Industrial Design Engineer 3

DGN Technologies; Sunnyvale (CA); Presencial; USD 120 000 - 170 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

DGN Technologies in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking an experienced XR/VR designer to audit our product, refine interactions, and advance learning outcomes while preserving the core product direction. You will rapidly produce design concepts, collaborate with developers in Unity, and work with human factors to turn usability findings into concrete requirements.

Experience designing XR training or simulations is a plus.

Qualificações

• 4 years of hands-on XR/VR product design experience.
• Portfolio showing shipped XR products and usability improvements.
• Proven ability to align design with product strategy while collaborating with developers.
• Experience converting feedback into actionable requirements.

Responsabilidades

• Audit VR app and user feedback to propose a cohesive UX strategy.
• Propose interaction designs balancing XR best practices with hardware limits.
• Create design concepts and translate to functional requirements for Unity.
• Lead design reviews and justify trade-offs with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Human Factors to convert usability risks into requirements.
• Refine XR interactions that are intuitive for novices.
• Maintain a design repository of XR guidelines and visuals.

Conhecimentos

XR design

Prototyping

Usability testing

Dev collaboration

Formação académica

Bachelor’s in Interaction Design

Ferramentas

Unity

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Description:

Essential Job Duties

• Audit the current VR application and accumulated user feedback; recommend a holistic strategy to improve usability, cohesiveness, and learning outcomes while retaining the application’s core direction
• Propose interaction designs informed by XR best practices, usability risks, and customer feedback while balancing hardware constraints, timelines, and development effort
• Rapidly produce design concepts (user flows, sketches, prototypes) from product requirements and mature them into functional requirements the development team can implement in Unity
• Facilitate design reviews; communicate design rationale and trade-offs clearly; incorporate input from product management, human factors engineering, and development; drive decisions toward implementation
• Collaborate with Human Factors to convert identified usability risks and findings into practical, implementable design requirements
• Design or refine XR interactions that are intuitive and easy to learn for novice XR users
• Establish and maintain a design repository documenting XR interaction best practices, human factors heuristics, and product-specific visual and interaction designs

Required Skills and Experience

• 4 years of hands-on experience designing, prototyping, and shipping XR/VR products
• Portfolio demonstrating strong XR design judgment with shipped products and measurable usability improvements
• Track record of delivering incremental improvements within an established product direction while maintaining a cohesive long-term design strategy
• Demonstrated ability to work shoulder-to-shoulder with developers during design sprints to implement functional requirements

Required Education and Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Design, or related field — or equivalent professional experience

Working Conditions

• None

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience designing XR training or simulation content
• Proficiency with Unity or similar real-time 3D engines
• Experience in medical device, healthcare, or learning and development
• Familiarity with surgical robotics or Intuitive products
• Experience applying human factors engineering principles to product design
• Background in user research or usability testing methodologies