Automotive UX Researcher — Shape the Vehicle Experience

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero-dollar Employee Premiums on Med/D

Employer-paid Disability and Life

Generous Paid Time Off

Competitive Salaries

Vehicle Fuel Allowance

Vehicle Lease Allowance

Health Savings Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

Flexible Work Hours

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is seeking a UX Researcher to join the UX Studio Team of Vehicle Software.

You will plan and conduct user research to inform design across Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles, integrating marketing, engineering, and social science perspectives in a fast-paced agile setting. Responsibilities include leading qualitative and quantitative studies, delivering actionable insights, and supporting the design process to improve vehicle UX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in industrial design, industrial engineering, HCI/human factors, cognitive psychology/ergonomics, CS, or related field.
• Experience in supporting process-based product research through design with evaluative and generative methods.
• Solid understanding of UX design principles and research methods.
• Ability to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative user data.
• Portfolio with at least three UX design and research works showing leadership in each research stage.

Responsibilities

• Discover user needs and insights to design innovative features for Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles.
• Support listening, ideation, prototyping, and evaluation through iterative UX design and Agile practices.
• Moderate qualitative user studies using ethnography, contextual inquiry, interviews, and participatory design.
• Design quantitative research referencing literature, prior work, surveys, and data analysis plans.
• Describe interaction models and organize insights into UX requirements for developers.

Skills

UX research

Qualitative methods

Quantitative methods

Data analysis

Communication

Agile practices

Prototyping

Presentation

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Graduate degree

Tools

Figma

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) is seeking a UX Researcher to join the UX Studio Team of Vehicle Software.

You will plan and conduct user research to inform design across Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles, integrating marketing, engineering, and social science perspectives in a fast-paced agile setting. Responsibilities include leading qualitative and quantitative studies, delivering actionable insights, and supporting the design process to improve vehicle UX.