UX Designer

Overview

We are seeking a talented UX Designer to help define and shape the user experience for a complex new web application. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with product teams to conduct user research, create wireframes and prototypes, and design intuitive interfaces that meet both user needs and business goals. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to simplify complex workflows are essential. Experience with responsive design, usability testing, and iterative design processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify customer unmet needs and improvement opportunities through user and stakeholder engagement and research.
• Collaborate with the UX design team to create user-centered experiences using UX artifacts like user flows, low-fidelity concepts, and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Create and iterate on concepts, wireframes, and prototypes following best practices and incorporating common design assets.
• Plan and execute user testing sessions with internal and external customers to gather generative and evaluative research.
• Produce high-fidelity UI deliverables for engineering handoff and collaborate with engineering (eg., front-end developers and product owners) to ensure design quality in the final product.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design (graphic design, interaction design, visual communication design or related field).
• 5 years of experience in a design role for digital products across multiple platforms (mobile, touchscreen, desktop).
• Experience in complex system design, specifically web-based applications for data analysis (scientific domain experience a plus).
• A portfolio of related work detailing work from prototype to developed product.
• Fluent in design patterns and trends across digital platforms.
• Experience developing and working within a design system.
• Knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related technologies.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (eg Figma).
• Solid communication skills and with the ability to articulate design ideas and gain consensus across a variety of stakeholders (organization management, product management, implementation teams, etc.).
• Ability to scope design activities and workstreams, manage expectations of stakeholders, and work within deadlines.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

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