UX Designer II (Remote - PA or East Coast, US)

Canonsburg, PA

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

Ansys develops engineering simulation software used to predict how product designs will behave and how manufacturing processes will operate. The User Experience Designer II creates easy and delightful experiences for users interacting with Ansys products and services, focusing on content production and communication while developing storyboards, wireframes, and mockups.

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Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and evaluates cutting-edge user interfaces with increased independence
Reviews UX artifacts created by other UX team members
Utilizes prototyping tools and UX toolkits
May create, review, and manage submissions to development code streams with high quality
Creates and delivers usability studies
Communicates design rationale across product creation disciplines and personnel
Records usability/UX problems with clear explanations and recommendations for improvement
Works closely with product managers, development teams, and other designers

Qualification

Required

BS or BA in Human-Computer Interaction, Design Engineering, or Industrial Design with 1-3 years’ experience or MS
Master-level expertise in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Framer, Adobe XD, or similar
Solid understanding of responsive design, accessibility standards, and front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS)
Experience in the full development cycle for a software product, from ideation to shipment
Is detail-oriented and utilizes highly developed organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Understanding of the software development process and ability to communicate well with software development teams

Preferred

Certificate in HCI
Particular Experience with: Modeling and simulation applications
Tools & technologies for UI implementation (production level)
Contributing to and leveraging a design system to ensure consistency and efficiency in design
Tools & technologies for UI implementation: Visual Studio Code, HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks
Screen-capture/editing/video-editing tools
Ability to: Smoothly iterate on designs, taking direction, adjusting, and re-focusing towards a converged design
Think critically, identify pain points, and design creative solutions
Communicate succinctly and professionally via email, chat, remote meetings, usability evaluations, etc.
Prototype rapidly using any tools available