Senior Product Designer - Aviation Web/Mobile

Join Garmin International in Olathe, Kansas for a senior product design role that centers on aviation web and mobile experiences. This onsite position lives within the Aviation Human Factors and Product Experience team in the Greater Kansas City area, focusing on UX for Garmin Pilot and Pilotweb.garmin.com. You will contribute to training and coaching to improve safety and usability, backed by Garmin Benefits to support your career and well-being.

Benefits

• Garmin Benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead design direction across multiple projects and own project planning to ensure timely delivery
• Influence feasibility assessments for project goals and objectives
• Collaborate with team leads to define feature vision, then visualize and communicate it
• Serve as the subject matter expert for a key feature or technology and share UX best practices for that area
• Research and propose solutions for problems that span multiple groups or disciplines
• Provide design feedback in your areas of expertise to teammates
• Lead conversations with partners and potential clients regarding user experience design
• Mentor less experienced Product Designers (Product Designer 1 & 2)
• Contribute to advanced design research for new products or markets by identifying opportunities, creating effective protocols, and translating results into solid solutions
• Provide input to product design plans and concept documents
• Show understanding of business needs as they relate to design
• Independently determine general approaches and specific solutions to technical problems
• Stay current with design trends, tools, and technologies and advocate for user centered design principles and best practices
• Communicate status of work clearly and maintain visibility with supervision
• Exemplify Garmin’s Mission Statement and Quality Policy and proactively contribute to Garmin’s image and culture

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Visual Design, or an equivalent curriculum that teaches user centered design principles, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience, or a minimum of 9 years of equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (GPA 3.0 or higher) with the ability to apply learned knowledge effectively
• Proficient in UX software tools such as Figma and Sketch, as well as interactive prototyping tools
• Proven track record leading design direction for multiple projects and ensuring effective project planning leads to timely completion of goals
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills