Senior User Interface Visual Designer (Production Vehicle)

Description

• Own the visual execution and maturation of UI designs, ensuring screens, components, and transitions meet production-level quality, consistency, and feasibility.
• Deliver pixel-perfect UI layouts, visual assets, and specifications that clearly communicate intent to engineering and support accurate implementation.
• The responsibilities of this role require daily attendance in office with in-person meetings and events regularly.
• Collaborate with engineering and software teams to ensure visual designs are correctly implemented, addressing constraints, edge cases, and production realities early.
• Partner closely with UX designers to translate user flows, interaction models, and functional requirements into expressive, intuitive, and visually cohesive interfaces.
• Contribute to motion and transition concepts that enhance clarity, feedback, and brand expression within technical constraints.
• Manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously, balancing hands-on visual design execution with clear communication and alignment across teams.
• Build and evolve the UI visual library, including reusable visual components, patterns, and production assets that support scalability across vehicle programs and mobile platforms.
• Develop and refine iconography, typography, color systems, layout principles, motion intent, and visual hierarchy across multiple digital touchpoints.
• Support and mentor designers through visual craft leadership, raising the overall quality and consistency of Scout’s digital interfaces.
• Translate the SCOUT brand promise and design strategy into production-ready, high-fidelity user interface designs for in-vehicle systems and companion mobile applications.

Requirements

• A passion for craft, quality, and building meaningful digital experiences that stand the test of production reality.
• A portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design craft, including layout, typography, iconography, color, motion intent, and final production assets.
• Extensive experience with industry-standard tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on high-fidelity UI design and asset delivery.
• Strong experience collaborating within cross-functional teams, including UX, product management, and software engineering.
• Residing in New York City: This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience as a user interface visual designer, with significant emphasis on automotive digital products.
• Residing in San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Clear and confident communicator, able to articulate visual decisions and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical partners.
• Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.
• Demonstrated experience delivering production-ready UI for automotive systems such as instrument clusters, center displays, head units, and related in-vehicle controls.
• Residing in Los Angeles: Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
• Proven ability to take designs from concept through to production, working closely with engineering to ensure accuracy and feasibility.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, capable of managing complex design deliverables across multiple programs.
• A portfolio demonstrating production vehicle user interface visual design work is required. Applications without real-world, production automotive UI experience will not be considered.
• Exceptional visual design judgment, with a strong sense of aesthetics, hierarchy, and brand expression.

Benefits

• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Competitive insurance including:
• Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with:
• Generous Paid Time Off including:
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• 20 days planned PTO, as accrued

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance