Autodesk · 1 week ago
Experience Design Architect
Portland, OR
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $252K/yr
10+ years expAutodesk is a company that helps innovators turn their ideas into reality through their software solutions. They are seeking an Experience Design Architect to support experience strategy and architecture for AI-driven workflows, ensuring usability and coherence in complex AI experiences for professional design and manufacturing workflows.
3D TechnologyArchitectureConstructionManufacturingSoftware Engineering
Responsibilities
Define experience strategy and information architecture for AI-powered capabilities: including assistants, agent-based workflows, and intelligent automation
Design information models, system hierarchies, and mental models that make AI behavior understandable and navigable
Establish scalable patterns for organizing, naming, surfacing, and sequencing AI-driven information and actions
Lead the design of onboarding and learning experiences that explain system capabilities, constraints, and outcomes
Identify fragmentation and inconsistency across AI experiences and drive architectural alignment
Use prototypes, models, and scenarios to test and communicate experience and architecture decisions
Partner closely with product, engineering, and applied AI teams to align system architecture and user-facing structures
Facilitate cross-functional working sessions to align on AI interaction principles, agent behavior, and experience standards
Ensure experience quality through ongoing engagement in reviews and delivery cycles, with a focus on usability, clarity, and customer confidence
Mentor designers and help raise organizational fluency around designing effective AI experiences
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in user experience, product, interaction, or service design or related discipline; including experience defining information architecture for complex systems
Proven experience with design of AI-powered product functionality: such as AI assistants, agent-based workflows, and/or intelligent systems
Strong understanding of how AI system behavior impacts user mental models, trust, and adoption
Track record of defining experience architecture and influencing multiple teams to align behind it
Ability to clearly communicate complex system behavior to diverse audiences, including executives
Deep experience applying user-centered design practices to ambiguous, technically complex problems
Strong facilitation skills and comfort leading cross functional decision making
Ability to translate technical complexity into clear, user-centered structures and flows
Preferred
Experience working closely with applied AI, ML, or data science teams
Experience designing multi-agent or orchestration-based systems
Experience establishing AI related experience standards, principles, or design systems
Experience in complex professional software (CAD, manufacturing, engineering, or similar domains)
Benefits
Annual cash bonuses
Commissions for sales roles
Stock grants
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Autodesk
Autodesk develops 3D design software for use in the architecture, engineering, construction, and media industries.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.5BKey Investors
CitibankOK Blockchain Capital
2025-07-01Acquired
2025-05-08Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2020-08-25Seed
Leadership Team
Andrew Anagnost
President and Chief Executive Officer
Janesh Moorjani
CFO
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