Senior UX/UI Designer - Embedded Devices (HMI)
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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Senior UX/UI Designer - Embedded Devices (HMI)
British American Tobacco United Kingdom has an exciting opportunity for a Senior UX/UI Designer – Embedded Devices (HMI) in London / South Hampton.
Please note: This role focuses on embedded/device UX. Applications with only web or mobile app experience will not be considered.
Responsibilities
As a Senior UX/UI Designer – Embedded Devices (HMI) within the Device UX Design team, your key responsibilities will include:
- Lead the design of digital and physical UI components: Lead the design of embedded and physical UI components for small-form-factor devices, ensuring experiences meet user and product requirements.
- Produce wireframes, visual designs, prototypes: Produce prototypes tailored for constrained hardware environments, animations, and mock ups that clearly express interaction intent.
- Support and interpret user research, usability studies: Support user research including testing on physical device prototypes, and insights to iterate and refine the design.
- Partner with developers: Partner with developers and firmware/hardware engineers to ensure UI concepts translate into robust, high quality implementations.
- Maintain alignment with key stakeholders: Maintain alignment with key stakeholders through clear communication, documentation, and regular updates.
- Engage across industrial design, brand, research, and engineering teams: Engage across industrial design, engineering, ensuring device UX integration throughout the 4D product development process.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in UI/UX design with embedded or physical device UX, ideally within consumer electronics or small digital devices.
- Experience collaborating with UX/UI designers, hardware and firmware teams, developers, product managers, and other cross functional partners.
- High proficiency with Figma, Adobe After Effects & Illustrator, and prototyping tools such as Protopie (or equivalents).
- Ability to build strong partnerships across teams and influence decision-making.
- Solid project management skills with experience juggling multiple workstreams.
- Strong portfolio showcasing visually appealing, user friendly interfaces showing device-based UX (not only web/mobile) and clear interaction design thinking.
We Offer
- Market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
- Diverse health plans, initiatives for work-life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives
- Access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills
- Continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes
About the Company
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Values
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