Enterprise UX/UI Design Lead & Design System Architect

Whelen Engineering, Inc.; Cedar Lake (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Whelen Engineering, Inc. is seeking an Enterprise UX/UI Design Lead to define and design intuitive experiences across ERP, Customer Portal, and other enterprise applications.

You will bridge business processes, user needs, and technical implementation with stakeholders, product owners, architects, developers, and other technical teams. The role also entails establishing enterprise UX/UI standards, building a reusable design system, and producing high-fidelity mockups, storyboards, and detailed

Responsibilities

• Design user interfaces for enterprise applications including ERP, Customer Portal, administrative applications, dashboards, and other digital experiences.
• Create high-fidelity UI mockups that clearly communicate the intended application experience.
• Develop wireframes and low-fidelity concepts to rapidly explore design ideas with business and technical teams.
• Design responsive experiences appropriate for desktop, tablet, and mobile use where applicable.
• Ensure applications provide a consistent and intuitive user experience across modules and platforms.
• Improve existing application interfaces by identifying usability, navigation, workflow, consistency, and accessibility opportunities.
• Create storyboards that describe how users interact with applications and how workflows progress from beginning to end.
• Translate complex business processes into understandable user journeys and screen flows.
• Develop user journeys, workflow diagrams, navigation models, and interaction sequences.
• Design the 'story' of an application so users can naturally understand what they need to do, where they are in a process, and what happens next.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce unnecessary user interactions.
• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand operational processes, user needs, challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Facilitate design sessions with business users, product owners, architects, developers, and other technical stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into practical user experiences and application designs.
• Work with development teams to ensure designs can be effectively implemented within the application's technical architecture.
• Participate in design reviews throughout the development lifecycle.
• Review implemented functionality to ensure it aligns with approved designs and intended user experience.
• Incorporate user and stakeholder feedback into iterative design improvements.
• Establish and maintain enterprise UX/UI standards for Whelen business applications.
• Define approved color palettes, typography, spacing, layout patterns, icons, controls, and other visual standards.
• Define standard application components such as:
• Navigation
• Forms
• Tables and grids
• Search interfaces
• Filters
• Dialogs and overlays
• Notifications
• Validation messages
• Buttons and actions
• Cards
• Tabs
• Wizards and multi-step workflows
• Dashboards
• Develop and maintain a reusable enterprise design system and component library.
• Establish standards for visual hierarchy, required fields, error states, warnings, status indicators, and user feedback.
• Ensure design standards support accessibility, usability, consistency, and maintainability.
• Work with frontend development teams to align design standards with reusable application components.
• Document the expected functionality and behavior of application screens and components.
• Produce functional UX/UI specifications that development and QA teams can use during implementation and testing.
• Screen purpose
• User interactions
• Field behavior
• Validation requirements
• Required and optional fields
• Navigation behavior
• Search and filtering behavior
• Error states
• Empty states
• Loading states
• Success and confirmation messages
• Role

Job description

Whelen Engineering, Inc. is seeking an Enterprise UX/UI Design Lead to define and design intuitive experiences across ERP, Customer Portal, and other enterprise applications.

You will bridge business processes, user needs, and technical implementation with stakeholders, product owners, architects, developers, and other technical teams. The role also entails establishing enterprise UX/UI standards, building a reusable design system, and producing high-fidelity mockups, storyboards, and detailed