Sr. Industrial Designer

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What’s in it for you? Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine what it means to own a vehicle during one of most innovative times in the transport industry. Volvo Cars is looking to redefine all aspects of the car eco-system including ownership, autonomous driving, vehicle electrification, sustainability and online shopping. User Experience as a discipline is a key part of Volvo Cars' strategy and a newly formed UX organization will help gather insights about our user's and redefine and elevate the users experience of Volvo's products and Services. We are seeking a Senior Industrial Designer to expand our Vehicle Controls + Industrial Design team, where we aim to provide with our users the best possible in-car experience. Main responsibilities include: As a senior Industrial Designer on the Design team, you will work on defining and building a safe and care-free experience for our users, whether drivers or passengers, to make the car their own through different controls and comfort functionalities. Your responsibilities will include identifying problems to be solved, mapping out desirable and feasible solutions for our users (e.g., utilising user journeys), and prototyping that balances design aesthetics with intuitive functionality. You will collaborate with other designers to ensure a seamless customer experience across Volvo’s digital landscape. And as part of a product team, you will communicate designs, ideas, and rationale with your team using data and customer insights. As a designer you will advocate for the user and develop a deep understanding of our customers' needs and pain-points, serving as an expert for your product team and Sr. Industrial Designer 2 develop ideas for new and enhanced features. Your focus will be on defining and humanizing the “control” layer on the vehicle and collaborate with the rest of the team to define the expression, position, behavior and integration of specific controls for vehicle functions like climate, settings, and others within the overall vehicle and infotainment configuration. Who you are: Have been designing for 6+ years for a consumer-focused tech company, so you understand what it takes to create elegant, consumer-oriented experiences. Are a versatile designer who uses a full range of skills—product design, interaction design, and visual design — to ensure you deliver magical experiences to the customer. Are a strong collaborator, who can work with not only design partners, but many other stakeholders from marketing to engineering. Are a strong communicator. Who can inspire teams towards action and empathy for the user. Have a people-focused design mentality. Constantly looking to hone your design instinct through user feedback. Whether that’s hands-on user research or a quantitative A/B test. Able to provide a portfolio of projects (or samples of preview work) to which you have made a substantial contribution and/or make a portfolio presentation as part of the selection process.