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Job Title: Infotainment UX Engineer

Job Description

The Infotainment UX Engineer designs and refines in-vehicle infotainment solutions, features, and interfaces that are intuitive, visually engaging, and aligned with customer needs. This role leverages user-centered research and competitive benchmarking to create high-quality infotainment experiences that enhance usability, safety, and satisfaction. You collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate insights into interactive prototypes and production-ready designs that keep products competitive in a fast-evolving market.

Responsibilities

• Conduct user-centered research in educational or professional settings to understand user behaviors, needs, and pain points related to infotainment systems.
• Utilize existing research and data to define and refine infotainment features, interaction patterns, and visual design concepts.
• Perform product benchmarking to evaluate competitor infotainment solutions and identify opportunities for differentiation and improvement.
• Create GUI prototypes using tools such as Figma, Protopie, Axure, and Kanzi to explore, communicate, and validate design concepts.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to align infotainment UX solutions with product requirements and strategic objectives.
• Prepare clear, visually compelling presentation documents that communicate research findings, design rationale, and proposed solutions.
• Participate in design reviews and workshops to gather feedback, iterate on concepts, and ensure a cohesive user experience across the infotainment ecosystem.
• Apply critical and innovative thinking to solve complex UX challenges and propose creative, user-focused solutions.
• Contribute to a culture of teamwork by valuing relationships, sharing knowledge, and supporting collaborative problem-solving.
• Demonstrate results orientation by managing priorities, meeting deadlines, and delivering high-quality UX outputs.
• Develop yourself and others by actively seeking feedback, mentoring peers when appropriate, and staying current with UX and infotainment trends.
• Lead with purpose by advocating for the user, championing UX best practices, and influencing decisions that improve the overall infotainment experience.

Essential Skills

• Experience conducting user-centered research in educational and/or professional environments.
• Proficiency in GUI prototyping tools such as Figma, Protopie, Axure, and Kanzi.
• Strong design skills with a focus on user experience for digital interfaces.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to create clear and compelling presentation documents.
• Ability to perform product benchmarking and analyze competitive infotainment solutions.
• Demonstrated critical and innovative thinking in solving UX and design problems.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Results-oriented mindset with the ability to prioritize tasks and deliver high-quality work.
• Capability to lead with purpose by advocating for user-centered design within cross-functional teams.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background or qualification in UX or a related design discipline.
• Experience working on infotainment or automotive digital interfaces.
• Strength in developing self and others through continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
• Skill in communicating with impact and influence to gain alignment on UX decisions.
• Ability to foster teamwork and build strong working relationships across disciplines.
• Understanding of both technical and business considerations when designing user experiences.

Work Environment

This role operates in a collaborative, cross-functional environment focused on designing and refining digital infotainment experiences. You work primarily with modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Protopie, Axure, and Kanzi, and you regularly prepare and present design documentation to stakeholders. The position involves close coordination with technical and business teams, emphasizing open communication, teamwork, and shared ownership of product outcomes. The environment encourages continuous learning, innovative thinking, and professional development, while maintaining a professional standard of dress appropriate for office-based collaboration and presentations

This is a Contract position based out of Raymond, OH.

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $45.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Raymond,OH.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 7, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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