UX Designer - Exton, PA

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. We empower the world's most innovative companies to deliver transformational products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software solutions, we help our customers solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. Whether you are a software developer, product engineer, sales team member, or part of our corporate team, at Ansys we know that by embracing what makes us each unique, we become collectively better.

Who We Are

AGI, an Ansys company, develops commercial off-the-shelf software for aerospace and defense. We deliver mission modeling and simulation software that can be used from concept design through mission operations. For over 30 years AGI has been a pioneer in bringing physics-based software tools to hundreds of innovative companies, ranging from startups to Fortune 500 organizations.

Overview

User experience (UX) designers at AGI work with developers, engineers, and product management to analyze, design, and refine user interfaces that serve complex scientific fields. As a designer at Ansys, the global leader in engineering simulation, you will be helping countless companies advance their industries by providing tools to solve their most complex design challenges.

Opportunity

The UX team works for many development groups throughout AGI, gathering user feedback and needs, setting common design standards, creating concept sketches for features, and providing end-to-end detailed interpretations of how a system's interface will work, look, and support its users.

Tasks may include:

• User experience / interface design
• Design problem solving
• Low and high-fidelity mock-ups
• Detailed design specification documentation
• Communication with developers, project leads, and subject-matter experts to reach a feasible design
• UX critique and feedback sessions
• Analyzing and documenting system-wide design standards
• Development-cycle planning and design input
• New-development testing

Note that this is a design-oriented opportunity and does not require coding, though some knowledge of HTML and CSS is helpful.

Job Requirements

Required

Applicants must meet these criteria to be considered:

• Bachelor's degree in interaction design, HCI, graphic design, or a related field
• A portfolio of design work (PDF or website)
• Ability to communicate effectively, present ideas persuasively, and negotiate with stakeholders
• Experience with Figma, and/or Adobe XD and Illustrator (or equivalent design software)
• U.S. citizenship
• If you do not meet all these requirements, feel free to apply anyway if you believe you're a good fit

Preferred

• Ability to thrive in a highly-collaborative environment
• Agile and Lean UX experience
• Strong English writing proficiency
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS

Benefits

AGI offers medical, dental, and vision options, as well as free food, casual dress, flexible hours, and onsite gym and laundry.

ALIGNING YOUR VALUES TO OUR SOLUTIONS
At Ansys, our diverse, collaborative teams give us the strength and insight to solve the world's most challenging engineering problems. Our ONE Ansys culture has at its core:

• Customer Focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of Urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

ENGINEERING YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in servicing well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high - met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head-on. At Ansys, it's about the learning, the discovery and the collaboration. It's about the "what's next" as much as the "mission accomplished." And it's about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy and ethics.

At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost. As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.

Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following awards: Bay Area Best Places to Work, a Pillar World Awards Gold Winner, Fast Company Best Places to Work for Innovators, a Gold Stevie Award for Great Employers, the FORTUNE Future 50, a DCA Silver Winner, an R&D100 Finalist, a 20% by 2020 Women on Boards winner, a 2020 Pittsburgh Tech 50 - finalist, and America's Most Responsible Companies.

For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging where everyone thrives as ONE Ansys team.

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

Nearest Major Market: Philadelphia