Jakob Ehe — Product & UX Design
I design enterprise software that makes complex technologies understandable, usable and actionable.
Selected experience
01 / Selected work
Whether designing enterprise infrastructure, AI-powered workflows or connected product experiences, my work starts with understanding complexity — and finding the simplest way for people to navigate it.
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01CERN
Enterprise UX · Design systems · Design leadership
Across the 200+ internal applications of CERN’s Business Computing group, teams kept solving the same interface problems on their own. Starting from a pilot on EDH, I helped establish a shared design foundation — and the community of practice that keeps it evolving without me.
02PwC
Enterprise AI · Interaction design · Human–AI workflows
Reviewers re-checked even high-confidence AI predictions by hand. I designed the review workflow that links every extracted value to its evidence, turns uncertainty into priorities and makes correction part of the work.
03Mercedes-Benz
UX research · Interaction design · Connected experiences
Should the MBUX companion app follow smartphone conventions, or carry the vehicle’s own interaction logic? Instead of settling it by preference, I built both as interactive concepts and tested them with 32 participants.
02 / Expertise
I work across the product design process, connecting user needs, technical constraints and business objectives. The focus isn’t producing interfaces — it’s making informed decisions about how products should work.
Understanding how people actually work.
I use research to investigate behaviour, test assumptions, and understand the workflows and mental models that shape a product experience.
Where to see it
Mercedes-Benz — the comparative study →Making complex product ecosystems coherent.
I structure interfaces, interaction patterns and shared foundations so that complex software stays understandable and maintainable as it grows.
Where to see it
CERN — three layers of the system →Turning technical capabilities into useful experiences.
I translate complex functionality into clear workflows, meaningful feedback, and interaction models that support confident decisions.
Where to see it
PwC — linking predictions to evidence →Helping teams make better decisions together.
I set up shared design practices, facilitate critique, and build systems that let teams create consistent experiences without routing every decision through one person.
Where to see it
CERN — the community of practice →Designing solutions that work beyond the prototype.
I work with product and engineering teams to connect design decisions to implementation constraints, existing systems and production workflows.
03 / About
I’m Jakob, a product and UX designer based in Munich. My work has taken me across scientific computing, enterprise software, artificial intelligence and automotive technology.
These environments have something in common: the technology is sophisticated, the constraints are real, and good design requires understanding much more than the interface.
At CERN, I worked on establishing shared UX standards across a large enterprise application ecosystem. At PwC, I designed interactions that help people understand and verify AI-generated information. At Mercedes-Benz, I investigated how interaction principles can stay coherent across connected devices.
Across these projects I’ve developed a research-driven approach to product design that combines analytical thinking, close collaboration with engineering, and a strong focus on how people actually use software. Since July 2026 I’ve continued that work independently.
04 / Contact
I’m interested in working with teams building ambitious technology — especially where research, systems thinking and interaction design can make a meaningful difference.
