MINIMUM EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE

• BS or BA in Human-Computer Interaction, Design Engineering, or Industrial Design with 2 years’ experience or MS
• Working experience with technical software development proven by academic, research, or industry projects.
• Professional working proficiency in English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Experience with:
• UX design and collaboration tools: Figma, Balsamiq or similar tools
• Tools & technologies for UI implementation: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, React
• Screen-capture/editing/video-editing tools
• Adobe Creative Suite
• 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
• Knowledge of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) or system safety analysis methods and workflows is a plus
  At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement.

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

SUMMARY / ROLE PURPOSE

The User Experience Designer II (m/f/d) 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. It is intended to expose the UX professional to the nuts-and-bolts aspects of their UX career; while building on presentation, communication, and usability aspects of the design role.
The User Experience Designer II will contribute to the development of a new web-based, collaborative systems engineering solution extending Ansys medini® analyze™, Digital Safety Manager and System Architect Modeler product lines. This work will be based on an innovative modeling framework, modern web technologies, micro-services and integrations with Ansys’ core products. The User Experience Designer II will contribute to the specification and design of user interactions and workflows for new features. The solution will be used by Ansys customers to design next generation systems in the most innovative industries (Automotive, A&D, semi-conductors and others).

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs, develops, and evaluates cutting-edge user interfaces
• Reviews UX artifacts created by other UX team members
• Utilizes prototyping tools and UX toolkits
• 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