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Entry-Level Engineer: User Experience (UX) Research and Test

Nissan Motor Corporation
Farmington, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 1/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/20/2025
Location: Nissan Technical Center (NTCNA)

Job Schedule: Full-time &On-Site. A minimum of 5 days per week in the office is expected for this position.

Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree

Sponsorship: Not Available at this time

Shape the Future of Mobility at Nissan: Launch Your Career, Drive Innovation

At Nissan, we're not just building cars, we're revolutionizing mobility. We're a global leader with a heritage of innovation, and we're searching for talented individuals like you to join us on this exciting journey. We believe that every individual possesses a unique set of skills and passions that can be harnessed to drive innovation and shape the future of the automotive industry. Our diverse range of program areas and career paths offer exciting opportunities for adventurers like you to embark on a thrilling professional journey.

Learn more about Nissan's future here: Nissan Future.

We're seeking an entry-level User Experience (UX) Research and Test Engineer to join our Farmington Hills, MI team.

This role involves collaborating with various regional and global teams, including Vehicle Competitiveness, Product Planning, Vehicle Connected Services, and Infotainment/Electrical Design teams. You will provide valuable feedback and help set the direction for system requirements for current and future Nissan In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) and telematics systems. As a UX Research and Test Engineer, you will provide detailed benchmark information to guide development, help establish target criteria and direction for screen layouts, execute customer clinics and user studies to gather insights and conduct physical validation testing to ensure the system meets its targets. We are looking for someone passionate about innovation and eager to contribute to the future of automotive technology. Your work will directly impact Nissan's cutting-edge systems' user experience and functionality.

A Day in the Life:

  • Benchmark competitive IVI, connected car systems, and consumer electronics to provide market trend analysis and insights into customer expectations.
  • Identify key performance attributes and feature requirements to be integrated into Nissan products, enhancing HMI/GUI ease of use and customer satisfaction.
  • Review and evaluate information architecture, interaction designs, UX writing, and motion designs to ensure optimal user experience.
  • Conduct UX research using various methods, including usability tests, surveys, A/B tests, and other techniques. Design tasks, questions, and prototype requirements; recruit and schedule sites and participants; collect observational and diary-based studies; conduct statistical analysis; and interpret data.
  • Create empathy maps and affinity diagrams and provide actionable recommendations based on the results.
  • Analyze third-party customer survey data to support system requirements and predict future performance.
  • Plan and support the testing, validation, and verification of IVI and telematics systems, ensuring high quality, on-time delivery, and overall system qualification.
  • Be familiar with UX analytics, accessibility, voice user interactions, responsive design, and micro-interactions

Who We're Looking For:

  • Skilled in advanced displays, cognitive task analysis, and setting up and analyzing customer clinics/user studies.
  • Proficient in agile software development and frameworks.
  • Self-motivated and effective communicator with a keen interest in emerging technologies. Capable of creating and delivering presentations to promote new ideas within the company.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience:

  • 1 to 2 years of experience in UX research, design, and writing, focusing on human factors related to Human Machine Interface (HMI).

Education:

  • Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Biomedical, Human Factors, Human-Computer Interaction, or Human-centered Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Figma, Adobe XD, ProtoPie, Visio, Miro, FigJam, VBA, Qualtrics, Confluence, Jira, Kotlin, Java, Android OS, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel), Microsoft Copilot.
  • AI applications for UX Design, Research, & Writing.

Physical Requirements:

Travel:

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
  • Ability to travel to Japan 1-2 times per year and to regional sites such as Arizona and Tennessee 4-5 times yearly.

Overtime:

  • Willingness to work overtime as necessary to complete the job.

What You'll Look Forward to as a User Experience (UX) Research and Test Engineer at Nissan:

  • Career Growth: Gain access to immense career path options to grow at Nissan with international & domestic career growth opportunities cross-departmental career opportunities available on a regular basis.
  • Autonomy and Impact: You'll have real autonomy to drive changes in the business and the opportunity to develop and expand your skills. From day one, you'll have the responsibility to tackle problems and use your unique problem-solving approach with support from your team to solve challenges across our organization.
  • Rewards: Be supported with a Comprehensive Benefits Package, including medical, mental health, parental leave, retirement savings & unique Nissan perks, including discounts on lease vehicles as part of our Employee Lease Program and a Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP). https://publications.livewellatnissan.com/wp-content/uploads/Nissan-2024-RecruitmentOverview.pdf

You may review it here: https://publications.livewellatnissan.com/wp-content/uploads/Nissan-2024-RecruitmentOverview.pdf

The Nissan Way sets our company way of doing things, with the values underpinning how we can work together to achieve success. Explore more here: https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/LIFE_AT_NISSAN/

Fuel your career with innovation and purpose by joining Nissan, a company dedicated to enriching other's lives.

Nissan is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon the successful completion of drug and background screenings in accordance with Nissan policies and in compliance with federal, state, and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act and the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Nissan will consider qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with these laws.

It is Nissan's policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, military status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire; Nissan uses E-Verify to validate employment eligibility.

NISSAN FOR EVERYONE

People are our most valuable assets, and diversity and inclusion are the key to maximizing the power of each individual member of our team. When everyone belongs, the power of NISSAN is undeniable. Our Corporate Diversity Initiative aims to improve business results by ensuring that our workplace and core businesses meet the unique needs of our employees and customer base.

Nissan is committed to creating a culture where everyone belongs and employees, customers, and partners feel respected, valued, and heard. We have over 10 Business Synergy Teams (BSTs) across the U.S. and Canada that connect employees - with shared characteristics or interests - build allies, and foster a company culture where all employees feel supported and included.

Nissan also values inclusion in all areas of our business as we strive to mirror the diversity of our customer base and the communities where we do business. We are committed to procuring innovative goods and services, retailing our products and communicating from a diverse perspective which will help us continue to offer our customers competitively designed, market-driven products.

Join us as we carry our commitment to diversity and inclusion into the future.

Farmington Hills Michigan United States of America

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