All Work

Ford Motor Company: UX Research

Purdue University

2017

UX Researcher

Under NDA: Limited detail shown

OUTCOME

Identified workflow gaps in internal engineering software and delivered prioritized recommendations directly to Ford management.

My Role

Researcher on a four-person team

Team

Purdue × Ford Motor Company

Timeline

2017

What I Did

Interviews, process workshops, Morae session analysis, affinity diagramming

OUTCOME

Identified workflow gaps in internal engineering software and delivered prioritized recommendations directly to Ford management.

My Role

Researcher on a four-person team

Team

Purdue × Ford Motor Company

Timeline

2017

What I Did

Interviews, process workshops, Morae session analysis, affinity diagramming

OUTCOME

Identified workflow gaps in internal engineering software and delivered prioritized recommendations directly to Ford management.

My Role

Researcher on a four-person team

Team

Purdue × Ford Motor Company

Timeline

2017

What I Did

Interviews, process workshops, Morae session analysis, affinity diagramming

CONTENTS

Domain

E-commerce

Year

2025

IA

Discovery

The Short Version

Four-person research team. Ford Motor Company's internal engineering software. Identified workflow gaps and delivered prioritized recommendations to Ford management. Under NDA.

My Role & Process

We partnered with Ford Motor Company to evaluate internal software used by their engineers, immersing ourselves in their environment first, learning their terminology, tools, and day-to-day workflows before conducting any formal research. That grounding was essential for asking the right questions and recognizing friction points that might be invisible to an outside observer. Methods included one-on-one interviews and process workshops, all recorded and analyzed using TechSmith Morae to observe and thematically code sessions. Findings were synthesized into an affinity diagram and distilled into prioritized, actionable recommendations delivered directly to Ford management. This project involved internal tools; specific details about the software and findings are not shared.

What I Learned

This project gave me early experience doing rigorous research in a professional, multidisciplinary environment, working alongside engineers who had little patience for abstract design language. It taught me to communicate research findings in terms of workflow impact and business consequence rather than UX jargon, a skill I relied on consistently throughout my time at Northrop Grumman.

Next Project

Northrop Grumman

IBCS: Integrated Battle Command System

Next Project

Northrop Grumman

IBCS: Integrated Battle Command System

Next Project

Northrop Grumman

IBCS: Integrated Battle Command System

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designing? Email me.

Location

Naperville, Illinois

Open to product design roles

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Nicholas Wong

Have a problem worth

designing? Email me.

Location

Naperville, Illinois

Open to product design roles

©

Nicholas Wong

Have a problem worth

designing? Email me.

Location

Naperville, Illinois

Open to product design roles

©

Nicholas Wong