The Autodesk Platform Technologies Division is looking to add to our Platform Technologies Design & Usability team. If you would be willing to relocate, have the experience, and are interested, you can contact Jeff Lopes (hiring manager) 415-507-8550. [email protected].

Position 1
Product Designer for a new product from the company that makes AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor, and Architectural Desktop.

San Rafael, CA. As a mid-level designer you will join a team of very talented, driven designers and usability experts.  We are focused on creating industry-standard products for architects, engineers, and presentation graphics professionals.  In your role on the Platform Technologies Design & Usability team, you will be dedicated to a new product currently in conceptual design and prototyping phase; you will join a lead designer on that project.  Your deliverables will include conceptual designs, paper and interactive mockups and prototypes, and user interface specifications.  You will ensure discoverability, learnability, and usability through a methodological UCD approach that includes ongoing usability testing and customer visits.  This new product integrates closely with Autodesk’s portfolio of existing products such as AutoCAD, so a working knowledge of AutoCAD or another of our products is required. Primary fields of expertise that are relevant for this position are architecture, mechanical design, industrial design, and design visualization.  If you’ve got the background and would consider a career on the software side of things, this could be a very interesting option for you.  Your domain and industry expertise are valuable.  If you’re a skilled designer of buildings, objects, or graphical presentations, we can teach you how to apply your talent and domain expertise to software design.  If you’re an interaction designer who happens to have a background in architecture or engineering, you’re already a perfect fit.

Serious candidates should be highly accountable and driven to exceed expectations.  If you’re average or want to do contract work on the side, this is not the job for you.  We work hard but have fun too, so we are looking for an individual with a positive personality plus dynamic interpersonal skills.   (Available: immediately)

Position 2
Senior Product Designer for a new, strategic project

In this independent and unique new role, your primary focus will be to design onramps from within AutoCAD to more industry-specific  Autodesk products such as Architectural Desktop, Revit, and Inventor.  You will join a team of highly talented, driven designers and usability experts.  We are focused on creating industry-standard products for the design community including architects, engineers, and presentation graphics professionals.  As a member of the Platform Technologies Design & Usability team, you will be dedicated to this Onramps project for at least a year, taking the design from early concepts through final specifications.  You will interact closely with several design teams across the company, coordinating smooth and logical ways to make AutoCAD customers aware of sophisticated new ways to work in our other products.   You will ensure discoverability, learnability, and usability through a methodological UCD approach that includes ongoing usability testing and customer visits.  This unique opportunity requires expertise with AutoCAD (ideally 2005 or 2006), and preference will be given to candidates with knowledge of one or more other products in the Autodesk product portfolio.  Primary fields of expertise that are relevant for this position are architecture, mechanical design, industrial design, design visualization.  If you’ve got the background and would consider a career as a user interaction designer, this could be a very interesting option for you.  Your domain and industry expertise are valuable. 

Serious candidates should be highly accountable and driven to exceed expectations.  If you’re average or want to do contract work on the side, this is not the job for you.  We work hard but have fun too, so we are looking for an individual with a positive personality plus dynamic interpersonal skills.