Staff Designer, UI Design

About the role

The Tesla Design team is responsible for the user interface of all vehicles and the mobile app. As a Staff UI Designer, you will research, design, innovate, and prototype new user experiences across Tesla’s product portfolio. Candidates should have exceptional design skills, a great sense of aesthetics, and user-centered design principles aimed at maximizing customer delight. The future of cars and sustainable energy can be whatever we want it to be. We are looking for someone to help us shape that future—someone with passion, dedication, and the drive to make Tesla’s products of today and tomorrow great.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of UI design to develop mock-ups, new interaction models, and navigation schemes
• Develop pixel perfect comps and assets for all projects
• Create and make decisions that implement a design language consistent throughout the Tesla UI platform (in-car, mobile, etc.)
• Strategically imagine, conceive of, manage, and drive UI design projects from concept to implementation
• Act as liaison to provide feedback and ensure design integrity of projects between Interaction Designers, Software Engineers, and Project Managers
• Analyze and interpret recommendations from other business groups in order to prioritize functions and develop a project roadmap with Project Managers

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in interaction design, prototyping, and complex design systems
• A strong portfolio of 3D work
• Experience using AI coding tools to produce frontend code
• Passion for interactive data visualization
• Experience building foundational layout and typographic systems
• A track record of developing new interaction models for different form factors and interfaces (Mobile counts)

Benefits

• Medical plans with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both with options for $0 paycheck contribution
• Company-paid Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability insurance (90-day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Pay

Expected compensation: $159,600 - $342,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits. Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.