MT50e

Freightliner Custom Chassis’s MT50e, an all-electric medium-duty truck designed for the vocational market, features an intuitive 12.3” digital instrument cluster as the centerpiece of its electric vehicle experience. This cluster provides drivers with pertinent information and timely alerts, minimizing distractions and maintaining focus on the road. The MT50e boasts impressive power, rivaling its diesel and CNG counterparts in performance.

Responsibilities

HMI Architecture & UI Design: Developed the visual language and layout for a 12.3” digital cluster, prioritizing glance time and cognitive load reduction.
Customizable Workspace Design: Engineered a flexible gauge layout system that allows drivers to personalize their dashboard without compromising safety-critical information.
ADAS Visual Integration: Designed rich assistance graphics to communicate complex data from onboard safety systems and collision-avoidance sensors.
Competitive Benchmarking: Conducted comprehensive heuristic evaluations of multi-modal displays for passenger cars and walk-in vans to identify UX optimization opportunities.
HMI Safety Compliance: Applied ISO standards to UI/UX development, prioritizing cognitive load reduction and streamlined driver interactions.
Technical Specification Documentation: Authored comprehensive HMI specifications to bridge the gap between creative design and software engineering.
HMI Engineering Specifications: Authored detailed technical documentation defining animations, state changes, and signal logic for the development team.