This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12445904 Assistant Research UIX Designer - National Center for Supercomputing Applications

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides supercomputing and advanced digital resources for the nation\'s scientific enterprise. At NCSA, University of Illinois faculty, staff, students, and collaborators from around the globe use advanced digital resources to address and r

In this role, you\'ll push the boundaries of software user interface and experience (UIX) and data visualization by applying user-centered design methods to craft innovative solutions for research software. Join NCSA in tackling complex research challenges that impact science and society by developing cutting-edge digital environments and software. Work alongside teams to design intuitive software and visualizations that empower AI usage and make complex data and concepts easier to understand.esearch grand challenges for the benefit of science and society. NCSA has been advancing one third of Fortune 50 companies for more than 35 years by bringing industry, researchers and students together to solve grand challenges at rapid speed and scale.

In this role, you\'ll push the boundaries of software user interface and experience (UIX) and data visualization by applying user-centered design methods to craft innovative solutions for research software. Join NCSA in tackling complex research challenges that impact science and society by developing cutting-edge digital environments and software. Work alongside teams to design intuitive software and visualizations that empower AI usage and make complex data and concepts easier to understand.

Job Summary

Advance the field of software user interface and experience (UIX) and data visualization approaches through the application of user-centered design methodology to the creation of novel solutions for research software. Contribute to NCSA\'s mission of addressing complex research problems in science and society through the development of comprehensive digital environments and software. Collaborate with teams to design software and visualizations that enable the use of AI and the comprehension of complex data and concepts.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Research Software and Application Design:

  Collaborate on the development of research software with stakeholders, software engineers, designers and scientists from a wide range of disciplines (e.g. medical

  informatics, biology, genomics, civil and environmental engineering, earth sciences, agriculture, digital humanities, hazard management, astronomy).

  Design software interfaces, experiences, and data visualizations that integrate powerful backend tools and address real world complex research problems.

  Apply the fundamentals and principles of design, creative problem solving, and design thinking to create solutions that address user requirements and priorities while also

  providing excellent user experiences that enable effective use of complex data.

  Participate in planning and conducting user research, user testing, usability and accessibility assessment, rapid prototyping, and design system development.

  Create design iterations that integrate collaborative input and new approaches and techniques to address project specific needs and critical technological challenges.

• Research Communication:

  Contribute to publications, technical reports, and documentation.

  Communicate findings from research development activities above with project colleagues, including primary investigators, to be used as needed in current programm ng

  and design efforts.

  Develop conversance in UIX best practices, tools, and resources with the goal of continually improving processes and efficiencies for UIX design across NCSA.

• Design Systems Collaboration and Support:

  Participate in the creation and maintenance of enterprise-wide systems for UIX design that improve efficiencies, support designer to developer handoff, enable

  communication between stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

*Bachelor\'s degree required in graphic/communication design, industrial design, UIX design, or a related field. Alternative degree fields will be considered if accompanied by equivalent experience and/or UX certifications (depending on nature and depth of experience as it relates to current NCSA business needs). *One year of experience developing design solutions through either academic coursework, employment or research lab experience. *Six months of experience researching, presenting, and/or publishing technical projects or papers in a professional or academic setting.

Preferred Qualifications

*Experience with Figma design tool.

*Experience with a user-centered design approaches and methodologies.

*Experience engaging with users/stakeholders through the design process.

*Experience writing reports and giving presentations.

*Experience building, maintaining and/or using design systems

*Familiarity with industry