Working under the direction of the Manager or Senior Team Lead, will be responsible for implementing user-centered design in MathWorks software products for small, self-contained projects; designing user experiences based on detailed requirements that meet user needs and product vision; understanding MathWorks' product directions and developing design solutions; proposing design ideas based on usability testing, standard UX methodologies and technical input and insights from research on Simulink workflows and user preferences and behavior; assisting in design processes, from early ideas and sketches, to wireframes and prototypes, and into active development and go-live; contributing to requirements and design documents; and collaborating on low, medium and high-fidelity prototypes.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

Master's degree in Human Factors, Human Factors in Information Design, Information, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering, Computer Science or a closely-related field (or foreign education equivalent) and no experience.

OR

Bachelor's degree in Human Factors, Human Factors in Information Design, Information, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering, Computer Science or a closely-related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a User Experience Designer (or related occupation) performing user-centered research or design.

Special Requirements:

• Demonstrated expertise participating in user research and usability assessments, including gathering user requirements, conducting heuristic evaluations, and interpreting and analyzing user feedback using UX methods -- surveys, A/B testing, and affinization; and performing design research and benchmarking.
• Demonstrated expertise performing high and low fidelity prototyping to inform design decisions that address user requirements using Figma or Miro according to UI design principles.
• Demonstrated expertise developing user friendly visual representations of data sets in Simulink; and defining and developing user-centered content standards for employee education and compliance.
• Demonstrated expertise participating in and facilitating design projects, including scoping and defining technical requirements and architecture and executing user-centric designs.

[Expertise may be gained during Graduate program.]