User Experience Senior Researcher

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Senior UX Researcher conducts research on how customers use mobility products as well as new technologies which could be leveraged towards the UX experience. You will work with emerging, state-of-the art collaborators to find and progress new approaches to solve current UX issues and to develop new value solutions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Research and improve the user experience of current and future products, both in automotive and consumer electronics space.
• Involve state-of-the-art collaborators in the NA regional sector and oversee collaborator research work.
• Analyze user research data to understand customers needs and desires for UX functionality (displays, information, interface, entertainment, features, controls, etc)
• Manage contractors and vendors to meet multiple activity and project milestones on schedule
• Modify and/or create new UX solutions across a broad range of applicability.
• Create feature and user interface operational Proof-of-Value Experiments with regional collaborators

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

Minimum Educational Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Human Factors, Industrial Design, UX design; Engineering, Psychology, Product Development or equivalent relevant work experience

Minimum Experience:

• 5 or more years of relevant experience

Other Job-Specific Skills:

• Strong experience conducting qualitative and quantitative user-centered research preferably in automotive, mobility or consumer technologies.
• Product Benchmarking
• Must be able to communicate insights clearly and influence design decisions

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs