UX/IX Designer

We are looking for a UX/Ix Designer to join the System Engineering & UX section, Downstream Systems R&D organization in Uppsala.
The Downstream System and Software team develops systems (instruments and software) for liquid chromatography used for protein purification, as well as other devices and software to support the customer workflows in the Bioprocess area. Within the departments, located in Uppsala & Umeå, we have many competences: software, mechanics, electronics & applications engineering. The development is driven in cross-functional, global project teams where we create products for the Life Sciences industry.

Essential Responsibilities:
As a UX/Ix designer, you will contribute to the understanding of our customers and the users of our products. You will work in close collaboration with developers and system engineers to create innovative and desirable solutions to our customers challenges. In this role you will execute on multiple small to medium-sized projects as an individual contributor with a focus on UX and interaction design.
The UX/Ix designer will work within global, cross-functional product development teams to optimize software interfaces by applying deep domain expertise in human cognitive and physical capabilities, and insights about user needs.
Duties include (but are not limited to):
As part of a team, plan and deliver the team's commitments
Work closely with the front-end developers, application specialists, PO’s and system architects
Prototype and design graphical design elements and user interfaces
Plan and facilitate end user testing with low and high-fidelity prototypes
Propose design and product solutions based on user needs
Create interaction design specifications for development teams and continuously test the user experience
Create the overall interaction scheme and layout in relation to the product concept
Present, both orally and in writing, results and conclusions from work performed
Stay up to date on current trends and techniques in the IxD field
Continuously improve our ways of working

Representative deliverables include user personas, graphical design elements, mock-ups, prototypes, wireframes, task analyses, usability test reports, use cases, flow charts and storyboards.
Please apply no later than 12 January 2020.
For questions, please contact hiring manager Johan Nyberg: tel. +46 (0)76 720 99 45 or [email protected].

Candidates should note that this role will be in scope for the proposed transition of GE Biopharma to Danaher and will transfer to Danaher at close of this transaction.
 
Qualifications/Requirements:
MSc or BSc within the UX field or equivalent knowledge or experience
Strong experience as a UX designer or IxD within a product development environment
Hands-on experience with a combination of the following: low and high-fidelity prototype creation and testing, rapid iterative testing, survey design, lab-based usability testing, remote usability testing
Prototyping skills, mock-ups, wireframes and interactive prototypes
Experience designing desktop, web and mobile applications
Ability to facilitate workshops to gain a group understanding of research data and leverage data to derive actionable insights
Knowledge and experience of project models and agile scrum methodologies
Excellent communication and presentation skills (both written and spoken)
Structured and organized team player with good interpersonal skills
Takes initiative to learn new tools and techniques and integrates new methods to drive improved outcomes
Swedish and English as working languages

Desired Characteristics:
Experience in integrating digital and physical products
Experience in graphical design
Great interest in technology
Experience in developing design systems
Experience working in multidisciplinary environments
Experience working on large, complex, global projects
An understanding of key principles of design thinking, what it is and why it is important.

The work is conducted in close cooperation with specialists from different parts of R&D such as system engineering, software development and application specialists. It is desirable for applicants to have interest and insight in these areas.