Contract User Experience Designer

Echodyne Corp•Kirkland, WA

About The Position

Echodyne is seeking a Contract UX Designer to assist our in-house designer on features related to the EchoWare software portfolio. This role is embedded with the core EchoWare team and maintains close coordination to ensure alignment with current capabilities, long-term plans, and evolving design standards. You will work at the intersection of product, engineering, solutions engineering, and customers – translating user needs and business requirements into compelling experiences.

Requirements

3+ years of user design experience in both mobile and web.
Proficiency with using Figma as a design tool.
Demonstrated experience supporting the iterative design process from end-to-end, including wire-frames, prototypes, user testing, and high-fidelity visuals.
Strong communication skills, adept at customer interviewing and other methods of customer engagement.
Experience creating and/or contributing to design systems.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making thoughtful tradeoffs.
Collaborative, detail-oriented, and customer-centric mindset.

Responsibilities

Create user flows, mockups, and low and high-fidelity prototypes.
Collaborate with current UX designer to ensure alignment to overall product vision.
Develop and iterate designs based on user feedback and stakeholder input.
Ensure consistency with established design systems, brand guidelines, and accessibility standards.
Partner closely with development teams throughout implementation to ensure design quality and fidelity.
Communicate design concepts and rationale clearly to cross-functional teams and leadership.
Support and contribute to design system evolution and component libraries.