Senior Designer, Design Systems (Figma experience)
Cognex
Natick, MA
Permanent
Full-time
1 month ago
Job DescriptionAbout Us:Cognex is the largest, most successful and recognized global player in industrial machine vision! We are a financially strong, international company with no debt and have been in business for over 40 years. Using advanced optics, image sensors and artificial intelligence software Cognex vision and ID systems capture an image then analyze it to make sense of what’s being seen. We are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable work environment, guided by our "Work Hard, Play Hard, Move Fast" culture, which celebrates employee innovation, determination, and dedication in a dynamic, fun, and distinctive atmosphere.We are working on a hybrid schedule, 3 days in the office (M/W/Th), 2 at home (Tu/F).The Team:As a Senior Design Systems Designer at Cognex, you will be a member of the UX Design team which was formed 2 years ago and comprises 1 design manager and 3 product designers. We design web-based interfaces for Cognex’s enterprise B2B products. Our UIs are atomically consumed by Cognex product teams to maintain a unified look & feel and similar workflows across several product lines.We work closely with multi-national teams of deep learning researchers, computer vision engineers, hardware designers, systems integrators, and product marketers. We strive to understand the underlying technology – its limitations and opportunities – then we use that understanding to define rich user experiences for complex computer vision tools.We are actively building up or design system, and rolling it out across our product lines. There is a lot of exciting upcoming design work at Cognex, and you get to shape that future.Responsibilities:Lead the design, documentation, maintenance, and evangelism of the Cognex design system based on the Angular Material library.Create and maintain to internal documentation for the design system and evangelize its use across the company.Collaborate with framework engineering teams to understand requirements and bridge the gap between design and engineering.Develop a governance model to help a diverse team of frontend engineers understand and integrate the design system in their products in a way that brings conformity and standardization across the product lines.Collaborate with engineers and product marketers so the implementation of your designs is maintainable and ergonomic for designers and engineers.Manage our Figma component library with the help of the other product designers.Participate in design reviews with our design team and other stakeholders, iteratively honing the design and implementation of the whole team’s UIs.Shape the design culture within our design team and at Cognex generally.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Experience deploying, maintaining, improving, and evangelizing a design system across a large organization.5+ years of product design / UX experience, designing web-based products that were built and shipped to real users.Experience with Figma’s feature for design systems (e.g. variables, TokenStudio, nested components, etc.)Experience designing for cross-browser and cross-device compatibility (e.g. desktop Chrome, mobile Safari, etc.)Familiarity with the Chrome dev tools, and a willingness to inspect the code to ensure the engineers built your designs appropriately.Ability to work as a member of a team in a loosely structured and continuously improving agile process.Team player with ability to work effectively and share knowledge across the teamWillingness to propose and fight for bold designsHumility to take critical feedback and iterate on a design until it’s rightStrong presentation, communication and interpersonal skillsNice to have: Experience designing for AI and deep learning systems.Minimum education and work experience required:A portfolio demonstrating the ability to utilize and adapt a design system for a large organization.Proficiency and willingness to communicate in EnglishNice to have: Bachelors or Master’s degree in HCI, a related discipline, or a related technical field.Additional Job DescriptionEqual Employment OpportunityCognex is an equal opportunity employer. Cognex evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
