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Samsung Research America are hiring a

Principal AI Interaction Designer (12 Month Contract)

Lab Summary

Samsung Design Innovation Center (SDIC), located in San Francisco, is forming a small, nimble team to redefine the future of digital health. Working at the intersection of design, AI, and human experience, this team will explore how agentic and conversational AI can redefine future health and fitness experiences. The team will tackle complex and forward-looking design challenges to spark creativity, optimize concepts, and develop innovative new experiences for the near and mid-term future. We will collaborate closely with global partners to create impactful design directions by combining user insights, data, and advanced design approaches. This is a full-time, one-year contract role with the potential to extend or convert to a full-time position based on impact.

We are looking for talented designers to join our group and bring new energy to our process. You should be ready to help at all stages of product design, from identifying unmet and latent needs, discovering new design opportunities, designing new product concepts to applying technology creatively to solve real user problems and create radically new experiences that re-imagine the way we interact with products.

SDIC is one of the leading design and innovation teams in Samsung. Our mission is to understand people and lifestyles to deliver meaningful experiences, through beautiful yet functional design, enabled by innovative cutting-edge technologies.

The studio is working on various advanced product experiences which can shape the future of Samsung Businesses, working with various internal teams through experience-driven approach. Our work appears on smartphones, tablets, computers, televisions, wearables, and other devices we can’t describe yet.

Please note that this is for a 12 month contract, 5 days a week in-person at our office in San Francisco.

Position Summary

The Principal AI Interaction Designer is responsible for creating beautiful, functional and desirable interfaces and experiences with a focus on AI-driven and agentic user experiences for Samsung’s digital health offerings. This is an individual contributor role, where you will lead projects and ensure a high bar for the work. You will need to understand how people use products (e.g. wearables, smartphone), and leading health apps and services to craft the desired user experience, with a focus on AI-rich, conversational, and context-aware interactions.

We are interested in passionate and self-motivated individuals who are comfortable in a highly fluid and exploratory environment. You will bring drive, smarts, and curiosity; we will provide the environment for you to thrive and grow while helping shape next-generation digital health experiences powered by AI.

Position Responsibilities

  • Expected to lead projects and engage with a variety of stakeholders to get input and assess options
  • Conceptualize, visualize and develop ideas for products with an emphasis on future AI-driven health experiences
  • Integrate AI with the lens of improving the user experience, leveraging various AI technologies including conversational and agentic systems
  • Building ideas that turn complex and confusing into simple and understandable
  • Wireframing, conceptualizing, rapid prototyping, user-testing, interaction design, and visual design
  • Collaboration! Work on products and features in close collaboration with other Designers and Engineers
  • Crafting experiences that accomplish appropriately set goals, successfully
  • Developing prototypes at varying fidelity levels to support iterative design needs throughout the project
  • Knowing how to ask the right questions based on learning objectives and conducting user testing alone and/or with peers
  • Extending beyond expectations to push ideas forward
  • Travel International and Domestic and work overtime when needed

Required Skills

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree preferred in Design, HCI, Product Management, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
  • 16+ years of UX Design with Project Management/Leadership, User experience/Interaction
  • Understand user behaviors and interactions of products and services and create compelling product solutions based on their behaviors
  • Experience leading complex design and innovation projects
  • Experience working on a range of products from hardware/software, mobile, voice interfaces etc.
  • Experience leveraging AI to improve the user experience
  • Strong HCI (human-computer interaction) skills and strong user research appetite
  • Strong understanding of design thinking, design principles, and experience design methodologies and their applications
  • Design hypothesis development, prototyping & testing, sketching & visualizing bold ideas and user scenarios
  • Pitching and communicating the UX/UI concept to stakeholders
  • Documentation creation: Scenarios, Wireframes, Visual Design, low & high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes
  • Be clear, concise, have transparent communication style, willing to take action, and open to starting a project, idea, concept from scratch

Additional Information

We will consider qualified applicants for employment with arrest and conviction records.

Hourly Pay Rate Range: $150—$175 USD

Disclosure of Trade Secrets: Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process, you must not disclose any trade secrets of a current or previous employer.

Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Samsung Research America is committed to complying with all Federal, State and local laws related to the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the recruiter.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Samsung, we believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We aim to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring our talent to be their true selves. Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.

Samsung Research America is committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.