Description

Lead UX Designer

As a member of the UX team, you will be responsible for ensuring our consumer-facing web and mobile products are intuitive and follow accepted interaction patterns and flows. Your work will be used by environmentally conscious fleet operations that are working to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy throughout the world.

Nikola's mission is to encourage the adoption of sustainable energy by redefining the commercial ecosystem with our electric and hydrogen-powered trucks centered around the human experience. Working at Nikola means having a shared vision to power the future in revolutionary ways.

We are looking for a Lead UX Designer with a strong passion for creating amazing experiences in digital space and an equally strong interest in the future of user experience in next-generation connected vehicles. You are a highly motivated, creative, and versatile individual with experience in creating intuitive and effective interfaces. Your role will include creating an engaging experience, innovative features, and functional designs. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open, collaborative team culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UX design of web and mobile customer-facing fleet and service applications
• Work with product managers, developers, project managers, and other internal teams to take your designs from concept to production environment
• Use storytelling and low-fidelity prototypes to compellingly convey the vision, flow, and features of the product you are designing
• Collaborate with fellow UX designers, researchers, stakeholders, and other internal teams to generate ideas and get feedback on your designs
• Prepare prototypes with detailed interaction annotations handoff to the UI team

Skills And Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional interaction design experience
• 3-7 years of experience in the UX discipline
• Experience with web and mobile products
• Expert at building low-fidelity prototypes, user flows, and interaction models
• Expert knowledge of design tools, such as Figma, Adobe creative suite, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred

• In vehicle UX design experience
• Jira or related version management systems

Candidates must have current U.S. work authorization or be TN eligible from Mexico or Canada. This position is not eligible for CPT or OPT.

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Equal Employment Opportunity statement (EEO)

Nikola Motor Company™ is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, age, sex, ancestry, marital status, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other classification protected by state or federal law.

To all recruitment agencies: Nikola is not responsible for any fee related to unsolicited resumes from 3rd party staffing and recruiting agencies. No fee will be paid for candidates who apply and claim to be represented by an agency. Any unsolicited resumes, CVs, or other candidate information submitted by an agency will become the property of Nikola, and no fee will be paid in the event such candidate is hired.