UX Designer - Engineering Development Group

MathWorks • Full-time • Hybrid in Natick, Massachusetts, United States • 1m ago

Fast Facts

Join MathWorks as a UX Designer in their Engineering Development Group, where you will enhance your design skills and lead impactful UX projects while collaborating with diverse teams.

Responsibilities: Contribute to high impact UX Design projects, work with partners to understand requirements, promote best practices in design, provide technical support, and develop leadership skills.

Skills: Experience with UX design and prototyping tools like Figma or Sketch, along with programming knowledge in languages such as MATLAB or Python; a strong portfolio showcasing relevant work is essential.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree with 3 years of experience in UX, or a Master's/Ph.D. in a related field; strong designs in engineering contexts is preferred.

Location: Natick, US

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $85,000 - $115,000.

Job Summary

<p>MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.</p>

The Engineering Development Group (EDG) is a key leadership development program in MathWorks, enabling candidates from a variety of technical backgrounds to develop and demonstrate their skills for a successful and rewarding career.

As a team member in the EDG for User Experience Designers program, you will enhance your leadership and technical skills, and work on projects with the MathWorks UX Design team. You will gain experience with MathWorks products and user workflows through direct interactions with customers. You will receive mentoring and coaching to prepare for a UX Designer role within the MathWorks UX organization. UX Designers at MathWorks lead projects through the full design process, from early ideas and sketches to wireframes and prototypes, and into active development until pixel-perfect designs "go live" to delight our users across the globe.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be part of a diverse and inclusive team, contribute to meaningful UX projects and provide technical support assistance to customers. This unique blend of work is designed to provide an opportunity for continuous learning and technical development to prepare you for future success. More specifically, you will:

Contribute to high impact UX Design projects with teams across Development organizations to strengthen your technical and professional skillsand help advance your career.
Work with project partners to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet user needs and the project partners’ vision.
Help promote standard methodologies in design, usability, and accessibility within the design and engineering teams and across the company.
Provide technical support to MathWorks customers for highly complex technical issues in MATLAB, Simulink, and other MathWorks products.
Specialize and develop technical skills in your domain and MathWorks product suite.
Develop and demonstrate leadership skills through opportunities to coach and mentor others, and contribute to, initiateor lead process improvement projects.

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 3 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
Experience with user experience

Additional Qualifications

Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a STEM discipline with HCI, Design, or similar specialization
Experience with relevant design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe, Axure)
Portfolio available for viewing, highlighting multiple projects and your direct contributions linked in your resume
Experience crafting user experiences in technical/engineering domains
Programming experience in any programming language (MATLAB, R, Python, C++, Java, JS, etc.)