Senior UX Engineer

renishaw; Wotton-under-Edge; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9% Non-contributory Pension

Discretionary Annual Bonus

Subsidised onsite Restaurants

Coffee Shops

Free Parking

Car Sharing Scheme

24 Hour Fitness Centres

Flexible Working Programme

25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Life Assurance 12x Salary

Cycle to Work

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Health Cash Plan

Renishaw Health Trust

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Renishaw, a world leader in high-end technologies, is seeking a Usability Engineer to work on the MODUS software suite. The role involves collaborating with software teams to improve usability across products that combine software and hardware.

This is a hybrid position based in Wotton-under-Edge, offering three days on-site per week and a strong emphasis on user-centred design, storyboards, and UI prototyping. Opportunities for growth and impact are prominent.

Qualifications

• Expertise or exposure to Human Factors, Ergonomics or User Centred Design.
• Proven ability to design user-centric workflows to complex problems.
• Proven presentation/public speaking skills.
• Exposure to software, mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Proven ability to create storyboards / wireframes / UI prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Focus on managing the daily demands of iterative incremental UI & UX design within a production environment.
• Work closely with the product owners and technical leads to assist with the definition of user stories and to develop initial user interface and interaction designs.
• Develop workflow sketches, low-fidelity mock-ups, storyboards and design alternatives.
• Work within, and help to extend, the existing Renishaw usability standards and guidelines.

Skills

Human Factors

Ergonomics

User Centred Design

UI Prototyping

Storyboards

Public Speaking

Job description

Salary up to £48,000 depending on experience

Location Wotton-under-Edge, Glos

Hybrid working 3 days/week on-site (please note, no public transport availably)

Renishaw, a world leader in high end technologies is currently seeking to recruit a Usability Engineer. Working on our MODUS suite of software products, the role exposes the successful candidate to some of our latest cutting-edge technologies.

The role will primarily involve working with software development teams to help improve the usability of the products they produce, while empowering the teams to become more self-sufficient as their experience grows.

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team where your inputs will be valued. Working with software systems that include hardware is a challenging and rewarding area to apply your usability design expertise.

Responsibilities

• Focus on managing the daily demands of iterative incremental UI & UX design within a production environment
• Work closely with the product owners and technical leads to assist with the definition of user stories and to develop initial user interface and interaction designs
• Develop workflow sketches, low-fidelity mock-ups, storyboards and design alternatives
• Work within, and help to extend, the existing Renishaw usability standards and guidelines

Key requirements

• Expertise or exposure to the fields of Human Factors, Ergonomics or User Centred Design
• Proven ability to design user-centric workflows to complex problems
• Proven presentation / public speaking skills
• Exposure to software, mechanical or electrical engineering
• Proven ability to create storyboards / wireframes / UI prototypes

Desirable requirements

• Successful experience in managing a small team or mentoring others
• Exposure to working with an Agile software development team

The successful applicant will have an interest in keeping up to date with interaction design and software / hardware human interface design. They will be self-motivated and driven, capable of managing tasks to completion and to the highest standard. The individual in this role will have effective communication, liaison and client-facing skills, and will be a good team player, able to articulate their views while participating in design debates.

Benefits

• 9% non-contributory pension
• discretionary annual bonus
• *subsidised onsite restaurants
• *coffee shops
• free parking
• *car sharing scheme
• *24 hour fitness centres
• variable working programme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary
• Cycle to Work scheme
• enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria
• Health Cash Plan
• the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva)
• an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or [e-mail].

Employment Type: Permanent

Time Type: Full time

Requisition Number: R9871 Senior UX Engineer (Open)