Aechelon Senior UI/UX Designer San Francisco, California 5+ experience

Creativefuego; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer to enhance user experiences for their innovative 3D simulation platform. This role involves crafting intuitive designs that improve usability across various tools and interfaces. You'll collaborate closely with product managers and engineers, taking ownership of the design process from ideation to polished prototypes. With a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the safety of pilots through cutting-edge technology. Join a team that values creativity and technical expertise in a supportive environment.

Benefits

100% employer paid health benefits

401k

Company performance-based profit sharing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of design experience in UI/UX.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design principles.
• Ability to work with export controlled technology.

Responsibilities

• Research user needs and translate findings into actionable plans.
• Develop wireframes and prototypes for user workflows.
• Guide engineers during development and testing.

Skills

UI/UX Design

Prototyping

User Research

Wireframing

Design Principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design

Human-Computer Interaction

Computer Science

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Sketch

React

Vue

Flutter

Job description

Aechelon Technology, Inc.is a leading producer of 3D simulator content, including Geospecific visual/sensor databases and realistic 3D models. We seek people who share our passion for real-time computer graphics and commitment to our mission of helping make our Nation’s pilots safer. We will give you a chance to work with some of the most talented people in the graphics industry.

We are looking for Senior UI/UX Designers to help us in our mission to make pilots safer. The UI/UX Designer’s role is to be a key contributor in the design process to craft user experiences that enhance our platform’s usability. Whether its content creation tools pipelines, our web-based UI interface to our simulator, or our internal tools chain, you’ll own the end-to-end design process—from ideation to polished prototypes. You’ll work closely with customers, product managers, and field support staff to shape the overall look, feel, and usability of our products.

The primary workplace for this position is Aechelon Technology’s South San Francisco Headquarters.

United States citizenship required due to restrictions on access to certain data.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research the needs of external and internal users to deeply understand their behavior while also working with product managers to understand the business needs. Be able to translate any findings into actionable plans.
• Develop process flows, wireframe mockups and prototypes that describe a user’s experience through a workflow.
• Build and maintain a style guide and design guidelines across company products and platforms.
• Guide engineers during development and drive testing and iteration with users to deliver finished solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of design experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong understanding of UI/UX design principles that you can demonstrate through past work in the form of a portfolio, website or any other relevant link.
• Expertise in industry-standard design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Sketch, etc.)
• Ability to work with export controlled technology.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with defining and influencing UI/UX strategies across a cross-functional organization.
• Experience with UI/UX design for map-making and geospatial tools pipelines.
• Experience with UI/UX design for 3D content creation pipelines.
• Experience working in web UI frameworks such as React, Vue, orFlutter.110

$110,000 - $182,000 a year

The above range is specific to CALIFORNIA and may not be applicable to other locations. The pay scale for this role is between $110,000 - $182,000. Final compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

This position description is not intended to be a complete listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee holding this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may be changed, or others may be assigned at any time by the Company with notice to the employee.

We offer a very attractive compensation package including competitive base salary, company performance-based profit sharing, 401k, 100% employer paid health benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, std, ltd, and life insurance plans).

Aechelon Technology is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing access and opportunities to individuals with disabilities. If you are an applicant who is unable to fully utilize/access our application process because of a disability, Aechelon Technology will provide a reasonable accommodation. Please send an email to [e-mail] to request that accommodation, and please be sure to include a detailed description of your requested accommodation, your name and preferred method of contact.