Principal User Experience Designer, Generative AI, AEC Full-time

Job Requisition ID #

25WD85437

Position Overview

Autodesk is leading the transformation of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry by integrating AI technology into our products.

We’re enhancing our applications with cloud-native capabilities, including data at scale, edge computing, AI-based solutions, and advanced 3D modeling

and graphics. This innovation is happening across our flagship products-AutoCAD, Revit, and Construction Cloud-and Forma, our new Industry Cloud.

At Autodesk, we believe that Artificial Intelligent (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) represent the biggest opportunity to improve the design and make

experience for our customers. Autodesk’s commitment to AI & ML has sponsorship from the office of the CTO, and executive leaders of the product and

design organizations. Our team is tasked with establishing an initial vision for how these new technologies can transform our existing products.

As a Principal User Experience Designer on the AEC Solutions team, you will shape the future of how our customers utilize generative AI in their work. You

will be part of a versatile group of AI Researchers, ML Engineers, Software Architects, and Experience Designers who are building cutting-edge foundation

models and generative AI tools for the AEC industry. You will be responsible for researching, designing and validating novel AI workflows and features for

Autodesk’s software products. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on the direction of Generative AI at Autodesk.

This role reports to the experience design manager for AEC Platform Experience and Analytics.

Prefer candidates in Boston, MA or Toronto, Canada to work hybrid/remote.

**To be considered, within the application/materials you submit, you must include your resume and accessible portfolio with password if needed**

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop and test visionary experience design concepts internally and with select customers
• Communicate customer requirements through storytelling, interactive prototypes, and other iterative artifacts like task diagrams, workflows and wireframes, which serve as part of a complete visual and functional design specification
• Visualize and prototype intended solutions at various levels of fidelity, from high-level wireframes or mock-ups to conceptual presentations to highly technical documents and diagrams
• Partner with product managers, engineers, AI researchers, and other designers to define great experiences from initial concept through successful implementation
• Lead design presentations and discussions with a wide range of audiences
• Collaborate directly with our User Researcher to plan and prioritize research projects
• Plan and facilitate user testing to iterate and refine experience designs and concepts
• Develop and maintain familiarity with Autodesk products and competitors to ensure viability with proposed solutions
• Utilize Autodesk’s standard design/interaction patterns and components to drive consistent customer experiences, and contribute new patterns and components where appropriate
• Partner with development teams to help drive successful implementation of design/interaction patterns and deliver quality experiences to our customers
• Lead and design workshops, incorporating innovative facilitation techniques for maximum impact

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of related professional user experience design and customer research experience
• Demonstrated experience designing complex b2b / technical platform experiences
• Depth of understanding in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related experience design patterns
• Experience/Exposure to the AEC Lifecycle and Autodesk tools like Revit, AutoCAD, and Forma
• Up-to-date expertise in human-centered design best practices
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, manage multiple tasks, and set priorities with direction and/or feedback from stakeholders and teammates
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distil complex ideas to their essence
• Comfortable in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders, can adjust to changing priorities under tight timelines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using designing tools and workflows that are supported by AI
• Experience in large, distributed, enterprise organizations
• Experience working in architecture, engineering, and construction
• History designing cutting edge AI experiences (i.e. prompting and dialog experiences, presenting generated outputs, and/or simplifying complex data experiences into conversational patterns, etc.)
• Experience with data science and/or machine learning engineering

Learn More

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For U.S.-based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $133,300 and $215,600. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, we also have a significant emphasis on annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we’re building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

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