UPA Minnesota

Summary

Senior User Interface Design / Usability Engineering professional will support the development of the Suite of products. This individual will be part of a cross-functional design team and employ a user-centered design methodology to develop new and upgraded designs for electronic hardware, PC/Windows, and browser based host systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Work with end-users and product development team members to gain an understanding and help define the user and functional system requirements.

· Act as a catalyst to bring focus to usability and good interaction design on multiple product development teams composed of engineering and marketing professionals.

· Conduct competitive benchmarking to determine and recommend best of breed designs.

· Develop and apply design strategies and guidelines to new and derivative
designs solutions.

· Conduct task / workflow analyses of existing and emerging user work practices.

· Conduct heuristic evaluations of systems and designs.

· Create conceptual/logical design architectures that improve user productivity and satisfaction.

· Develop and build cross organizational team support for physical design storyboards, wireframes and prototypes.

· Apply current User Interface Design visualization/development tools such as Visual Basic, Director, Flash, and Photoshop.

· Plan, conduct, and report usability tests to validate suitability of proposed designs.

· Create and maintain user interface design specifications.

· Coordinate division level usability design activities, direction, development, and deployment of capability with Corporate Center of Excellence

Education and/or Experience

· B.A. / B.S. in Human Factors, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, Industrial/Communication Design or related field, M.A. / M.S. preferred

· Must have 7-10 years of experience designing user interfaces for hardware and software products.