UX Engineer Digital Products

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP's People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

The UI/UX Engineer has the following responsibilities:

The position's purpose should provide a high-level overview of why the position exists and briefly identify the most critical priorities of the position. This is an opportunity to highlight any features or duties of the role related explicitly to the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging work of the Department.

• Collaborate with product managers to transform wireframes into compelling UI designs.
• Manage atomic style guide systems across retainers and projects.
• Engage with team for end-to-end project understanding, tailoring solutions to suit to the project needs.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience, * Minimum 3-4 years of dedicated UI / interaction design experience .

• Strong portfolio demonstrating production UI work - component libraries, design systems contribution, multi-screen flows, responsive design.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including auto-layout, variants, component properties, and interactive prototyping.
• Working knowledge of design tokens and design system principles.
• Solid grasp of visual hierarchy, typography, color systems, spacing, and accessibility fundamentals.
• Ability to take design direction and iterate efficiently through review cycles.
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to present and defend design decisions in working sessions.
• Skill in distilling complex user data into compelling narratives through creative frameworks and storytelling
• Comfort working in an environment where multiple products and stakeholders compete for attention; able to prioritize effectively.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field (e.g. Engineering, Analytics or Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics) or equivalent experience.

Additional Desired Preferences

• Experience contributing to or building a design system in Figma.
• Experience designing for both web and mobile applications.
• Working knowledge of motion and interaction design (UI animations, micro-interactions, transitions).
• Front-end development understanding (HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript) sufficient to collaborate effectively with engineering and reason about implementation feasibility.
• Familiarity with regulated industries (pharma, healthcare, finance, govtech) is a plus but not required.
• Experience working with engineering teams using JIRA / Confluence.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma Make, Claude, v0)
• Ability to work autonomously and strategically.
• Excellent Communication & writing skills.
• Solution-oriented, constructive approach to problem-solving.
• Proven organizational and multi-tasking skills.

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health. USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds-regardless of background-to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment., USP is an independent, scientific nonprofit organization focused on building trust in the supply of safe, quality medicines. We are working to strengthen the global supply chain so that the medicines people rely on for health are available when needed and work as expected. We do this through establishing public scientific standards and programs that help ensure billons of people around the world have access to safe and quality products. USP aspires to be a diverse, inclusive, innovative, and engaging organization that empowers and engages staff and volunteers to contribute to its mission to improve global health. We are committed to creating a culture where every employee feels fully empowered and valued irrespective of, but not limited to, personality, race, ethnicity, physical and mental abilities, education, religion, gender identity and expression, life experience, sexual orientation, country of origin, regional differences, work experience, family status, and where they can contribute their full potential to accomplish our mission. At USP, you'll join a talented and diverse team of 1,200 scientific, technical and public health professions, working in state-of-the-art facilities and collaborating with the world's leading experts from industry, academia, healthcare, and government to address public health challenges and advance cutting-edge innovation. Whether you're helping to establish new USP standards, creating key resources to address emerging health issues, or providing critical technical assistance in the developing countries, you'll be inspired by the positive impact your work has on building public trust and a healthier tomorrow.