Sr. Principal Experience Designer, AEC

Autodesk; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 167,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Autodesk in Portland, OR seeks a Senior Principal Designer to shape the next generation of construction experiences within Autodesk Forma. You will define a cohesive UX vision across web and native iOS/Android, balancing needs of office administrators and jobsite teams.

You will establish scalable design systems, partner with product, engineering, and leadership, and drive a customer-centric design craft that improves delivery of large commercial and civil projects.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience in UX design or leadership roles.
• Experience designing SaaS products across multiple devices.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply product and UX expertise to influence strategy and opportunities.
• Create design artifacts, prototypes, diagrams, and visual frameworks.
• Translate needs into clear experience direction and system frameworks.
• Communicate vision and strategy through storytelling to diverse audiences.
• Introduce new design practices and help teams improve design outcomes.
• Partner with designers, researchers, PMs, and engineers across time zones.

Skills

UX design leadership

SaaS experience

Figma

AI prototyping

Tools

Figma

Job description

Position Overview At Autodesk AEC, we help teams meet the world’s rapidly expanding building and infrastructure needs while making design and construction more predictable, safe, and sustainable. The Construction Field Delivery team is transforming how projects are delivered through a connected productivity platform that is intuitive, scalable, AI-driven, and seamlessly accessible across mobile, and web.

Job Requisition ID # 26WD98408
Position Overview At Autodesk AEC, we help teams meet the world’s rapidly expanding building and infrastructure needs while making design and construction more predictable, safe, and sustainable. The Construction Field Delivery team is transforming how projects are delivered through a connected productivity platform that is intuitive, scalable, AI-driven, and seamlessly accessible across mobile, and web.
We are seeking a Senior Principal Designer to help shape the next generation of construction experiences within Autodesk Forma. Reporting to the Director of Experience Design for Construction Field Delivery, you will define and drive a cohesive UX vision across web and native iOS/Android experiences serving both office administrators and jobsite teams. This role requires balancing the competing needs and operational realities of multiple user groups working within highly complex construction workflows.
As a senior design leader, you will establish scalable design frameworks and interaction models across a broad product ecosystem while leveraging emerging technologies (i.e. on mobile) to solve deeply complex customer problems. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to shape strategy, influence outcomes, and elevate experience quality across everything we deliver. Through strong systems thinking, storytelling, and design craft, you will inspire cross-functional teams and help define how technology improves the delivery of large commercial and civil projects in the real world.
Travel: approximately quarterly across North America and other international locations.

Responsibilities

• Apply deep product, platform, user-centered design, and AEC industry expertise to influence product strategy, anticipate emerging customer needs, and identify opportunities where new technologies can deliver meaningful customer value
• Create compelling design vision artifacts, including prototypes, diagrams, concepts, and visual frameworks, to inspire teams and drive alignment
• Translate complex user needs and business priorities into clear, actionable experience direction and system frameworks
• Communicate design vision and strategy with clarity and impact through effective storytelling, leading presentations and discussions that build trust, inform decisions, and engage diverse, cross-functional audiences
• Support innovation and organizational learning by introducing new design practices, exploring emerging frameworks, and helping teams improve the pace, quality, and ambition of design outcomes
• Partner with designers, researchers, product managers, and engineering leaders across multiple time zones to guide the translation of design vision into feasible, end-to-end experiences aligned with platform and technical constraints

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience as a UX design individual contributor and/or design leader
• Experience designing SaaS products across multiple device types and software platforms
• Strong communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence across UX, Product Management, Engineering, and Analytics
• Proficiency with industry-standard design tools such as Figma and AI-enabled prototyping tools
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in larger, cross-team environments
• Online portfolio showcasing relevant experience and impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in mentoring and supporting the growth of other designers
• Experience driving design vision involving innovative technologies (such as agentic experiences, mobile, or smart devices)

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software - from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.
We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk - it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.
When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk's competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $155,000 and $278,300. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/global-belonging

In-Person Onboarding and Identity Verification

This role may require in-person onboarding and/or in-person ID verification.