Description

Sr. Principal SW Engineer/Software Consultant Engineer
(User Interface Design/ Usability Engineer)


Emerson Process Management is seeking a User Interface Design / Usability Engineering professional. The candidate will be part of a cross-functional design team and employ a user-centered design methodology to develop new and upgraded designs for electronic hardware, PC/Windows, and browser based host systems. While this engineer will report into the Director DeltaV Software Development, they will also take direction from Dave Parsons, Director Human Centered Design Center of Excellence as part of PlantWeb Solutions Group Ease of Use initiatives.

Specific Responsibilities:

•Work with end-users and product development team members to gain an understanding and help define the user and functional system requirements.
•Act as a catalyst to bring focus to usability and good interaction design on multiple product development teams composed of engineering and marketing professionals
•Conduct competitive benchmarking to determine and recommend best of breed designs.
•Develop and apply design strategies and guidelines to new and derivative designs solutions.
•Conduct task / workflow analyses of existing and emerging user work practices.
•Conduct heuristic evaluations of systems and designs.
•Create conceptual/logical design architectures that improve user productivity and satisfaction.
•Develop and build cross organizational team support for physical design storyboards, wireframes and prototypes.
•Apply current User Interface Design visualization/development tools such as Visual Basic, Director, Flash, and Photoshop.
•Plan, conduct, and report usability tests to validate suitability of proposed designs.
•Create and maintain user interface design specifications.
•Coordinate division level usability design activities, direction, development, and deployment of capability with group-wide Center of Excellence.

Job Experience and Requirements:
•Candidates must have 10 years of experience designing user interfaces for hardware and software products. Candidates should have at least a B.A. / B.S. in Human Factors, Computer Science/Information Technology (with formal concentration In human computer interaction), Industrial Engineering (with formal concentration in Human Factors), Human Computer Interaction, Industrial/Communication Design (with formal concentration in human factors or human computer interaction) or related field, M.A./M.S preferred.

Personal Requirements
•The user interface designer candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and have a demonstrated ability to work with a cross-functional team in a fast paced product development environment. The candidate must have a record that demonstrates creativity, deep technical domain knowledge, initiative, organization, strong work ethic, and persuasiveness.


Emerson Process Management Systems
12301 Research, Blvd. Research Park Plaza, Bldg.III
Austin, TX 78759
Please email your resume to Elizabeth.Soriano@emerson .com