User Researcher Intern: Strategic Student Program

We are Siemens

Siemens Digital IndustriesSoftware is a leading provider of solutions for the design, simulation andmanufacture of products across many different industries. Formula 1 cars,skyscrapers, ships, space exploration vehicles, and many of the objects we seeand use in our daily lives are being conceived and manufactured using ourProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.

The Siemens Sheffield office nowforms a hub for user-centred design practice within Siemens Product EngineeringSoftware. The customer experience team is a multi-disciplinary team formed ofProduct Designers and User Researchers.

What we’re looking for

Are you a recent graduate or postgraduatelooking to start your career as a user researcher with a focus on enterpriseapplications? Are you ready to help change the perception that enterpriseapplications are not user friendly, complicated to learn and hard to master?

Your degree should contain ahigh level of human behaviour content, and you should have an exceptionalinterest in looking beyond what people say and explore what they actually do.You should be a naturally curious person, who goes above and beyond to representthe needs of our users. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for you todevelop the skills for a career as a user researcher and provides you thechance to work directly with a committed team on high impact projects in anexciting and varied environment.

If this sounds like your dreamrole then please take a moment to meet some of our current interns who sharetheir thoughts on working as an intern at Siemens. If you can picture yourselflearning, growing, and succeeding in our team then we would love to hear fromyou!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAh0jtMth8U

What you’ll be doing

During this 12-month internshipyou will be reporting to the User Research lead and Design lead. You will workin a small, agile team tasked with providing actionable customer insights toinform the design of our flagship CAD software. You will be involved inquantitative and qualitative research such as usability testing, interviews,surveys, reviewing analytics and more along with other user researchers. Whilstyou will closely work alongside Product Designers, your work will solely focuson the user research activities of the product design and development process.

What you’ll bring

• Understanding of user research and a desire to specialize in UX Research.
• A passion for understanding people, user needs and their behaviors.
• Keen interest and ideally good knowledge of the study of human behavior.
• An applied understanding of a variety of research methods (e.g. interviews, usability testing, surveys, data analysis, etc).
• Experience in the analysis of large sets of quantitative and/or qualitative data (both is a plus).
• Strong communication and presentation skills that allow you to present data in an understandable, simplified and concise way both visually and verbally. 
• An interest in Software design 

A knowledge of any of thefollowing would be desirable:

• Agile software development 
• Design thinking approaches 
• 3D CAD systems 

Other important information:

• 12-month internship with clearly defined milestones tobuild your user research skills (e.g. building personas, running usabilitytesting and interviews) but also get you familiar with our CAD software and thewider CAD industry. You will also be closely working and supported by the URlead. 
• You will receive a salary, and all the benefits of any full time Siemens employee 
• Ideally looking for a candidate who is available from early June
• This job is primarily remote (applicant must be located in the UK), but will include some travel (e.g. roughly every 6 weeks a two-day meet up - travel and accommodation will be paid by the company (unless you are locally based)) 
• You will be provided with all the technical set up required to successfully accomplish your job. 

Application Process:

•        Complete online application (CV, Cover letter(optional))
  If selected:

•        InterviewRound 1: Getting to know you – 30min Microsoft Teams call
  If selected:

•         InterviewRound 2: Showcase a previous project you worked on – 60min Microsoft Teams Call

Join our Digital World

We are an equal opportunityemployer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on thebasis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, genderexpression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, ordisability status.

We offer a comprehensive rewardpackage which includes a competitive basic salary, bonus scheme, generousholiday allowance, pension, private healthcare and actively support workingfrom home.

We will ensure that individualswith disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in thejob application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, andto receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us torequest accommodation.

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