UX Interaction Designer

Job description

Job Number

2734293

Business

GE Renewable Energy

Business Segment

Renewable Energy Information Technology

About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Posted Position Title

UX Interaction Designer

Career Level

Experienced

Function

Digital Technology

Function Segment

Design and User Experience

Location(s) Where Opening Is Available

United States

U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces

Louisiana

City

New Orleans

Postal Code

70170-1000

Relocation Assistance

No

Role Summary/Purpose

Works on or leads highly complex projects that require an in-depth knowledge across user experience domains.

Essential Responsibilities

·  Participate in and begins to influence the business-wide discussions relative to the future direction of design and user experience

·  Participates in and leads team discussions relative to current user experience projects

·  Demonstrate a strong understanding of Agile / Lean UX methodologies

·  Guide effective documentation and communication of design - via wireframes, mockups, and requirements engineering

·  Demonstrates ability to quickly pivot design direction without loss of quality

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise

·  Leads individual interviews/workshop with individual contributors.

·  Creates research protocols. Selects appropriate research methods to answer questions and develop holistic understanding of user and customer needs.

·  Facilitates group understanding of research data; leverages data to derive actionable insights.

·  Identifies appropriate synthesis techniques to meet the needs of specific business and design situations.

·  Understands the existing architecture of or application and our design system. Understands what constitutes a well-defined technical architecture.

Business Acumen

·  Understands the competitive landscape, regulatory marketing, etc. Articulates clearly the main industry dynamics

·  Understands key principles of design thinking, what it is and why it is important. Explores all ideas, regardless of their source

·  Works to create an understanding of how individual people and things fit within larger structures (like systems or organizations), as well as the relationships between parts of a system and the system as a whole

Leadership

·  Creates basic project plans for U/X projects or the U/X portion of a larger development project. Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments.

·  Effectively balances different, competing objectives

·  Keeps participants focused on task and end process. Guides participation to include all present; solicits information about absent stakeholders

·  Expresses UX and design concepts to collaborators on cross-functional teams. Goes beyond merely presenting designs, explains the story of the rationale and benefit of design ideas

·  Understands the value of a rigorous and transparent decision-making process

Personal Attributes

·  Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain

·  Asks questions needed to translate an abstract problem into a roadmap for identifying solutions. Seeks out processes and ideas that are out of the norm

·  Takes initiative to learn new tools and techniques and integrates new methods to drive improved outcomes

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Desired profile

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications

·  Bachelor's Degree in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) OR completion of a code development pair-programming, bootcamp-style, or accelerated training curriculum focused on contemporary software development OR High School Diploma / GED with 2 years minimum of IT experience.

Eligibility Requirements

·  Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job

·  Must be willing to travel

·  Must be willing to work out of an office located in New Orleans, LA