Jerry Cai, EDI '28Design Engineering, Integrated Product Service Systems, Product Management, UI/UX
About
Jerry is a multidisciplinary designer passionate about bridging digital and physical experiences to shape the future of intelligent mobility. Through his experience in automotive and mobility design, he has learned to integrate digital interfaces, physical products, and emerging technologies into cohesive and intuitive user experiences. Through the EDI program, Jerry hopes to strengthen his ability to collaborate across design, engineering, and business, while developing design solutions that are both technologically innovative and grounded in real human needs. He believes human-centered design should make complex technologies feel understandable, empowering, and naturally integrated into people’s lives.
Portfolio
Why EDI?
Jerry decided to pursue EDI after diversifying his design background and experience in the automotive industry; he learned that meaningful innovation requires collaboration across disciplines. While designing vehicle experiences, he learned that successful human-centered products require close collaboration among designers, engineers, researchers, strategists, and business leaders. The EDI program offers the interdisciplinary environment Jerry is seeking to expand beyond his current design skill set, by learning alongside talented individuals from different disciplines, and strengthening his ability to communicate and collaborate across disciplines. Through EDI, Jerry hopes to become a more holistic product innovator who can connect design, engineering, and strategy.
Experience before EDI
BS, Interaction Design, ArtCenter College of Design.
Internships:
Human Interface Designer, General Motors
Vehicle Product Manager, NIO
