Infotainment UI/UX Design Engineer (Entry level)

Job Description:

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is currently seeking a UI/UX Engineer at our Superior Township, MI facility. This position is in the department of Infotainment System SW Development that undertakes various innovation projects related to infotainment and UI/UX systems software development for the next generation vehicle software architecture as well as production application of SW features and service contents.

Core Responsibilities

• Plan and design automotive infotainment features and define engineering specs
• Develop User Interface, User Experience, and the wireframe of infotainment features
• Investigate customer needs and requirements and create technical specs based on the investigation
• Design an automotive head unit screen and wireframe of infotainment features by reflecting user needs into head unit operation spec from a user-centered design perspective
• Design infotainment contents and UX for the application of user-friendly and easy-to-understand instructions and button labels to an infotainment interface
• Conduct user acceptance test and identify improvement items
• Participate in new infotainment feature concept development in cross-functional projects and POC creation, working with other SW development teams such as Vehicle Control, ADAS/AD, and Electrical/Electronic System
• Collaborate with internal/external project partners such as content providers, prototyping services, university labs, and tech suppliers
• Conduct competitor system benchmarking, industry technology sensing, and trend analysis
• Travel both domestically and internationally up to 20%

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. in Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering, Human Factors, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a combination of education and equivalent experience
• Understanding of engineering spec definition: SRS, SAD, SDD, Wireframe
• Knowledge in graphic interface design principles, particularly on the design elements
• Understanding of human factors and ergonomics for touch-based infotainment interface design
• Able to adapt to agile work scope with shifting priorities, demands, and timelines
• Comfortable with blank-slate initiatives as well as on-going established projects
• Good communication skills and ability to develop/keep good relationship with tech experts from R&D Center and internal counterpart teams

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. in Industrial Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related field
• Experience as an UI/UX developer or engineer for automotive infotainment systems, E/E systems, consumer electronics or any relevant products, especially related to at least one of the following fields: HMI application programing, system programing, and embedded system development
• A work portfolio that demonstrates a design experience with a touch-based interface, especially for 12" to 24" LCD screens for car driving contexts
• Experience designing for Speech based interactions
• Experience in production SW lifecycle including requirements, system design, development, and maintenance of the embedded software for vehicle systems
• Working knowledge of operating systems such as QNX, Linux, Open Source SW, Yocto, and Android
• Understanding of modern techniques in at least one of the following fields: Machine Learning, Deep Neural Networks, Natural Language Processing, or Voice/Speech Recognition
• Knowledge in Agile, Waterfall, DevOps development processes and tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo