UX Researcher

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI); 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 Ins.

Generous Paid Time Off

Competitive Salaries

Vehicle Fuel Allowance

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) seeks a UX researcher to join the UX Studio Team of Vehicle Software. You will plan, conduct, and manage user research in the American context to inform features for Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles.

In an agile environment, you will translate user behaviors into insights guiding design, using ethnographic and mixed-method studies, collaborating with engineering, marketing, and social sciences for next-gen mobility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HCI, engineering, design, psychology, 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.
• Portfolio with at least three works showing leadership in user research and testing.
• Ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency in visualization, prototyping, and documentation tools (Figma, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Excellent time management, self-management, and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Discover user needs and insights to design features for Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles.
• Support listening, ideation, prototyping, and evaluation through iterative UX design and Agile practices.
• Moderate qualitative user studies through ethnography, contextual inquiry, interviews, and participatory design.
• Design quantitative research with literature references, surveys, data curation, and insights for UX.
• Describe interaction models and UX requirements with diagrams, workflows, etc.
• Travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Skills

UX research

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Design ethnography

Contextual inquiry

Interviews

Data analysis

Figma

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree

Tools

Figma

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Job description

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

The Position

The UX Researcher wouldplan, conduct, facilitate, and manage user research in the American context via a user-centered process. Additionally, the UX Researcher would support the UX design process by delivering insights from users' behaviors concerning their expectations and unspoken needs in the automotive context, linking marketing, engineering/technology, and social/human science with a holistic approach to design in a fast-paced agile environment for the new mobility transition period involving electric vehicles, autonomous driving, and innovative transportation solutions.

What You Will Do

• Discover user needs and draw insights to design innovative features that could impact the automobile user experience for future Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles


• Support listening, ideation, prototyping, and evaluation efforts through the iterative UX design process and Agile practices


• Moderate qualitative user studies to understand users’ behaviors, needs, and goals through preliminary context-of-use research, such as design ethnography, contextual inquiry, in-depth interviews, and participatory design


• Design quantitative user research, referencing literature, prior works, competitor reviews, research designs, survey/experimental instrument designs, data curation and analysis plans, and findings into design insights for applications that could improve vehicle UX


• Describe interaction models between users and vehicle controllers and logic for developers by organizing and optimizing insights from human behaviors into UX requirements through state diagrams, workflows, flowcharts, service blueprints, code, or other procedural forms


• Travel up to 20% of the time, both domestically and internationally

What You Will Bring to the Role

• Basic Qualifications:
  
  
  
  • Bachelor’s degree in industrial design, industrial engineering, human-computer interaction/human factors, cognitive psychology/ergonomics, computer science, or a related field
  
  
  • Experience in supporting process-based product research through design with evaluative and generative design methods
  
  
  • Solid understanding of UX design principles and research methods
  
  
  • Ability to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative user data
  
  
  • Ability to be flexible and creative, using analytical and creative problem-solving in design research and user testing
  
  
  • Portfolio with at least three works on UX design and research that demonstrate one's leadership and direct involvement in each step of user research, requirement analysis, ideation, prototyping, and testing in the iterative UX design process
  
  
  • Ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  
  
  • Proficiency in basic visualization, prototyping, and documentation tools, such as Figma, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
  
  
  • Excellent time management, self-management, and organization skills
  
  
  • Strong written, oral, visual, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  
  
  • Flexibility with program and process changes. Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis may make late changes to satisfy customer needs.
  
  
  
  


• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  
  
  • Graduate degree in industrial design, industrial engineering, human-computer interaction/human factors, cognitive psychology/ergonomics, computer science, or a related field
  
  
  • 3+ years of experience in a cross-functional team in an industry setting
  
  
  • Experience in related fields, such as marketing research or product planning
  
  
  
  

What Hyundai Can Offer You

• Zero-dollar Employee Premiums on Medical, Dental, and Vision for You and Your Family


• 100% Employer-paid Disability and Life Insurance


• Generous Paid Time Off, Including Vacation, Sick, and Abundant Holidays


• Competitive Salaries
  
  
  
  • Range of Position: $80,000 ~ $120,000/Year
  
  
  
  


• A Global Environment that Fosters Diversity


• Retirement Savings and Planning Benefits


• Vehicle Fuel Allowance


• Vehicle Lease Allowance


• Access to Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts


• Flexible Work Hours

Other Details

• Candidates applying for positions with Hyundai KIA must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
  
  
  
  • HATCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled and Veteran. VEVRAA Federal contractor.