Mobile Product Designer
Job Description
Ford is hiring a Senior Mobile Product Designer (Ford mobile app) to lead end-to-end design for customer-facing mobile features from concept through delivery.
Responsibilities
- Own feature areas and workstreams end to end, taking designs from research-informed concepts, flows, and prototypes to polished, production-ready interfaces.
- Partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Research to set design direction, priorities, and delivery plans focused on customer needs.
- Design for technically complex experiences including real-time video, vehicle commands, energy and charging management, and home power integration.
- Use systems thinking to identify gaps and dependencies across the customer experience, technical implementation, and business objectives, then propose practical solutions.
- Make decisions using evidence from customer insights, research, analytics, and product data, including explaining rationale and measuring results.
- Lead design discussions by facilitating reviews, surfacing open questions, and identifying dependencies and risks early.
- Apply and contribute to Ford’s design system and brand standards to maintain cohesive, high-quality UI as the app evolves.
- Raise team quality through thoughtful critique, peer mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent education and experience).
- 5+ years of UX/UI or digital product design experience, including designing and shipping consumer mobile products.
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and a strong portfolio demonstrating mobile product design.
- Portfolio evidence of both visual excellence and depth on complex, technical product challenges.
- Experience using research, data, and analytics to guide and validate design decisions.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to manage a defined project or feature area.
- Track record of leading projects or workstreams across disciplines and influencing partners without formal authority.
- Experience supporting peers through design critique or mentorship.
Technologies
- Figma
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare, and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- Generous paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time
Even Better (Preferred)
- Experience with connected devices, IoT, smart home, energy, or EV products.
- Automotive UI/HMI experience.
- Familiarity with Agile methods, design systems, and human-centered design.
- Experience with AI-enabled workflows, motion design, prototyping, or coding a plus.
Additional Role Details
- Job Type: Full time
- Work Type: Hybrid
- Location: Dearborn, MI (hybrid)
- Salary grade 6-8, range: $85,400 to $192,900 (USD) per year
- Hybrid requirement: onsite four or more days per week
- Visa sponsorship: not available for this position
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; verification of employment eligibility required at time of hire
- Equal Opportunity Employer: application accommodations via 1-888-336-0660
- Tags: #LI-Hybrid #DesignTeam #LI-LS1
Education
Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent education and experience).