Product Designer

Collabera; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Collabera is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape strategy, design, and delivery of digital experiences across the connected vehicle ecosystem. You will influence how people interact with vehicles daily, from approach to miles on the road.

The role requires product judgment, strong craft, systems thinking, and collaboration with product, engineering, and research teams to drive strategy and experience direction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing high-quality digital products for consumer tech and connected devices.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking, interaction design, systems thinking, and craft.
• Proven ability to lead complex design initiatives from ambiguity through launch.
• Turn complex product challenges into simple, intuitive user experiences.
• Mastery of UI/UX design, interaction design, visual design, information architecture, prototyping, and user-centered design processes.
• Strong product judgment balancing customer needs, business goals, brand, and technical feasibility.
• Experience influencing product direction and aligning cross-functional teams.
• Expertise with modern design tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, Framer or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Lead design across in-car, mobile, and connected companion devices and platforms.
• Define end-to-end journeys, interaction models, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI.
• Turn ambiguous challenges into clear, scalable design solutions.
• Partner with product, engineering, and research to shape strategy and direction.
• Set a high-quality bar for design craft, documentation, and readiness.
• Evolve design systems and patterns that scale across platforms.
• Lead design reviews, align stakeholders, and mentor designers.
• Collaborate with engineering from concept through QA and production.

Skills

Product thinking

Interaction design

Systems thinking

Visual craft

Prototyping

End-to-end execution

Design leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Figma / ProtoPie / Framer

Communication & mentoring

Tools

Figma

ProtoPie

Framer

Job description

As a Lead Product Designer, you will shape the strategy, design, and delivery of digital experiences across the connected vehicle ecosystem. Your work will directly influence how people interact with their vehicle every day, from the moment they approach it to every mile on the road.

We are looking for an exceptional product designer with strong craft, systems thinking, and product judgment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead product design across key domains and platforms, including in-car, mobile, and connected companion accessories and devices.
• Define end-to-end user journeys, interaction models, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
• Turn ambiguous customer, business, and technical challenges into clear, elegant, and scalable design solutions.
• Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to shape product strategy and experience direction.
• Set a high-quality bar for design craft, documentation, and implementation readiness.
• Use research, data, benchmarking, and usability testing to guide design decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering from concept through production, including early alignment, design specs, reviews, and QA.
• Evolve design systems, interaction patterns, and documentation that scale across platforms.
• Lead design reviews, align stakeholders, and mentor designers to raise overall team quality.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience designing high-quality digital products for consumer technology, mobile, operating systems, connected devices, hardware/software ecosystems, automotive, or other complex interactive platforms.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, interaction design, systems thinking, visual craft, prototyping, and end-to-end product execution.
• Proven ability to lead complex design initiatives from ambiguous problem spaces through launch.
• Track record of turning complex, technical product challenges into simple, intuitive user experiences.
• Mastery of UI/UX design, interaction design, visual design, information architecture, prototyping, and user-centered design processes.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to balance customer needs, business goals, brand expression, technical feasibility, and long-term scalability.
• Experience influencing product direction and building alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Expertise with modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, Framer, or similar tools.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, presentation, critique, and collaboration skills.
• Experience mentoring designers, providing constructive feedback, and raising the quality of design work across a team.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)