UX Designer II

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement. When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation.

Summary / Role Purpose: The User Experience Designer II creates easy and delightful experiences for users interacting with ANSYS products and services. The UX designer assesses the functional and content requirements of a product, develops storyboards, creates wireframes and task flows based on user needs, and produces visually detailed mockups. A passion for visual design and familiarity with UI trends and technologies are essential in this role, enabling the UX designer to bring fresh and innovative ideas to a project. This is an intermediate role, heavily focused on content production and communication.

Key Duties And 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.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements And Experience:

• BS or BA in Human-Computer Interaction, Design Engineering, or Industrial Design with 2 years’ experience or MS.
• Experience with Design tools such as Figma, Adobe tools such as Photoshop / Illustrator and Computer Aided Design (CAD)/Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) in any form.

Preferred Qualifications And Skills:

• Certificate in HCI.
• Particular Experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Modeling and simulation applications: UX design and collaboration tools.
• Tools & technologies for UI implementation.
• Screen-capture/editing/video-editing tools.

Ability to:

• Smoothly iterate on designs, taking direction, adjusting, and re-focusing towards a converged design.
• Organize deliverables for future reflection and current investigations.
• Communicate succinctly and professionally via email, chat, remote meetings, usability evaluations, etc.
• Prototype rapidly using any tools available.

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions.

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.