User Experience Designer (209767)

Aquent
Medina, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Medina, United States of America

Tech stack

HTML
JavaScript
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe InDesign
Axure
CSS
Control Panels
Design of User Interfaces
Human-Computer Interaction
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Interaction Design
Software Prototyping
User-Centered Design
Website Wireframe
HMI Screens
Figma

Job description

  • Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors for complex, data-dense interfaces, including real-time dashboards, alert management views, and operator control panels.

  • Plan and conduct user interviews with operational facility operators, controls engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, surface pain points, and synthesize findings into personas, journey maps, and task flows.

  • Partner with UX designers across various organizations to build a consolidated, consistent visualization platform, contributing to shared design systems, component libraries, and UX standards.

  • Present design work to the UX team, product and engineering partners, and senior stakeholders for review and feedback.

  • Collaborate directly with front-end and controls engineers to ensure design integrity through implementation, including design QA during development sprints.

  • Provide leadership in the area of industrial UX, operational interface design, and Human Machine Interface (HMI) best practices.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of industry experience providing interaction design solutions for web, software, or operational applications.

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.

  • Fluency in best practices for information architecture and design, with strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques.

  • Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar.

  • A strong online portfolio demonstrating past work experience and relevant, user-centered design solutions across desktop and mobile is required.

  • Experience designing for industrial, operational, or SCADA/HMI systems strongly desired

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

  • Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills, including the ability to communicate complex interaction design concepts clearly across technical and non-technical audiences at varying levels of the organization.

  • Self-starter who is customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and an enthusiastic team player.

  • Ability to work with highly technical engineering teams and manage multiple workstreams in an agile, fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to prototype in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or Axure highly desired.

Benefits & conditions

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

About the company

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization at the forefront of innovation, dedicated to transforming industrial operations through cutting-edge technology. This company is renowned for its world-class robotics and automation, creating sophisticated solutions that power the future of global logistics and operational efficiency. Their mission is to build best-in-class platforms that integrate complex systems, ensuring seamless and intuitive control over advanced machinery. Are you ready to shape the future of industrial automation and human-centered design? We are seeking a highly motivated User Experience Designer III to join a dynamic team that is revolutionizing how operators interact with sophisticated robotic and material handling systems. This is an incredible opportunity to dive into complex, high-stakes UX challenges, directly impacting thousands of operators and engineers worldwide. You will be instrumental in developing an integrated, real-time visualization platform that combines robotic operations with critical equipment data, creating intuitive interfaces that empower users and optimize performance. Your passion for advocating on behalf of operators and engineers will be an absolute must, as you design solutions that significantly enhance efficiency and user experience across global operations.

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