HMI System Experience For Commercial Vehicle

Safety-Critical UX | HMI Systems | In-Vehicle Interaction Design | Complex System Design | Multi-Brand UI | Production-ready | Trucking industry


Project: Volvo VNL Platform

Context

Volvo Trucks is one of the largest medium to heavy-duty truck brands in the world. I work on the User Experience Design Team in Volvo Trucks North American Product Design. They share foundational work with European Platforms and MACK trucks in North America

Awards: IDEA, Red Dot Award

Learnings

The following are the top 5 learning moments, beyond the priceless experience of working with the team:

  • Cross-functional Collaboration

  • End-to-End Design Delivery

  • Multi-brand & Scalable design

  • Agile & Continuous delivering

  • User Ecosystem & tasks understanding

Company: Volvo Trucks North America

My Role: In mid-2018, I was brought in to focus on the Volvo brand, which also shares a foundation with the Mack brand. As a user experience designer, I work on a wide range of multi-brand projects spanning strategy, human-machine interaction design, advanced design, and other challenges in product development, with multiple touchpoints to deliver high-quality driving experiences for drivers and the broader product and trucking ecosystem.

Below are the final product release images, in which I contributed to the UX/UI development of the interior components and software features for the digital interfaces of the Driving and Living environment.

HMI and UX designing,

  • Instrument Cluster Design and Driving Features

  • Infotainment features based on Android Automotive OS

  • UX/Interaction of Physical component, i.e., Iconography and interaction.

  • Architecture, HMI Software, and the feature of the inside Driving and Living Environment Control Module

Timeline: 2018-2022

Partners: UX Designer, Industrial Designers, Engineers, Feature leaders, Product Planners, Ergonomics, and Safety

Status: Complete. The product was released in 2025 and is on the market

Outcome: Implemented the foundation interaction for the product that will be used safely by drivers to finish their tasks and deliver to consumers


USER NEEDS

Fuel Efficiency. Safety. Drive Focus. Productivity. Connected

Driving Environment

Sketches, Icons, Clusters features

Living Environment

Living Environment Control Module

Image from youtube used by real truck driver

Driving and Living Environment Control Module:

  • Architected the end-to-end layout of the control module based on feature requirements, partnering closely with Industrial Design to align physical and digital interactions.

  • Designed intuitive, task-driven iconography to clearly communicate system states and actions to drivers.

  • Build information architecture and features with engineers that align with the controls.

  • Implemented pixel-perfect graphical elements, flows to perfection with an external vendor for multi-brand implementation.

Connectivity-My Truck App

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