UI/UX Designer Intern

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)•Pullman, WA

2d•$23 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is seeking a User Experience Designer Intern to help design software interfaces for products that protect, control, monitor, and analyze the electric power grid. The intern will contribute to innovative ways of displaying and interacting with power-system information while applying a user-centered design philosophy to meet users’ needs. The intern will collaborate with UX Designers, User Researchers, Product Managers, and Software Developers. The role involves working on multiple projects, learning new skills and problem domains, and assisting the team where needed. The ideal candidate is passionate about enterprise UX and technical design, can turn complex tasks into intuitive workflows and complex information into accessible data visualizations, and champions users’ needs. The position is based in Pullman, Washington. SEL works with interns to arrange flexible schedules around classes and studying, with part-time work during the school year. Interns contribute work that adds value to the company and provides real-world experience. Interns are frequently hired into full-time roles after graduation, though this is not guaranteed.

Requirements

Be a current student pursuing a BA/BS degree in interaction, graphic or visual communications design, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
Have basic experience with graphic design, interaction design, and display design principles.
Have basic experience with user experience design methodologies and techniques.
Have a basic understanding of user experience research methods.
Have strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
Be able to learn new skills, assume new responsibilities, and learn sophisticated problem domains.

Nice To Haves

Experience with UX design in sophisticated problem domains.
Experience with UX design in a business-to-business environment.
Experience in an Enterprise UX environment.
Demonstrable experience designing, prototyping, and testing user interfaces for web, mobile, and/or desktop applications or hardware and embedded hardware displays.
Experience with user experience research methods, including participating in research and integrating research results.

Responsibilities

Design software products end to end with a focus on user experience.
Participate in open collaboration, design critique, and communication.
Apply user experience design and validation principles and techniques.
Apply visual design and communication principles and techniques.
Develop moderate expertise in at least one SEL-specific problem domain.
Participate in user experience research and validation.
Design solutions to complex problems requiring UX creativity and ingenuity.
Work under the general supervision of Design Leads and follow established procedures.