Senior Product Designer | Design Systems

Plano, TX | Hybrid  

As a Senior Designer on the Design Systems team at Toyota Connected North America, you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the design system that powers digital experiences across Toyota. Our design system empowers product teams to build cohesive, high quality, and accessible automotive experiences used by millions of customers worldwide.

You will work with a global, centralized team of designers and engineers to expand and evolve Toyota's design system to meet ever expanding needs of the organization. You will be responsible for leading design system initiatives, including the creation and maintenance of design tokens, components, templates, documentation and resources related to the design system. You will partner closely with customers and researchers to drive strategic decisions, ensuring that design solutions are aligned with user needs and business goals. You will work effectively at a macro and micro level, considering how design will scale across products and platforms, while also focusing on the design details that align with Toyota's high standards of quality, safety and reliability. 

Responsibilities:  

• Work closely with a global team of designers, product managers, software developers, and researchers providing design system support to meet the needs of internal teams and end users. 

• Write clear, comprehensive documentation and guidelines to help designers and developers apply system components effectively. 

• Continuously improve and evolve the design system based on user feedback, technology advancements, and product updates. 

• Help mature product strategy with key product team leads 

• Be a champion for the design system, educating teams on its benefits and best practices through presentations, workshops, and ongoing communication. 

• Collaborate with organizational team (scrum) to prioritize and plan design activities, estimate effort and timelines, and manage deliverables within given constraints 

• Mentor designers and foster systems thinking across the organization. 

• Help grow the design system and product design teams by participating in portfolio reviews and interviews. 

• Begin to drive roadmaps and planning conversations 

• Be an advocate for systems thinking to help foster alignment across teams and disciplines. 

• Ensure accessibility and inclusive design principles are incorporated into the design process 

• Create reusable and flexible design tokens, components, patterns, tools and component libraries to ensure consistency and efficiency using experience 

• Update or replace legacy components to align with system guidelines and modern standards. 

• Experiment and prototype rapidly to validate design concepts. 

Qualifications:  

• 5+ years of experience working as a UX/Product Designer  

• 2+ years working within a design systems team 

• Experience working in Figma or similar tools, with a solid understanding of systems-specific features such as variables, variants/component properties, branching and publishing. 

• Experience in design prototyping 

• Ability to distill complicated problems into simple and elegant solutions 

• Understand technical limitations and liberties behind your decisions and can communicate those clearly to your product team 

• Self-organized, with a strong attention to detail, able to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines 

• Ability to clearly express the reasoning behind your UX and visual design decisions 

• Ability to develop healthy working relationships and collaborate with peers and leaders 

• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and follow through on commitments 

• Demonstrated experience juggling multiple tasks and adapting to shifting priorities 

• Strong conflict resolution skills with the ability to mediate and foster positive outcomes 

• Exhibits integrity and high standards in work quality 

Excited about this opportunity, but don't meet 100% of the qualifications? We’d still love for you to apply! Toyota Connected is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where unique experiences are valued, and everyone has the opportunity to contribute. You may just be the right candidate for this, or other Toyota Connected opportunities. 

Location: 

This position is based in Plano, Texas. Toyota Connected encourages all employees to live within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned work location for Hybrid work.   

To save time applying, Toyota Connected does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position currently.  

What’s in it for you? 

In addition to an excellent compensation and benefits package, you’ll also receive: 

• A Career Path that allows you to take your career to the next level. 

• Annual $2,500 Training Budget to help you grow and develop your professional skills. 

• Unlimited time off and flexibility for a great work-life balance. At TC you'll be treated like the professional we know you are and left to manage your own time and workload. 

• Home office stipend of $1,000 to help furnish an ergonomic remote office. 

• Four months of paid parental leave. We want new moms and dads to have an opportunity to bond with their new little bundles of joy. 

• Adoption Assistance of $5,000 for regular adoptions or $6,000 for special needs. We know adoption costs can add up, and we want to help. 

• 401(k) with generous company match that is fully vested day one. 

• Toyota and Lexus vehicle discounts to allow you to drive in style. 

• Generous vehicle allowance for new and leased Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Scratch that vehicle payment off your monthly bills! 

• Annual Hackathons to embrace your superior creative thinking ability. 

• Annual Wellness Stipend of $1000 to help balance your overall mental and physical health. 

• Free catered lunches when working onsite. We try to keep it healthy, but Fridays are “cheat” days, so you can get your carbs on! 

• Two fully stocked Nespresso bars for your coffee and tea fixes. 

• No dress code! Come as you are. We know the smart people we hire don’t need to be told what to wear. 

• Free covered garage parking to shield your vehicle from those sneaky storms and to protect your buns from the Texas sun. 

Who Are We? 

Toyota Connected was established in 2016 to infuse the power of big data and cloud intelligence into all aspects of the mobility experience so that driving a Toyota or Lexus is more personal, intuitive, and safe. We create and enable technologies that delight, simplify, and connect the lives of those who use our products. We believe this mobility revolution will empower our customers to use their vehicles in an array of exciting new ways. We support, celebrate, and thrive on the opportunity to provide Mobility for All. 
 
Making a connected life a more human experience takes humans from all walks of life. Toyota Connected celebrates and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces you. 

We are committed to creating an accessible and inclusive hiring process by providing reasonable accommodations as necessary for persons with disabilities or those affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. If you need to request an accommodation, please reach out to your Recruiter who will connect you with an HR Business Partner to discuss your requested accommodation. We only share the candidate information obtained through this process as necessary to fulfill our reasonable accommodation obligations and strive to create an unbiased and equitable experience for all.