UX Designer

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories•Pullman, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) is seeking a creative & talented Associate User Experience Designer to help invent the future of electric power. We develop critical products that provide the main interface for protecting, controlling, monitoring & analyzing the power grid. As an Associate User Experience Designer, you will play a key role in our business by inventing innovative ways to display & interact with the power system via software. A user centered design philosophy is essential to meeting the unique needs of our users. As a member of the UX Design Team, you will find yourself working alongside and collaborating with other UX Designers, User Researchers, Product Managers, and Software Developers. Your flexibility and willingness to assist where needed, learn a variety of new skills, communicate with a wide variety of teammates, and work on multiple projects simultaneously is crucial. The ideal candidate should be passionate about solving complex Enterprise UX problems, working in a technical design environment, have experience designing user interfaces, be expert and detailed in their craft and champion the user’s needs in all cases. They will be adept at transforming complex tasks into intuitive workflows, converting complex information into accessible and rich data visualization, taming complex systems with elegant information architecture, and inventing new ways to perceive, predict & interact with the electric power grid.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in interaction, graphic or visual communications design, human computer interaction, or a related field.
Basic experience with graphic design, interaction design and display design principles.
Basic experience with the methodologies and techniques of user experience design.
Basic understanding of user experience research methods.
Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills.
Ability to learn new skills, assume new responsibilities, and learn sophisticated problem domains.

Nice To Haves

You have a BA/BS degree in interaction, graphic or visual communications design, human computer interaction, or a related field.
You have 2+ years of demonstrable experience in designing, prototyping, and testing user interfaces for one or both of the following areas: Web, mobile, and/or desktop applications Hardware and embedded hardware displays
You have full use experience with graphic design, interaction design and display design principles.
You have full use experience with the methodologies and techniques of user experience design.
You have a moderate understanding of user experience research methods, including how to participate and integrate research results.
Experience with UX design in sophisticated problem domains.
Experience with UX design in a business-to-business environment.
Experience in an Enterprise UX environment.

Responsibilities

End-to-end design of software products with world-class user experience.
Participating in an environment of open collaboration, critique, and communication.
Applying user experience design and validation principles & techniques.
Applying visual design and communications principles & techniques.
Developing moderate expertise in at least one SEL-specific problem domain.
Participating in conducting user experience research and validation.
Designing solutions to a wide range of complex problems requiring UX creativity and ingenuity.
Working under general supervision of Design Leads, following established procedures.

Benefits

Competitive pay.
Superior benefits.
Inspiring work.
100% employee owned.
Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.
Top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.
STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.
Wellness benefits.
Fertility benefits.
Adoption benefits.
Flexible spending benefits.