Lucidmotors
Sr. Product Designer
Newark, CA. Posted 28 days ago
The role
You will own the design of key product areas across the connected vehicle ecosystem. This includes shaping interactions in the car and on mobile phones.
What you will do
- Own end-to-end design for a product domain across in-car and mobile experiences.
- Take full accountability for design quality from early concepts through launch.
- Create concept explorations, prototypes, interaction frameworks, UX documentations, and high-fidelity UI designs.
- Turn ambiguous problems and abstract concepts into clear solutions.
- Partner with product, engineering, and research to define use cases and requirements.
- Work with UX researchers on discovery and validation.
- Collaborate with engineering through implementation, design specs, reviews, and QA.
- Improve existing design system patterns and create new ones.
- Facilitate design reviews and mentor junior designers.
- Use AI tools to explore ideas, build prototypes, and test concepts.
Required qualifications
- 3+ years of experience designing high-quality digital products for consumer technology, mobile, connected devices, automotive, or other interactive platforms.
- A strong portfolio showing end-to-end product design, interaction design, visual craft, and prototyping.
- A track record of shipping complete, polished product experiences.
- Strong UI/UX, interaction design, and visual design skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Expertise with modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, or similar tools.
- Product thinking that connects user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
- Clear communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
- Experience influencing product decisions beyond your immediate team.
- Ability to work independently, balance stakeholder expectations, and keep complex projects moving with urgency.
Nice to have
- Experience with hardware and software integration or multi-platform experiences.
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, or Cursor.
- Experience with motion design.
- Experience with 3D or real-time tools such as Cinema 4D, Unity, Unreal Engine, or Kanzi.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 120 hours paid time off
- Salaried/exempt employee accrue up to 160 hours paid time off
- Equity program
- Discretionary annual cash incentive program
About the company
Lucid is creating mobility experiences through innovation and proprietary technology. They design and build vehicles in-house across global offices and manufacturing facilities.