Cruise is hiring a
Senior Product Designer II

Summary

Join Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love. We're building the world's most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. The role of Senior Product Designer for Robotics Tools is crucial for Cruise to deliver on our mission.

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in product design, UX/UI design, or a similar area, evidenced by a portfolio that highlights projects which have enhanced a businesses operations, substantially reduced costs, or improved a product’s quality
• Deep knowledge of design fundamentals, human-computer interaction, and user experience best practices
• Exceptional skills in communication, collaboration, and project management, capable of leading and contributing effectively within multidisciplinary teams
• Aptitude for, and demonstrated ability in, rapidly learning new/deep product areas
• Skilled in using design and prototyping software like Figma
• Experienced in performing user research and usability testing to guide design choices

Responsibilities

• Understand the business needs, usability gaps, and UX opportunities across a wide range of tools and stakeholders; including product, front-end engineering, systems engineers, operations leads, legal, etc
• Work with UX managers and cross-functional stakeholders to develop quarterly plans and deliver against them; be accountable for UX impact
• Manage the entire design process from the initial concept through to execution, which includes brainstorming, prototyping, user testing, launch, and landing
• Deliver solutions that drive impact to Cruise, from facilitating design sprints, to developing service blueprints, to traditional interface designs and prototypes
• Partner with research teams to ensure product usability
• Partner with, and present to, diverse stakeholder groups; receive feedback from them; and refine the work as-needed
• Ensure engineering velocity by planning deliverables accordingly

Preferred Qualifications

• Background with human-in-the-loop tools
• Demonstrable experience improving operational efficiency in an organization through human centered design
• Experience designing developer tools, including AI/ML tools

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
• Subsidized mental health benefits
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
• 401(k) Cruise matching program
• Fertility benefits
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
• Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
• Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
• CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy