Job Description

About us:

Cognex is the worlds leading provider of vision systems software sensors and industrial barcode readers used in manufacturing automation. Cognexs advanced AI enabled vision products help companies improve product quality eliminate production errors lower manufacturing costs and exceed consumer expectations for high quality products at an affordable price. Many of these applications involve 3D vision systems that capture point cloud data depth maps and surface geometry to enable precise measurement robot guidance and spatial inspection in complex factory environments.. 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.

The Team:

The UX Design team at Cognex was formed 3 years ago and has been growing in strategic importance to reflect the Companys focus on providing advanced machine vision made easy to our customers. We design web-based interfaces for Cognexsdiverse suite of enterprise B2B products and services. Our UIs are atomically consumed by Cognex product teams to develop and maintain a unified look & feel across multiple workflows and 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 including its limitations and opportunities and we then use that understanding to define rich user experiences for complex computer vision tools.

We are actively building up our 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:

• Design intuitive interfaces for 3D vision tools including visualizations of point clouds depth data and spatial calibration workflows translating complex 3D data into clear actionable UI for factory-floor operators and engineers.

• Lead multiple projects through all aspects of thedesign cycle (requirements gathering brainstormingsketching prototypingtesting iterating etc.)

• Work with our 4-person design team to document maintain and architect the Cognex design system based on the Angular Material library.

• Designsystematic reusable componentsusing the atomic designphilosophy.

• Participate in design reviews with our design team and other stakeholders iteratively honing the design and implementation ofthe whole teamsUIs.

• Collaborate with engineers and product marketers to ensure that the implementation of your designsresult in a delightful and cohesive overall product experience.

• Create and maintain internal documentation for your designsand evangelize their use across the company.

• Shape the design culture within our design team and at Cognex generally.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• 4-8 years ofproduct design / UXexperience designing web-based products that were built and shipped to real users.

• Experience designing software for 3D applications products (e.g. game engines 3D printing hardware) vision systems robotics or industrial automation including interfaces that surface spatial data such as point clouds depth maps or CAD overlays.

• Experience with Figma or similardesignsoftware

• Experience deploying maintaining and improving a design system across a large organization.

• Experiencedesigning for cross-browserand cross-device compatibility ( mobileSafari etc.)

• Familiarity with the Chrome dev tools and a willingness to inspect the code to ensure the engineers built your designs appropriately. You are not expected to author code for this role.

• Ability to work as a member of a team in a loosely structured and continuously improving agile process.

• Team player with ability to work effectivelyandshare knowledge across the team

• Willingness to propose and fight for bold designs

• Humility to take critical feedback and iterate on a designuntil its right

• Strong presentationcommunicationand interpersonal skills

• Nice to have: Experience designing for AI and deep learning systems.

Minimum education and work experience required:

• Proficiency and willingness to communicate in English

• A portfolio demonstrating the ability to utilize and adapt an existing design system ideally including examples of industrial scientific or data-dense UIs and a strong plus if any work involves 3D data visualization or factory automation software.

• Nice to have: Bachelors orMastersdegree inHCI a relateddiscipline ora related technical field.

Cognex believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is120000 USD-200000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a sales incentive plan.

This position provides a comprehensive benefits package including health dental and vision insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan with company matching; employer-paid disability family leave and life insurance; paid time off (including holidays); optional voluntary benefits; as well as recognition and wellness programs.

Additional Job Description

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cognex 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.