Software Multi-Modal UX Input Designer

Lenovo; Morrisville; On-site; CAD 181,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo is seeking a senior UX designer to lead interaction design for ambient AI systems in Morrisville, NC. You will design multimodal inputs, coordinate with engineers, and prototype flows across voice, gesture, gaze, and tactile interfaces to deliver intuitive user experiences.

You have 8+ years in UX or HCI research, a degree in HCI/CS, and a track record of user testing and iterating on non-traditional input systems. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in UX design, interaction design, or HCI research.
• Experience with non-traditional input systems and prototyping.
• Strong portfolio of multimodal interaction work.

Responsibilities

• Lead interaction design for ambient AI ecosystem inputs.
• Design transitions between voice, gesture, gaze, and touch.
• Prototype and test UX flows with hardware sensors.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to iterate.
• Translate sensor data into intuitive guidelines.

Skills

UX design

HCI research

Multimodal design

Interaction design

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in HCI / CS

Tools

Unity / Unreal

Job description

* United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

Why Work at Lenovo

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #153 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com , and read about the latest news via our StoryHub .

Description and Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Input Models: Pioneer the interaction models for how humans converse, gesture, gaze, touch, and command our ambient AI ecosystem.
• Modality Transitions: Design natural handoffs between inputs—such as transitioning effortlessly from a voice command to spatial touch or subtle gaze selection.
• Intent & Disambiguation: Architect system behaviors for handling ambiguous AI inputs, fuzzy voice commands, and multi-threaded user intent.
• Interaction Prototyping: Build dynamic interaction simulations that test the responsiveness, latency tolerances, and feedback loops of non-traditional inputs.
• Sensor-Driven UX Architecture: Translate hardware sensor capabilities (cameras, microphones, spatial arrays) into intuitive, human-centered interaction guidelines.

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years in UX design, interaction design, or HCI research with a heavy focus on input mechanics.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in HCI, Cognitive Science, Interaction Design, Computer Science, or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

Behavioral Background: You deeply understand human ergonomics, cognitive load, and natural communication habits, applying them to human-machine interaction.

• Empathetic Prototyper: You excel at mocking up invisible interactions, making abstract triggers concrete for user testing and stakeholder review.
• Technical Bridge: You are equally comfortable discussing hardware sensor constraints with engineers and human-centered workflows with designers.
• Systems Thinker: You are comfortable mapping complex decision trees, fallback states, and conversation design logic for nonlinear user journeys.

Multimodal Fluency: You have hands‑on experience designing across voice, spatial/gesture, gaze, and tactile input modalities, knowing the strengths and failure modes of each.

Robust portfolio demonstrating end‑to‑end design of non‑traditional input systems (voice, spatial, gesture, or multi‑modal).

Proven record of user testing and validating complex input behavioral models.

Deep familiarity with hardware sensor ecosystems and software interaction loops.

Background in Conversational Design (VUI), linguistics, or cognitive science.

Deep understanding of human‑computer interaction (HCI) methodologies.

Prototyping experience using Unity, Unreal, or specialized physical computing environments.

Experience with spatial computing platforms (VisionOS, Meta Quest, HoloLens).

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

Additional Locations: * United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville