Automotive UX UI Design Intern

Daimer Truck North America

About the Role

Interns will gain knowledge and experience through exciting and real-life learning opportunities. This is a high-impact, career-defining opportunity for a hungry designer ready to push UI craft and help shape the future of mobility. Interns in this role may have the opportunity to transition into a full-time position subject to manager evaluations and business availability.

Inside the Role

• Work on real production vehicles and next-generation HMI concepts from day one.
• Contribute to in-cabin digital experiences across Freightliner, Western Star, and subsidiary brands.
• Participate on design execution for defined features with real impact on how millions of professional drivers experience their vehicles.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Thinking

• Translate product requirements, user needs, and brand intent into cohesive UX/UI solutions.
• Work alongside designers to generate insights from research and translate them into clear design directions.

Design & Craft

• Contribute to the design of in-vehicle UIs: typography, color, layout, and motion across global brands.
• Support the creation and evolution of components for our global design system.
• Build high-fidelity prototypes to communicate visual, motion, and interaction intent.
• Craft glance-based interfaces with clear hierarchy and intuitive system feedback.

Collaboration & Impact

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product strategy, and truck technology across a global team.
• Communicate design rationale clearly; share work early, gather feedback, and iterate.
• Contribute to workstreams from concept to handoff working closely with other designers.
• Lead and support efforts to foster an inclusive and welcoming workplace culture where everyone belongs.

Requirements & Tech Stack

Knowledge You Should Bring

• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design, interaction design, and problem-solving, with clear ownership of work required.
• Strong visual design fundamentals: typography, color, layout, and motion.
• Proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Familiarity with 3D modeling and rendering for UI concept visualization.
• Ability to prototype and communicate design decisions effectively.
• Systems thinking: beginning to design across features, states, and flows.
• Proactive, curious, execution-driven with a passion for craft and quality that raises the bar.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills.
• Creative mindset.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s program or higher with degree focus in UX, Interaction Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or related field from an accredited college/university OR have recently graduated within 1 year of the position start date (May/June).

Work Location & Schedule

• Location: Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance is available.
• Schedule Type: Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote).

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary placement is determined by your anticipated graduation year and ranges between $21 - $29 per hour.
• Benefits include:
• Professional development and networking events, including resume reviews/mock interviews.
• Housing and transportation stipend.
• Employee resource groups.
• Event ticket offering (based on corporate availability).
• Company social events.

Company Values

• Interns must work in accordance with DTNA’s core values of passion, respect, integrity and discipline.
• We’re a high-performing, globally distributed design team driven by Respect, Tenacity, and Excellence.