Automotive Vision & Display UX Researcher

General Motors; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Staff Researcher in Vision science and Human Factors to advance in-vehicle display experiences, focusing on head up displays, display concepts, and related HMI use cases. You will design studies, translate findings into actionable design recommendations, and collaborate with engineering, sensing, and product teams.

The role emphasizes perceptual research, user studies, and development of testable concepts and prototypes to guide future GM products within a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or a related technical field and strong background in human machine interface research.
• PhD in related field is preferred and demonstrated impact via publications or projects.
• Experience designing and running user studies, perceptual experiments, or usability evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Lead research and concept development for in-vehicle display experiences, especially head up displays and related HMI use cases.
• Design and execute studies on human visual perception, usability, workload, situation awareness, distraction, and trust.
• Create and evaluate prototypes, experiments, and demonstration systems translating research into design recommendations.

Skills

Human factors research

Experimental methods

Visual perception

HMI design

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Master’s degree in engineering or related field

PhD preferred in engineering/vision science/optics

Tools

Eye tracking

Job description

General Motors seeks a Staff Researcher in Vision science and Human Factors to advance in-vehicle display experiences, focusing on head up displays, display concepts, and related HMI use cases. You will design studies, translate findings into actionable design recommendations, and collaborate with engineering, sensing, and product teams.

The role emphasizes perceptual research, user studies, and development of testable concepts and prototypes to guide future GM products within a hybrid work