UX designer with user insight focus

Come and join the Interaction Design team at Scania and help us take our user insight work to the next level. The group is responsible for the interaction between the driver and the vehicle, and it is in our mission to take a holistic user centred approach to design a safe, efficient and pleasurable experience.

Scania is undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions. If you add to this digitalization and the connectivity journey the world is experiencing, then you will start to understand the work area.

We have a broad portfolio of projects in relation to a more sustainable and digital future, and now we are expanding our team to find a User Experience Designer that will run our user insight work.

Who we are

The Interaction Design group is responsible for the interaction design for Scania’s trucks and buses. We are one out of five groups within the Product and Interaction Design department, together with Industrial Design, Model Makers, Digital Models and Ergonomics. As a group we have a central role in the creation of Scania´s future portfolio of products.

Scania is part of TRATON Industrial Operations, which include development centres in Södertälje, Munich, Chicago and São Paulo.

Our working environment is characterized by inclusion, team spirit, flat hierarchy and transparency. Currently the team’s focus is to investigate how trends such as digitalization, electrification and advanced driver assistance systems will shape the future driver workplace. The group consist of Interaction Designers, UX Designers, a Sound Designer and supported roles; Scrum Masters and UX Studio Engineers. We enjoy our work together as collaborative colleagues as we are in our Design Studio in Södertälje most of the week.   

Your work assignment

You put the human in the centre of all your design work, with the ambition to bring them the best possibly product experience.

You have a strong ambition in contributing to a more structured user insight approach throughout our projects.

You build your concepts on insights about the user needs and expectations.

You will interact with our users as a natural part of your workday.

You work cross-functionally in Scania and across Traton brands to identify synergies in research areas.

Success-factors in this is role is to be creative, collaborative and autonomous.

Previous work experience from the areas of HMI and UX is a must, experience from automotive is a big plus. Experience from tech companies with products including both physical and digital interactions is also highly qualifying. You hold a bachelor/master degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design or equivalate. Your degree shall have been specialized within User Experience (UX) Design, Interaction Design, Human Machine Interaction (HMI).  

What we offer

As a Scania employee, you are offered several benefits in addition to personal and professional development opportunities. These benefits include mutual bonus, company car, occupational pension, flexible working hours, lunch at reduced prices, electric car charging and much more. If you live in Stockholm, we offer a direct bus service between Stockholm and Södertälje, Scania Job Express.

This is a great opportunity to embark an exciting journey towards the future within the field of user experience. I’m looking forward to receive your application. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me, Karolina, as the hiring manager if you have questions about the position or to my colleague at talent acquisition regarding the recruitment process:

Karolina Ingre, [email protected], +46 8 553 83520 (hiring manager) or Patrik Neckman, [email protected], +46 8 553 896 78 (talent acquisition specialist)