Hardware UX Engineer

Hardware UX Engineer

Everything we do, we do with our customers front of mind. Our Experience Design team leads the design and evaluation of technologies that make our innovative, game-changing products as easy to use as possible. We apply a user-centered, iterative design process to deliver usable interface designs across hardware and software products. We collect and make good use of a broad range of data and employ human factors engineering principles to identify and resolve usability problems and gain insights that influence product design and development.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as Senior Principal UX Researcher on our Experience Design team in Austin, Texas.

In this position as Hardware UX Engineer, you will drive the strategic user experience vision for client products. In this senior role, you will focus on front-end concept development, cross-portfolio design strategy, and long-term innovation initiatives across hardware and software ecosystems. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, champion advanced research practices, and represent Dell’s UX direction at the executive level to influence future product roadmaps and investment.

You will:

• Define and lead the strategic UX vision for Dell’s next generation of client products
• Drive front-end concept incubation: identifying, prototyping, and validating opportunities before formal development
• Establish and scale design frameworks, standards, and methodologies that guide cross-functional teams globally
• Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to shape portfolio strategy and align experience goals with business outcomes; Present design strategies and concept directions to executive leadership to guide priorities and investment
• Champion advanced Human Factors and behavioral research approaches to ensure strategic insights inform concept and portfolio planning

• 12+ years of experience in a consumer product UX role, with a track record of leadership on large-scale programs or portfolios
• Proven expertise in front-end innovation, strategic design direction, and concept incubation for consumer-facing hardware/software ecosystems
• A portfolio that demonstrates strategic impact on both shipped products and long-term design roadmaps
• Proficiency with qualitative and quantitative research methods, prototyping tools, and design frameworks
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence executive-level decisions through design strategies and research insights

Desirable Requirements

• Graduate degree in applied behavioral sciences, product development, human factors/ergonomics, or a closely related field

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $181,900 - $235,400.

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Who we are

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