Senior UX Designer
Lehi, UtahOverview
General Atomics pioneers technologies with the potential to change the world. Behind a talented global team of engineers, GA delivers safe, sustainable, and economical solutions to meet growing global demands. Our Engineers have an opportunity to work on first of a kind product lines within an incredible, dynamic environment.
Engineering positions typically require a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience. Candidates from mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering backgrounds must know the fundamentals of engineering system developments, requirements, testing, and integration before getting to the final stages of customer interface and project management.
Schedule: Full-Time Salary
Job Level: Mid-Level (3-7 years)
Travel: 0 - 25
Success Profile
What makes a successful Senior UX Designer at General Atomics? Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.
- Analytical
- Collaborative
- Inventive
- Problem Solver
- Team Player
- Creative
Job Summary Are you a creative soul who loves to craft beautiful designs in an engaging environment? Do you enjoy transforming complex applications into clean, intuitive user experiences? Are you passionate about transforming storyboards into living, breathing high-impact videos? We are looking for exceptional UX designers with strong motion/video design skills to join our team.
You will work with a talented team that includes other designers and user experience professionals in addition to having the ability to learn from and collaborate with software engineers, mathematicians, and data scientists. Solving fun and challenging problems is in our DNA - at GA-i3, we only take on interesting projects.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- You will work alongside a team of talented designers and subject matter experts in our marketing and business development team to design innovative user interfaces and data visualizations for a growing proprietary web-based application, helping our users solve complex problems.
- This position offers a unique challenge as you will be designing the future look, feel, and function of our multi-faceted Optix product.
- This requires a keen attention to detail while not losing sight of the bigger picture. Our users need to leverage our powerful tools to slice and dice a variety of problems, and the experience design of our expansive user interface is a top priority of ours. We produce branded marketing materials,
Job Qualifications:
- Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; six or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, four or more years of experience with a masters degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
- Have a visual portfolio showcasing your work, both your eye for visual design and your experience creating UI/UX wireframes and high fidelity prototypes
- Can translate ideas and high-level requirements into functional design prototypes using Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Miro, InVision, Axure, or similar design tools
- Have experience with Adobe Creative Cloud design applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) Enjoy pairing typography and color palettes with information architecture
- Have experience designing and iterating on mockups, translating these to style guidelines and collaborating with code development teams on the final product
- Have excellent creative thinking and problem-solving skills
- Have a strong visual design sense and appreciation for developing a stellar user experience Enjoy researching and testing the latest and greatest technologies
- Have the ability to multitask, prioritize, and respond quickly in a fast-paced environment Learn quickly and want to share knowledge
- Enjoy working in an exciting, dynamic environment with a great team of brilliant and supportive co-workers
- Have experience developing immersive videos using After Effects, Premiere Pro, or similar Have experience using game design tools (Unity, Unreal Engine, etc.)
- Have experience with animations, transition design, and illustration
- Have experience with frontend coding (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.) Have experience with CSS pre-processors (Stylus, LESS, SASS, etc)
- Use data visualization tools/toolkits such as d3 or similar libraries
- Are interested in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, and/or analytics
- We’re looking for team players with solid design and/or development foundations, a hunger for lifelong learning, and a desire for personal growth.
Salary:$96,180 - $172,163
Benefits
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Healthcare
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Pension, 401(k)/Retirement Plans
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Competitive Pay
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Multiple product lines means a variety of work
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Paid Time Off

“The company is growing, has a very good reputation and had open positions in my area of expertise (aircraft design/design methodology development).”– Peter, Senior Staff Engineer

“We don't ascribe to quotas; we do ascribe to securing the BEST talent to enrich our culture toward healthy diversification and active/viable community service. We are STEM advocates.”– Debra, CSSBB: Staff Engineer

“Every day is different, with different problems to solve and many programs to support. I am a problem solver and have always been motivated by the tough questions.”– Scott, Laser Scientist

“I work in the Components Engineering and Obsolescence Management Dept. Our efforts are saving General Atomics several millions of dollars by proactively leading and informing the company of all these decisions which significantly impact production, sustainment and new designs.”– John, Staff Engineer
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