ABOUT
Senior product designer translating
regulatory, operational and safety
constraints into experiences people can understand and use.
Seven years in automotive and mobility UX: a connected-vehicle HMI on Android Automotive OS at Platform Science, UX design and research for the Nissan IMs and Infiniti QX Inspiration concept vehicles, and HMI work for an OEM adopting AAOS.
CURRENTLY BASED IN
Greater Miami & Fort Lauderdale Area, FL
WHAT I DO
Senior product & interaction
design — autonomy, HMI,
multimodal, physical AI, enterprise
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LILIAM HIGA
EXPERIENCE
7 YEARS IN AUTOMOTIVE & MOBILITY UX
AD/ADAS HMI concept studies on situational awareness, contextual assistance and alert fatigue.
AI-assisted prototyping of an in-vehicle voice assistant — dialogue iterations, intents, slots, consent and error recovery.
LH Studio
PRODUCT DESIGNER & STUDIO FOUNDER · 2024 → NOW
Led the redesign of the Virtual Vehicle in-cabin experience on Android Automotive OS. Translated Hours of Service rules, access controls, vehicle status, route restrictions and maintenance requirements into flows, interface states and alerts, with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and cross-functional teams.
Platform Science
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER · 2022 – 2023
Fantasy
AUTOMOTIVE UX DESIGNER · 2020
Heuristic audit of an OEM's in-vehicle HMI and infotainment concepts — conservative and progressive — for its move to Android Automotive OS across vehicle lines.
UX design and research for the Nissan IMs and Infiniti QX Inspiration concept vehicles — autonomous driving, ADAS and multimodal experiences across displays, voice and biometrics.
High Res Hype
LEAD UX DESIGNER + RESEARCHER · 2018 – 2019
CAPABILITIES
A — RESEARCH
Field ride-alongs
Contextual shadowing
Interviews & synthesis
HMI audits
B — INTERACTION
User flows & states
Multimodal / voice
Alert hierarchy
Multi-screen systems
C — DELIVERY
Design systems
Production specs
Engineering handoff
AI-assisted prototyping
D — TOOLS
Figma, Miro, Maze
Spline, Rhino 3D
Jira, Loom, Keynote
Wix Studio
LEARNING & LANGUAGES
EDUCATION
General Assembly — User Experience Immersive (2017)
Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts — Visual Communication Design
Faculdade Santa Marcelina — BA, Fashion Design
LANGUAGES
English — fluent
Brazilian Portuguese — native
Japanese — conversational (JLPT N3)
Spanish — basic
© 2026 LILIAM HIGA
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