Inside the Role
About the Role
As a Sr. UX/UI Product Designer in our Design Center, you’ll lead on real production vehicles and next-generation HMI concepts from day one; contributing to in-cabin digital experiences across Freightliner, Western Star, and our global brands. You’ll own significant product areas, set the quality bar for the team, and bring a strong point of view to HMI design decisions that impact millions of professional drivers worldwide.
This is a high-impact role for a Sr. Designer who can still execute at the highest level while shaping direction, mentoring junior talent, and driving alignment across a global team. A career-defining opportunity for a hungry designer ready to push the boundaries of UI craft and help shape the future of mobility.
Why Daimler Truck North America
At DTNA, you’re not designing for a screen, you’re designing for the road. Our vehicles support critical industries around the world, and the experiences you create will be used by professionals every day.
We’re a high-performing, globally distributed design team driven by Respect, Tenacity, and Excellence. We foster a culture built on trust and collaboration, where design quality matters and your growth as a designer is actively supported. If you’re hungry to do meaningful work and be part of a team that pushes for excellence, this is the place.
Together we shape the future.
Posting Information
We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.
We Take Care of Our Team
Position offers a starting salary range of $117,000 – $150,000 USD
Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits include annual bonus program; 401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age; starting at 4 weeks paid vacation; 13+ calendar holidays; 8 weeks paid parental leave; employee assistance program; comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off; short-term and long-term disability plans.
What You Drive at DTNA
Design & Craft
Lead the design high-quality in-vehicle UIs: typography, color, iconography, layout, and motion across global brands.
Deliver pixel-perfect, implementation-ready specs, assets, and reusable components for our global design system as well as set standards.
Build high-fidelity prototypes to communicate visual, motion, and interaction intent.
Craft glance-based interfaces that balance driver safety, brand expression, and system complexity at scale.
Raise the bar for design quality and consistency across work streams, sharing best practices and guiding the broader team.
Strategy & Thinking
Translate product requirements, user needs, and brand intent into cohesive UX/UI solutions.
Proactively identify design gaps, experience inconsistencies, and opportunities across the in-vehicle ecosystem.
Bring a clear point of view to cross-functional conversations; advocating for the driver experience with confidence and evidence.
Partner with human factors and research teams to test concepts with drivers, evaluate usability, and refine designs based on findings.
Synthesize research insights, technical constraints, and domain knowledge into design decisions that hold up under scrutiny.
Collaboration & Impac t
Lead cross-functionally with engineering, product strategy, and truck technology across a global team.
Communicate design rationale with clarity and conviction; present work to senior stakeholders and iterate with purpose.
Own complex workstreams end-to-end, from ambiguous brief to production handoff, with a high degree of autonomy.
Mentor and support junior and mid-level designers; elevating craft, providing structured feedback, and helping grow the team.
Knowledge You Should Bring (Minimum…