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User Experience / Visual Design Engineer at Garmin International

Posted in Engineering 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Olathe, Kansas





Job Description:

GPS Manufacturer/Distributor

The Garmin Aviation Design team is looking for a User Experience / Visual Design Engineer for our office in Olathe, Kansas. Garmin Aviation's mission is to create innovative, best-in-class avionics products and services that reflect our passion to serve and enrich our customer's lives -- and our Garmin Aviation Design team is at the heart of it all! From the design of our cutting-edge flight decks, to the look-and-feel of our aviator watches, to defining the interfacing of our web and mobile applications, this team shapes and designs anything our pilots see and touches. A Garmin User Experience Designer has real world experience creating product solutions, designs, prototypes, icons, images, and other digital artwork based on Human-Center-Design / Design Thinking principles for web sites, applications, and flight decks. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

•    May perform as a Service Designer who guides design direction for a various sized project

•    Performs Pilot and User interviews and observational research and interprets research data to create viable solutions

•    Creates interactive prototypes in Adobe XD and conducts user tests to improve and validate a design 

•    Remains current on user research methods and conducts effective research for generating and improving designs

•    Maintain an exceptional eye for design detail adn deep appreciation for finding simple design representation for complex data

•    Work with internal and external partners to define the user experience through Service Design principle

•    Demonstrates full knowledge of UI design standards and procedures in performance of essential functions

•    Demonstrates understanding of creating responsive web pages

•    Responsible for maintaining consistent look for all Aviation products

•    Stay abreast with new prototpying, presentation or computer graphics techniques and software

•    Should demonstrate good communication skills when presenting ideas to various disciplines or customers

•    Work collaboratively and communicate professionally with software engineering, user experience designers and other Garmin associates to achieve departmental and company objective/goals

•    Demonstrates a sense of urgency, commitment and focus on the right priorities in developing solutions in a timely fashion

Qualified candidates possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Design from an accridted college or university or a degree with an equivalent curriculum that teaches user centered design principles OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.  Other requirements include:  


  • Exposure to quantitative and qualitative UX methodologies such as usability testing, task analysis, heuristic reviews, card sorts, persona development, contextual inquiries, journey mapping and surveys

  • Must have exposure to analyzing and synthesizing user data to indentify usability insights and translate those insights into actionable recommendations

  • Must possess observation and documentation skills

  • Soud possess knowledge of usabiltiy, accessibility, SEO and other standard best practices

  • Demonstrated expereince simultaneously supporting multiple projects of varying complexity

  • Superior organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and quality

  • Must be able to demonstrate creativity

  • Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

  • Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude and demonstrate the ability to work well with others in a highly collaborative environment

  • Must be detail-oriented and can work proactively and effectively with minimal supervision

Desired Qualifications:


  • Passion for aviation

  • Pilot's license (Private, Instrument and/or Commercial rating)

  • Familiarity with integrated flight decks

  • Familiarity with G1000

  • Familiarity with G3000 or G5000

  • Familiarity with GTN and G500 / 600 including TXi

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.





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