Job Description
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
PTC helps companies around the world reinvent the way they design, manufacture, operate, and service things in and for a smart, connected world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based product lifecycle management. Today, our leading industrial innovation platform and field-proven solutions enable you to unlock value at the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. With PTC, manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the Internet of Things and augmented reality technology today and drive the future of innovation.
Now, more than ever, it is crucially important we develop solutions that will empower frontline workers to make informed decisions and deliver their best work. Help us build the future of manufacturing work instructions through human-centered product design for our flagship Augmented Reality products, Expert Capture and Instruct.
Augmented Reality Product Designer
Boston, MA / Remote USA
Your Impact
As an Augmented Reality Product Designer, it’s your job to design intuitive interfaces, visualizations and experiences on our HMDs (head mounted displays) applications for HoloLens, Magic Leap and RealWear devices, as well as mobile/tablet devices. These apps will empower workers in manufacturing, pharmaceutical and related industries to capture and playback immersive instructional content, as well as receive remote assistance as needed. You’ll work closely with product managers, developers and your fellow designers to deliver outstanding experiences that plug into our work instructions platform. Along the way you’ll interact with customers, engage in user research and prototype. You’ll have an opportunity to influence the interaction patterns and visual style.
Your Team
We are a multidisciplinary design team responsible for creating the user experience and interaction paradigms for revolutionary augmented reality products. We live at the intersection of design and technology as creative technologists, researchers, data experts, designers, prototypers, and strategic thinkers.
We're looking for a critical thinking, data-driven designer who enjoys collaborating with other designers to create intuitive immersive experiences. You are versatile, productive in the face of uncertainty, and can lead teams to effective outcomes.
Your Day-To-Day
- Collaborate and communicate closely with product managers, design leads, UX/UI designers, and engineers to prioritize product functionality and deliver valuable, high-quality products. Along the way drive consistency between the design or those applications worked on directly and related applications across our supported devices
- Plan, spec and gain stakeholder approval for designs via sketching, Figma, Maya and other design tools at your disposal, with a focus on delivering polished 2D visually designed wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity visual assets (including icons and illustrations for usage in the product), with the intention to guide the implementation of finalized 3D design in Unity.
- Test builds on device from fellow designers and engineers with a critical design eye and provide effective feedback frequently to have insight into the design from conception to initial implementation and beyond.
- Meet with customers on-site or on calls to understand their needs and desired outcomes. Using user-centered design, help to define features and contribute to the overall direction of the product.
- Experience designing Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality HMD applications – must have garnered deep experience/ lessons learned.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present a strong rationale for design decisions.
- Experience in UI design, wireframing and prototyping.
- Mastery of 2D design tools such as Figma (preferred), Adobe Creative Suite, InVision or Sketch. Experience with 3D design tools such as Maya or Blender a definite plus.
- At least some familiarity working in Unity, Unreal, openFrameworks or similar, bringing design concepts into 3D is preferred. Code/scripting skills are nice-to-have.
- Entrepreneurial spirit: easily adaptable and comfortable with the ambiguity of developing a product with emerging technology.
- Must have a portfolio with examples where you contributed towards the UX / UI of a shipped product(s), especially those involving augmented or virtual reality.
- 3-5+ years experience
- BA, BS or BFA
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