Career Opportunities: UX Designer II (Waterloo Canada - Remote) (15880)

 Requisition #: 15880 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

The User Experience Designer creates easy-to-use and delightful experiences for users interacting with ANSYS products and services. The UX designer assesses the functional and content requirements of a product, develops storyboards, creates wireframes and task flows based on user needs, and produces visually detailed mockups. A passion for visual design and familiarity with UI trends and technologies are essential in this role, enabling the UX designer to bring fresh and innovative ideas to a project. Design tasks should be approached with a comprehensive understanding of design principles, ensuring solutions are intuitive and well-considered. Candidates should possess a strong ability to evaluate and justify their design decisions clearly and effectively. This is an advanced role, suited for individuals with a demonstrated passion for usability problem-solving and ideation in design.  

Key Duties and Responsibilities 

• Creates user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, user needs, and technical constraints 

• Independently designs, develops, and evaluates wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for web applications 

• Continually demonstrates fluency in visual design principles with extreme attention to details with little oversight 

• Maintains and contributes to the design system, ensuring consistency across all products. 

• Has concomitant experience in modeling and analysis software and workflows, with emphasis on Ansys-type products 

• Judges importance of, responds to, and prioritizes UX-focused software problems  

• Collaborates on and contributes to design and methods patents implemented in ANSYS software 

• Collaborates with other designers, product managers, developers, and stakeholders to ensure designs are feasible and meet project goals 

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 2-3 years of experience in UI/UX design with a strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design processes and impactful results. 

• BS or BA in Human-Computer Interaction, Design Engineering, or Industrial Design with 1-3 years’ experience or MS 

• Master-level expertise in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Framer, Adobe XD, or similar 

• Solid understanding of responsive design, accessibility standards, and front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS). 

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite & CAD/CAE in any form 

• Experience in the full development cycle for a software product, from ideation to shipment 

• Is detail-oriented and utilizes highly developed organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines 

• Understanding of the software development process and ability to communicate well with software development teams 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills 

• Certificate in HCI 

• Particular Experience with:  

  • Modeling and simulation applications:  

  • Tools & technologies for UI implementation:  

  • Contributing to and leveraging a design system to ensure consistency and efficiency in design 

• Ability to:  

  • Smoothly iterate on designs, taking direction, adjusting, and re-focusing towards a converged design 

  • Think critically, identify pain points, and design creative solutions 

  • Communicate succinctly and professionally via email, chat, remote meetings, usability evaluations, etc. 

  • Prototype rapidly using any tools available 

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement. 

Our Commitments: 

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values: 

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions: 

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE 
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive. 

 
WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS 

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. 

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics. 
  

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE  
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (Belgium, China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.). 

  
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com 
  

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. 
  
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.