Voice Designer 2

Redmond, United States

Voice Designer 2

Redmond, Washington, United States

Date posted

Sep 22, 2025

Job number

1881703

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Design & Creative

Discipline

Product Design

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

The M365 Core Design team is looking for a systems-minded Voice Designer 2 to help share the future of AI-powered experiences in the Microsoft Copilot Chat team. This is a role that works across voice, screen and vision modalities to create intuitive, inclusive and delightful conversational UX Experiences.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 3+ years experience working in product or service design
- OR equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience in UX design, with at least 2 years focused on conversational interfaces or voice UX.

Other Requirements:

A portfolio demonstrating experience with multimodal interaction design (e.g., voice + screen, vision + voice).

Preferred Qualifications:

Some familiarity with LLM architectures, speech-to-text (STT) and text-to-speech (TTS) systems.
Multimodal interaction design experience (e.g., voice + screen, vision + voice).
Understanding of speech UX constraints, LLM behavior, and prompt engineering and how these impact experience outcomes.
Proficiency in Figma, prototyping tools, and usability testing methods and/or ability to ramp quickly into new tools.
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Experience working on Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar AI assistants.
Background in linguistics, cognitive science, or human-computer interaction (HCI).
Experience designing for low-latency, real-time voice interactions.

Product Design IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 28, 2025.

Responsibilities

Work with others on the team to create end-to-end conversational experiences across voice in/out, screen + voice, and vision + voice modalities on Windows, Web, Mobile and across multiple app experiences.
Collaborate with LLM service teams to shape prompt strategies, output formatting, and fallback behaviors.
Prototype and test multimodal interactions that balance clarity, efficiency, and delight.
Define interaction models for turn-taking, interruptibility, and contextual grounding in voice-first and hybrid experiences.
Partner with teams across the org including researchers, PMs, scientists, and engineers to validate designs and iterate based on user feedback and telemetry.
Contribute to design systems and frameworks that scale across products and platforms.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Industry leading healthcare

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Educational resources

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Discounts on products and services

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Giving programs

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Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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