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Usability Engineer Position - Minneapolis
Jan 25 04
A Product Lifecycle Management Company has an immediate opening for a Usability Engineer in it's Arden Hills, MN office. Please contact deedee.demulling at ugsplm.com for further information.
Job Description:
Creating and Maintaining Usability Group Teamcenter wide documentation and communication. We currently have UI Guidelines, UI Design Patterns and the Usability Newsletter that are updated quarterly to reflect our iterative design process and user validation process.
This person will also be practicing user centered design activities throughout the software development lifecycle to include Analysis, Design, Testing and Training with guidance from other members of the Usability team. We provide services and collaborate on software design with a variety of our product teams. Services include: User and task analysis, conceptual design, prototyping, usability testing and usability training
Prerequisites and Essential Functions:
Maintain current Usabilty Team documents that are used across the product suite.
Collect and Distribute the quarterly newsletter for the Usabiltiy team to the entire organization.
Gather and review user and task data from a variety of sources Develop usability test plans and conduct usability tests Gather and analyze customer data Assist in developing curriculum and teaching usability courses to various groups in the organization Ensure user interface design consistency across all product modules Work with the usability, product and developtment teams to develop and write standards and guidelines Assist with user interface specifications Collaborate with product teams to prioritize usability issues Understand and promote the process of user-centered design
The Ideal Candidate will have:
BA/BS in Technical Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Psychology/Engineering, Cognitive Psychology, Industrial Design, Visual Design, or related field.
One or more years of software team experience One or more years of experience in technical communications or user interface design Excellent organizational and communication skills Knowledge of customer data gathering and analysis methods such as contextual inquiries, user profiling, task analysis, focus groups, etc.
Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams of designers, software developers, QA staff, technical writers, and external consultants and clients An understanding of the software development process The ability to work autonomously and collaboratively to bring projects to completion Experience in Product Data Management, Product Lifecycle Management is a plus Someone who has a passion for improving the user experience and a willingness to learn the user centered design process
If interested, please email your resume to deedee.demulling at ugsplm.com