UX Designer

DarkVision; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial imaging technology firm in Vancouver is seeking a UX Designer to improve and design software products, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and establish a design system. The candidate should have at least 4 years of UX/UI design experience and expertise in Figma and Adobe. This full-time role offers a salary range of $90,000 to $150,000, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 4 or more years of experience designing UX/UI for desktop applications.
• Experience creating or contributing to design systems.
• Portfolio of work samples.

Responsibilities

• Improve and manage existing software products through effective design solutions.
• Design new software products that meet market needs.
• Design customer-facing deliverables ensuring brand consistency.
• Conduct UX research to identify product usability issues.
• Establish a design system ensuring consistency across products.

Skills

Figma

Adobe design suite

UX/UI design

Attention to detail

Project management

Job description

Overview

Your Job

DarkVision's UX Designer will have the opportunity to work across our product lines and tech-stack to develop and maintain our internal analysis software and our external-facing client deliverables. This role will collaborate heavily with the software engineering, research, product management, and data analysis groups to design extremely intuitive software tools that streamline our data analysis and provide our clients with actionable insights.

We want to hear from you if you are highly organized, think like an entrepreneur, and are driven to make a difference. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing world-class team who are revolutionizing how industrial players assess the condition of their world-class assets. This is an in-office role based out of DarkVision's head office in North Vancouver, Canada and reports to our Software Engineering Manager.

Our Team

To make well-informed decisions, Oil & Gas asset operators need a clear picture of the inner workings of piping infrastructure. The team at DarkVision makes this happen. Our experts from across the machine vision, imaging, computer graphics, and data analytics sectors have worked to create the most technologically advanced platform for pipeline and downhole diagnostics. Come join our team as we embark on the exciting journey ahead to become the global leader in industrial imaging.

What You Will Do

• Improve and manage existing software products: You will work closely with the In-line Inspection and Downhole product teams to improve the UX of our existing software products. You will come up with effective design solutions that will improve product usability and reduce analysis timelines and pain points. You will collaborate cross-functionally with the Product Management Team, Software Engineering Team, Data Team, Field Team, Sales Team, and Machine Learning Team to take new features from ideation to prototyping, to user testing, and launch.
• Design new software products: DarkVision is rapidly expanding our industrial inspection services into new market verticals. These product developments require significant software systems and bring significant opportunities for career growth. You will work with our internal teams to design effective user flows that allow product users to accomplish their goals seamlessly. You will create user-centered experiences, lead product discovery sessions, and create wireframes and prototypes for our upcoming new software products.
• Design customer-facing deliverables: DarkVision currently delivers highly differentiated industrial inspection datasets, visualizations, and reports as our final product to oil and gas companies worldwide. We have a high bar for quality, impact, and consistency. You will work on improving the look, feel, and experience of our existing customer deliverables and support the design of new customer deliverables. You will foster consistency across our brand and products.
• UX research: You identify product pain points and usability issues by using various UX research techniques like interviews, surveys, and focus groups. You will use your user research findings to guide your product design and lead usability testing. You will also help identify the underlying assumptions and validate or challenge them based on your research. You will also conduct foundational research to guide the direction of our new software products.
• Design system: You will establish DarkVision's design system that will ensure consistency across our products. You will also evangelize user-centered design principles and best practices by giving presentations and workshops. You will help the software team put users front and center when developing useful and usable software.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Able to work in our North Vancouver office on a daily basis.
• Experience creating or contributing to design systems.
• Expertise in Figma and/or Adobe design suite.
• 4 or more years of experience designing UX/UI for desktop applications.
• Portfolio of work samples.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage projects independently.

General Salary Range

For this role, we anticipate a base salary ranging from $90,000 to $150,000 as we are open to candidates from varying career levels. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

DarkVision Technologies Inc. is a BC-based tech company that has been disrupting the industrial imaging market since 2013. We have created the world's most advanced acoustic-based imaging platform and are packaging it into multiple new product lines, revolutionizing how our clients quantify and visualize the integrity of their critical assets.

Backed by Koch In., one of the largest privately held companies in North America, DarkVision's team of Mechanical, Skunkworks, Electrical, Software, and Machine Learning Engineers is rapidly expanding to meet the demand for the company's current and upcoming products.

We provide employees the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies that blend science with real-world applications and invite you to join our team for the exciting journey ahead as we become the global leader in industrial imaging.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

How To Apply

If you have the above qualifications, we would like to hear from you. We thank all applicants in advance, but please be advised that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation or assistance at any time during the application or selection processes, please submit a request by following the directions located in the FAQ section at the bottom of the kochcareers.com webpage.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a criminal background check.

Keywords: UX, UI, user experience, user interface, user centric, design, designer, design system, desktop applications, figma, adobe, wireframe, workflow, discovery sessions