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Sr Usability Engineer/Oracle Tools & Server Products (Code RW), Oracle Corporation
Jul 27 05
Source: CHI-Jobs
COMPANY: Oracle Corporation
LOCATION: Redwood Shores, CA; Pleasanton, CA; Denver, CO; Burlington, MA; Toronto, Canada Relocation Assistance Available
POSITION TITLE: Sr Usability Engineer/Oracle Tools & Server Products (Code RW)
Job Description:
Provide usability engineering for Oracle Tools & Server Products.
We are harnessing the power and reliability of Oracle's database and server technologies to dramatically impact the user experience of our customers.
RESPONSIBILITIES
You will be focused on Oracle's technical-user base. Our process is highly collaborative aimed at generating highly integrated, related products.
You will be working within a multidisciplinary development team, championing customer interests, and contributing during product definition, design, and development. Specific responsibilities include planning, designing and executing usability evaluations of software development applications. Working closely with development teams, plan and conduct customer research (e.g., surveys, site visits, conference site focus groups).
You will work closely with interface designers & visual designers to validate interface design prototypes, facilitate the development of those prototypes, as well as resolving trade offs between alternative design concepts.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Master's degree in Social, Cognitive, Experimental or Industrial
Psychology, Human Factors or Human Computer Interaction with a
solid foundation in experimental design, behavioral statistics,
and human information processing theory.
* At least 2 years professional experience in the software industry
* At least 3 years, Human Factors job experience in an industrial
setting in the areas of gathering user requirements, scenario
development, conducting usability evaluations, and
questionnaire/survey design
* Strong communication and inter-personal skills honed through years
of working in multi-disciplinary, collaborative teams
* Experience applying customer-centered design methods to product
development
* Knowledge of database technologies, web services, or programming
knowledge (e.g., Java, DHTML) highly desirable.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Please send your resume in a MS Word document to:
jacqueline.hall@oracle.com