We’re looking for bright UX Design Gurus to join our team

Heads up! The contract will be through one of our outsourcing partners, but you'll be working full-time with us as part of our team.

At Critical TechWorks, UX Designers are the creative alchemists behind the visual allure of BMW's customer-facing ecosystems. As a UX Designer, you'll bring a unique blend of artistic flair and technical prowess to a range of exciting projects, playing a crucial role in defining the aesthetic and emotional appeal of BMW's digital interfaces across car and mobile touchpoints. Your role is more than a job; it's a contribution to a leading narrative in the automotive design sector. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of UX design and eager to be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of BMW's digital experience, we invite you to join us. Embrace this career-defining opportunity and help us create digital experiences that resonate globally.

• User Research and Empathy: Conduct research activities at customer sites to deeply understand user needs and experiences.

• Design and Prototyping: Create high-fidelity mock-ups, journey maps, and workflow diagrams that translate customer needs into intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces.

• Collaborative Development: Partner with product owners and development teams to translate user interactions into user stories and front-end specifications, ensuring a smooth transition from design to development.

• Iterative Design Process: Engage in an agile workflow, continually redesigning, testing, and refining user interaction solutions to maximize user satisfaction and product effectiveness.

• Cross-functional Teamwork: Work closely with a diverse group of roles, including developers and product visionaries, to ensure design alignment with both technical capabilities and product goals.

• Design Communication: Effectively communicate your design vision and its impact on user activities, utilizing your strong storytelling and presentation skills.

Whatever you’re working on, here’s the lowdown on the technical skills you’re likely to have:

• 3+ years' worth of experience as a product designer

• Addicted to problem-solving with a gift for storytelling, and passionate about design

• Customer obsessed and able to clearly communicate how your designs will impact the user’s activities

• A good sense of end user knowledge and mental models, coupled with the ability to translate them into user interfaces that users can relate with easily

• A natural inclination to be very detailed, from research to mock-ups to specifications

• A keen focus on productivity balanced with the ability to experiment with multiple solutions from the earliest design stages

• Experience of creating and delivering captivating keynotes, high-fidelity mock-ups and functional prototypes, both to internal teams and customers

• Strong analytical skills complemented by a creative and experimental streak

• The ability to maintain pro-activeness when working with several different design and development teams

• Experience working with Figma, Adobe Suite, or Sketch for prototyping and UI specification

• Previous experience in designing desktop software

CTW's Daily Toolkit

Apart from great technical skills, our environment is fast-paced and 100% agile, and prioritizes autonomy, teamwork, interaction and resilience. This means our UX Design Gurus must also possess the following:

• Embrace agile practices, especially Scrum, leveraging its events to foster a high-performing team.

• Be cross-functional, developing new skills to enable a team that owns the entire product lifecycle.

• Apply standard engineering practices using tools like version control, IDEs, and dashboards for organized development.

• Travel abroad occasionally to support all phases of product development.

• Have excellent English oral and written skills. German communication skills will be a plus.

• We value diversity and encourage applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences. For this position, candidates must already have the legal right to work in Portugal at the time of application.

Who we are

Critical TechWorks seeks a distinct and treasured corporate culture, that is very much our own. This means:

• Growth and Innovation: Be a key player in shaping the future of mobility through innovative ideas.

• Engineering Excellence: Immerse yourself in an environment valuing engineering process, where we create, innovate, lead, and make a tangible impact.

• Autonomy and Collaboration: Thrive in a culture that blends autonomy with teamwork, contributing to groundbreaking developments.

• Continuous Learning: Embrace constant skill enhancement in a dynamic workplace, where your contributions impact cutting-edge technology projects.

Join Critical TechWorks on our journey of innovation, excellence, and redefining the future of motion, one product at a time.

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Notice: Apply to only one job; our Talent Team will analyze your profile and consider you for all relevant positions.

At Critical Techworks we are creating an inclusive culture that values our people’s different viewpoints and experiences, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, ethnicity, religion, or disability.

Our recruitment process is flexible and accessible to ensure fairness. If you need any adjustments to showcase your skills, let us know during your application. We’ll support you with care and confidentiality.