Product Designer 1 - Pilot Experience

Garmin International - Olathe, KS

Full-time - Entry Level

Olathe, KS

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

We are seeking a full-time Product Designer 1 in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for understanding fundamental usability and user-centered design principles to guide software user interface development for aviation products, including integrated flight decks and state-of-the-art cockpit designs. As a Product Designer, you will engage in various activities that contribute to the creation of innovative user experiences that enhance the usability and functionality of our aviation products. Your responsibilities will include researching, designing, and prototyping new user experiences for new features and products. You will communicate your research and designs using mockups, storyboarding, visual presentations, and writing behavioral documentation. Your goal will be to produce creative, simple, and highly usable solutions for how products interact in response to human behavior. Additionally, you will assist with new user interface testing and conduct usability tests to gather feedback on new designs, ensuring that the final products meet user needs and expectations. Collaboration is key in this role, as you will work closely with engineering teams and product managers to produce superior solutions. You will maintain and ensure user interface design and behavioral consistency across product types, which is essential for creating a cohesive user experience. Staying current on user interface design trends and competitors' designs will be crucial, as will keeping abreast of new prototyping, presentation, or computer graphics techniques and software. You will apply design standards and procedures to implement basic designs and utilize engineering tools when needed.

Responsibilities

• Researches, designs, and prototypes new user experiences for new features and products.
• Communicates research and designs using mockups, storyboarding, visual presentations, and writing behavioral documentation.
• Produces creative, simple, and highly usable solutions for how products interact in response to human behavior.
• Assists with new user interface testing and conducts usability tests to get feedback on new designs.
• Collaborates with and communicates to teams in engineering and product managers to produce superior solutions.
• Maintains and ensures user interface design and behavioral consistency across product types.
• Remains current on user interface design trends and competitors' design.
• Stays abreast with new prototyping, presentation, or computer graphics techniques and software.
• Applies design standards and procedures to implement basic designs and applies engineering tools when needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Visual Design, or a degree with an equivalent curriculum that teaches user-centered design principles.
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule).
• Proficiency and exceptional skills in creating different types of prototypes or mock-ups using tools such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates understanding and knowledge of good user interface design (consistency, simplicity, usability).

Nice-to-haves

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5).
• Experience in graphics production, graphics editing technology, motion graphics, interactive design works, and/or videography.
• Software skills using Figma, Blender, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or After Effects.
• Pilot Certificate (Private Pilot license, Instrument rating, etc.).

Benefits

• Eligible for Garmin's benefit program.