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The Digital Industry Division offers a comprehensive portfolio of seamlessly integrated hardware, software and technology-based services in order to support manufacturing companies worldwide in enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of their manufacturing processes and reducing the time to market of their products – be it the automotive or aerospace industry, mechanical engineering or other interesting sectors.
Your task in new role:
Shape the future of automation software as member of our international, inderdisciplinary UX team!
As a UX expert, you help create cutting-edge, innovative software products that are a joy to use.
You collaborate with stakeholders in the whole organization (locally and internationally), from SW architects and developers to marketing, sales and automation technology specialists and focus on the needs of the user throughout the product development process
You support innovation projects and identify opportunities for improving ease of use in existing products.
You gather and analyze user requirements and communicate the results of your work in international product development teams. You create user interface concepts, storyboards and mock-ups. User research and usability evaluations inform your decisions.
In addition to your hands-on work, you act as a consultant to stakeholders in the development process and coach them on UX methodologies and tools.
Together with your colleagues in the UX team, you work on common UX assets, evaluate new UX / UI trends and improve UX tools and best practices for the whole Factory Automation division.
Your new role – Challenging and future oriented
Knows how to best deploy UX methods and tools, from user research to industrial design thinking approaches
Creates UI concepts and storyboards, UI design, UI mockups and prototypes
Can consult others on deploying user research and UI design methods and brings their own knowledge of UX best practices to the table in interdisciplinary / international teams
Able to design responsive experiences and transition across multiple device platform
Knows how to collaborate with typical stakeholders in the product development process from SW architects and developers to marketing and sales
Your Qualifications – solid and appropriate
Expected education is Bachelor or above in UI / UX design related majors (e.g. human factors, media informatics, visual design)
5-8 Years of working experience in UX
Some relevant UX experience in a role such as UX project manager, UX consultant, UX working group lead etc.
Knowledge of
- Typical UX and user research methods (creating customer / user journeys, personas, usability testing, on-site user research, workflow and UI concepts)
- Industrial Design Thinking methods and lean UX approaches
- UI design (UI mock-ups, UI storyboards, work with / create styleguide and / or design systems, responsive design)
Experience with GUI design tools (Axure, Sketch, Figma etc.) and basics of web development
Experience within an international company
Experience with larger SW projects and agile working
Experience with creation of good UX for AR / VR is a bonus
High proficiency English is a must
Soft Skills
Able to thrive in an international, intercultural work environment, able to travel internationally
Creativity and interest in new technologies and new trends in the UI / UX field
Team work spirit
Good communication skills
Good people skills
Organization: Digital Industries
Company: Siemens Ltd., China
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Full / Part time: Full-time