Junior UX Designer – Energy Software, Krakow

hitachi; Kraków; On-site; PLN 30,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

Benefits platform

PPK

WFH equipment allowance

Eye care allowance

Company events

Counselling support

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Services SP. Z O.O. in Krakow is looking for a Junior UX/UI Designer who will join the User Experience practice and collaborate with product, engineering and delivery teams to shape user-centered software for the energy sector.

Under guidance you will apply an end-to-end design process, develop wires, prototypes and test ideas, and gradually own clearly scoped UX tasks while building research, interaction and visual design skills.

Qualifications

• Up to up to 2 years of professional UX/UI, product design or relevant project experience; strong graduate, internship, freelance or academic work is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Support UX research and design activities within an end-to-end design thinking process.
• Work with designers, product managers, product owners, engineers and domain experts to understand business objectives, user needs, scope and constraints.
• Review product documentation, backlog items, existing designs, issue reports, training materials and technical artefacts.
• Help prepare stakeholder and user interviews, usability tests, interview scripts and research materials.
• Participate in interviews, workshops and usability-testing sessions, with guidance from more experienced team members.
• Organize and synthesize findings, distinguishing evidence from assumptions, opinions and technical constraints.
• Contribute to user archetypes, jobs-to-be-done, journey maps, use cases and problem statements.
• Map user flows and clearly scoped workflows, including key steps, decisions, dependencies, handovers and error conditions.
• Brainstorm concepts and translate requirements into wireframes, prototypes and user-interface designs.
• Iterate designs based on research findings, usability feedback, design reviews and technical input.
• Apply established design-system components, UX methods, accessibility principles and interface-design best practices.
• Document design decisions and present work clearly to UX, product and engineering stakeholders.
• Manage assigned tasks reliably, communicate progress and risks, and ask for support when needed.
• Continuously develop knowledge of UX methods, tools, the energy domain and complex engineering software.

Skills

UX research

Interaction design

Wireframing

Prototyping

Usability testing

English communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in design or related field

Tools

UX design tools

Job description

Hitachi Energy Services SP. Z O.O. in Krakow is looking for a Junior UX/UI Designer who will join the User Experience practice and collaborate with product, engineering and delivery teams to shape user-centered software for the energy sector.

Under guidance you will apply an end-to-end design process, develop wires, prototypes and test ideas, and gradually own clearly scoped UX tasks while building research, interaction and visual design skills.