Senior Experience Designer, Generative AI | AEC (Canada, East Coast Remote)

Autodesk; Toronto; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Toronto is seeking an Experience Designer to innovate within the AEC industry. This role involves working with AI technologies to shape user experiences and create impactful tools for design workflows. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience in user experience design and a deep understanding of AI and Machine Learning applications.

Benefits

Annual cash bonuses

Stock grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related professional user experience design and user research experience.
• Deep knowledge of AEC customer workflows.
• Current portfolio of commercial UX work.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product managers and engineers to define great experiences.
• Visualize and prototype intended solutions from high-level wireframes.
• Research user interface trends and their impact on user experience.

Skills

User experience design

B2B/technical platform experience

AEC customer workflows

3D tools experience

AI and Machine Learning understanding

Excellent communication skills

Facilitation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Forma

Job description

Job Requisition ID #: 25WD92346

Position Overview

Autodesk is leading the transformation of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry by integrating AI technology into our products. We're enhancing our applications with cloud-native capabilities, including data at scale, edge computing, AI-based solutions, and advanced 3D modeling and graphics. This innovation is happening across our flagship products—AutoCAD, Revit, and Forma, our new Industry Cloud.

At Autodesk, we believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) represent the biggest opportunity to improve the design and experience for our customers. Autodesk's commitment to AI & ML has sponsorship from the office of the CTO, and executive leaders of the product and design organizations.

As Experience Designer on the AEC Solutions team, you will be an innovative futurist and creative problem-solver who shapes how customers utilize generative AI. You will be part of a versatile group building cutting-edge foundation models and generative AI tools for the AEC industry. You will be responsible for researching, designing and validating novel AI workflows and features for Autodesk's software products. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the direction of Generative AI at Autodesk.

This role reports to the experience design manager for AEC Platform Experience and Analytics.

To be considered, when applying, you must include your resume and accessible portfolio with password if needed.

Preferred candidates in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product managers, engineers, AI researchers, and other designers to define great experiences from initial concept through successful implementation.
• Visualize and prototype intended solutions at various levels of fidelity, from high-level wireframes to conceptual presentations.
• Rapidly develop and test visionary experience design concepts internally and with select customers.
• Use design thinking methodologies to run workshops and facilitate brainstorming sessions.
• Leverage design system standards to ensure consistency and cohesion across products.
• Lead design presentations and discussions with a wide range of audiences.
• Maintain active contact with users through field research, interviews and user conferences to translate insights into designs for new experiences.
• Research user interface trends and the potential impact of new technologies on the user experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of related professional user experience design and user research experience
• Demonstrated experience working in/designing for complex B2B/technical platform experiences
• Deep knowledge of AEC customer workflows and recognized leadership in the experience design of BIM and 3D applications
• First-hand experience with 3D tools and building geometry workflows like Revit, Forma, or other 3D canvas tools
• Depth of understanding in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related experience design patterns (i.e., prompting and dialog experiences, presenting generated outputs, and/or simplifying complex data experiences into conversational patterns)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Current portfolio of commercial UX work
• Strong facilitation skills and a bias towards action in agile, fast-moving environments
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas and optimistically reframe design challenges

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Experience using tools and workflows that are supported by AI
• Experience in the AEC lifecycle and with Autodesk tools like Revit, AutoCAD, and Forma
• History designing cutting edge AI experiences (i.e., prompting and dialog experiences, presenting generated outputs)
• Experience with data science and/or machine learning engineering
• Experience implementing personalized and dynamic user experiences

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About Autodesk

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