Martin Lagonda infotainment, connect, switchgear, hardware etc.
• Own HMI Attribute and all relates aspects
• Own target setting for each carline
• Plan, Conduct and analyze results of Human Factors & usability tests (online / physical)
• Plan, Conduct and analyze results of Driving simulator testing
• Support customer and markets insight team, product strategy team & regional teams in conducting customer clinics
• Plan, Conduct and analyze results of concept validation testing
• Create learning reports and feature/function specification documents for development handover
• Facilitate and conduct user testing and Lead user testing and expert analysis of UX concepts e.g. A/B testing
• Conduct Aston Martin whole vehicle testing for HMI features both within & outside of the UK with a focus on customer acceptance.
• Liaising with technical and cross functional teams to explore and understand technical constraints/possibilities and key business objectives/outcomes
• Manage open issues and provide valuable UX input towards pragmatic resolutions using the issues management tools and processes
• Develop and maintain short &/ long-term HMI strategy & foster relevant new technologies to implementation, within agreed budget, timing etc. collaboratively with the team
• Deliver the program quality, cost, function and timing requirements for the HMI features you are responsible for.
• Ensure that the systems meet the attribute targets (with suppliers), creating & managing recovery plans as required.
• Project manage the suppliers in order to ensure your deliverables are met in agreed times
• Work with a cross functional teams to ensure that all stakeholders deliver the support required to deliver your systems on time and to budget.
• Working collaboratively with the UX/UI and Electrical teams

Qualification & Experience:

• Strong grounding in full UX Design Process
• HMI UX definition, concept creation and ideation
• Design prototyping and related tools
• Validation of UX concepts, data driven design methodologies
• Detailed specification creation and delivery for implementation
• UX Design tools and softwares
• Supplier management experience and working with cross functional teams
• Agile and waterfall methodologies
• Experience in HMI UX/UI.
• Automotive HMI experience
• Proven record of delivering complex UX projects for multiple screens/customer touchpoints.
• Extensive knowledge of automotive life cycle development
• Complete knowledge of Product Development cycle from concept to launch completion
• Excellent UX design background and a comprehensive knowledge of using data, calculation and analysis to drive design.
• Excellent knowledge of automotive design tools and processes.
• Human factors or usability testing
• Strong interpersonal and people skills
• Human Factors / equivalent apprenticeship / related qualification
• Masters / Doctorate in related field

Behaviours:

• Collaboration – builds & maintains effective relationships within own function as well as across departments. Collaborates within teams to achieve goals. Team player with ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Customer focus – always focuses on high attention to detail & demonstrates accuracy in their work with the end user/customer in mind.
• Communication – ensures communication has a clear purpose, is factual, accurate & provided at the right time. Proactively shares information with colleagues & stakeholders. Excellent written communication skills for report writing & concerns raising. Able to verbally communicate at all levels.
• Commitment – takes ownership of objectives, work activities & behavior, & makes informed decisions backed by data. Commits to deadlines & achieving milestones. Strong time management, ability to balance and prioritise multiple tasks to meet customer/business needs.
• Continuously challenge & improve – takes initiative & uses data to challenge traditional ways of thinking & improve processes & working practices.

Skills:

• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels
• Confident presenter
• Analytical and data driven
• Excellent time management and process management skills
• Strategic thinking
• Must be able to project manage and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team.
• Knowledge of UX/UI software/s and design process

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