Principal User Experience Designer
About the role
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Job Duties
- Lead UX Designers, and work closely with UI Designers, Front-End Engineers, and Product Owners to ensure the solidity of product solutions and deliver top notch user experiences
- Ensure alignment of current UX design efforts with business goals
- Lead brainstorming and concepting for exceptional user experiences
- Contribute to the definition of professional standards, procedures or processes
- Apply broad knowledge of UX best practices to solve problems
- Foster communication and express ideas to convey concepts to the teams
- Lead and review the work of UX Designers
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in UX Design, HCI, Human Factors or related areas of study; or 10+ years of work experience in a UX design-related position
- Professionally crafted online portfolio
- Experienced at creating and leading the creation of UX assets such as sitemaps, journey maps, wireframes, and prototypes
- Expert proficiency in Figma, including prototyping, design systems, and collaborative workflows
- Experience using AI tools in the design process to accelerate research, ideation, and design execution
- Experience designing AI-powered user experiences with a focus on usability, accessibility, and user trust
- Mastery of prototyping and other feedback tools
- In depth knowledge of UX methodologies (double diamond process) related to user and workflow research, interviews and surveys, and the ability to use the information to make data-driven design decisions
- Experience managing other designers on a project basis
- Experience in creating new products and improving existing ones
Top Qualifications
- Extensive background in UX design for digital products
- Interest and understanding of how to leverage AI in digital products and design workflows
- UX portfolio showing wide variety of product/UX design
- User testing and research expertise
- Several examples of driving ideas/solutions to completion
Pay and Benefits
Pay Range: $128,470.00 - $192,710.00
Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off plan, 401(k) savings plans, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Lifestyle Programs, Employee Assistance Program, Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts, Career Development, Incentive bonus, Disability benefits, Life Insurance, Parental leave, Adoption benefits, Tuition Reimbursement, and more.