Principal UX Designer, Generative AI & Computational Design

Principal UX Designer, Generative AI & Computational Design at Autodesk

Job Requisition ID # 26WD94610

Position Overview

At Autodesk, we are reimagining the future of design and making. We are seeking a Principal User Experience Designer who blends world-class UX craft with deep experience in AI-augmented and computational design workflows. Join us as we create the next generation of AI-driven design tools for product designers, engineers, and manufacturers around the world. You will define how ideas become real – shaping tools used to design everything from consumer products to large-scale physical systems. This role is ideal for a designer who thrives at the intersection of design tools, end-to-end product creation, high aesthetic design, and manufacturing-ready designs. You see AI not as a shortcut, but as a creative medium.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX strategy and definition for next-generation, AI-powered product design workflows across Autodesk Fusion
• Invent and prototype new creation models that blend computational design, simulation, and generative techniques with intuitive UX patterns
• Architect end-to-end workflow solutions that translate customer requirements into toolchains used by product managers, designers, engineers, and manufacturing teams
• Collaborate with product, engineering, research, data science, and design partners to deliver experiences that accelerate creativity while supporting manufacturability and real-world constraints
• Contribute to a unified Autodesk design system capable of expressing complex, multi-modal design tasks (AI, logical systems, 2D/3D, simulation, collaboration, versioning)
• Lead by doing – inspire teams with prototypes, narrative, and systems thinking that raise the bar for how computational design workflows can feel—fast, fluid, and human-centered
• Set and manage to user experience objectives that align collaborators and sponsors to rally around breakthroughs that have customer-appreciated benefits and positive business impact
• Engage cross-functionally with an aspiration to disrupt traditional approaches

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years in UX, industrial design, and computational design with a proven track record of building creation tools, advanced workflows, or modeling environments
• Deep understanding of AI-assisted design, parametric modeling, generative design, computational geometry, and design-for-manufacturing requirements
• Experience with shipping tools or workflows used for product design, industrial design, or mechanical engineering
• Demonstrated ability to design end-to-end workflows, from gathering requirements through prototyping to production-ready user experiences
• Extensive work with UI and interaction designers in translating end-to-end workflows into solutions delivered to market
• Strong collaboration with engineering teams building complex, technical systems
• Portfolio showing tool design excellence, clarity in complex problem spaces, and impact on real-world product creation

Ideal Candidate

You are a designer-inventor who moves fluidly between concept, tooling, and execution – crafting intelligent workflows that accelerate, augment, and automate how people design and make. You thrive in ambiguity, build clarity, and elevate the craft of product creation through thoughtful, customer-appreciated workflows, engaging interactions, and impactful business results for our customers and Autodesk.

Key skills/competency

• UX Strategy
• Generative AI
• Computational Design
• Parametric Modeling
• Industrial Design
• Product Design
• Workflow Architecture
• UI/Interaction Design
• Human-Centered Design
• Design-for-Manufacturing