UX Designer

The UX Designer is a key participant the design process that shapes digital products, enabling end users to more effectively interact with interfaces. This involves the process of visualizing and integrating the product, including aspects of branding, GUI design, usability, and end user functionality. The UX designer utilizes user research and workflow analysis to generate use cases that define user experience solutions.

The UX Designer works in partnership with a UX Tech Lead, who is generally a Software Developer who helps define the UX for product features and who helps translate the UX process into front-end code.

UX designers need to possess strong creative, and technical problem-solving skills. At Applied Materials UX Designers participate in both sides of user experience design – helping define the user experience objectives through research and documentation, as well as visual interaction design through screen layout, prototyping and graphic design. The UX Designer final deliverables are pixel-perfect screen layouts, clickable prototypes, design standards and occasionally some CSS styling.

UX designers are expected to be self-directed, but also collaborative. They must possess communication, time-management and process-management skills. Creativity, passion and attention to detail are also keys to success in this role.

Primary Roles:-

• Consulting with clients and Product Owners to understand product goals and interpreting user research results
• Conducting user research and usability testing with end users in monitored sessions
• Creating wireframes, storyboards, sitemaps and screen flows
• Designing screen layouts in Sketch or Adobe XD and distributing via design collaboration frameworks like InvisionApp
• Prototyping product UX in Adobe XD clickable demos
• Analyzing user feedback and activity, and iterating to enhance the user experience
• Must have a solid understanding of graphic design and web/Mobile technologies, and of wireframing tools such as Axure RP, Pencil or Balsamiq
• Must possess demonstratable skills with screen layout design programs and tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe XD
• UX designers must have the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and a willingness to keep their skills and industry knowledge current
• Provide design guidance and mentorship to Intern or Junior UX Designers and Software Engineers who are learning the UX Design processes
• Performs as an individual contributor on products and contributes to developing Design Standards on documentation websites
• May be required to edit front-end style sheets and visual mark-up alongside FE Software Engineers (not solo)
• Ensures all product experiences are designed with the end-user and business objectives in mind, while leveraging AMATs brand and design standards
• Updates daily progress via online reporting and task completion via Agile project management systems
• Applies User Research processes to conduct usability validation and A/B Testing
• Works alongside UX Tech Leads to translate project requirements into visual designs and manages the refinement of those designs through to customer delivery via user testing
• Participates in daily Agile scrums to iterate in design sprints to meet time, budget and quality goals set by UX Design managers

UX Management Reporting and Accountability:-

• The UX Designer reports to the UX Project Manager for scheduling, Agile management resource allocation and project planning of UX resources
• The UX Designer reports to the UX Design Manager for creative and visual quality, and excellence in delivering top-tier user experience solutions
• The UX Designer will account to the UX Design Manager for adherence to Applied’s UX Design Standards
• They will collaborate with and take software functionality guidance from UX Tech Leads in translating requirements into use cases for GUI and user experience solutions
• Must possess the ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design visualizations
• Must be capable of collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via remote meetings in US time zones for 2 hours per day, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval
• Must be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism, and must embrace change
• Will be expected to interface with software development version control systems and graphic library archiving in a responsible manner – to maintain centralized source code and design assets

Experience:-

• UX Designers are typically required to have a bachelor’s degree in visual design, communications, computer science or HCI and end user psychology. Web Design or UX Design experience is required, ideally in a technology-heavy industry. Applied Materials UX Designers are expected to grasp user needs in advanced technology markets like Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical manufacturing and production.
• The candidate will need to provide a URL link to their online portfolio with UX Design samples and a strong body of work for technology clients.

Location:-

• Chennai, India.

Company Overview:-

Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible a better future.