Fall 2023 UX Design Intern - (BS or MS)

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

Fall 2023 Intern, User Experience Designer (DBU) – Degree level required: Undergrad, Masters, or PhD

SUMMARY
ANSYS empowers the world's most innovative companies to design and deliver transformational products by offering the best and broadest engineering simulation software to solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. Thus, through our enriching internship program, we help develop the next-generation of engineers and technologists.

As a student intern, you will help develop our industry-leading simulation software while gaining real experience in your field of study.  You will work on a variety of impactful projects to help maintain, advance, and accelerate ANSYS products.

In this internship, you will support the User Experience Team within the Design Business Unit (DBU). This is a 40-hour per week paid position starting August 2023 and concluding December 2023.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in preparing low and medium fidelity UI designs and/or prototypes using design documents, acceptance criteria, and other sources.
• Assist with creation of high fidelity visual designs and/or visual assets (e.g. icons).
• Assist with formulating, conducting, and analyzing results of usability studies.
• Assist in the creation and validation of personas and user scenarios based on user research to communicate user needs and goals.
• Understand user needs and business goals when generating new ideas and concepts.
• Informally present design work to stakeholders, within and outside of UX team, as part of rapid iterative design process

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• University student pursuing a degree in UX, Industrial design, Human Factors engineering or any other design related fields with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

• Ability to support UX team efforts to communicate business requirements into relevant designs.

• Basic understanding of the user centered design process along with experience with user research, UI design, interaction design, and usability testing.

• A desire and background in understanding project needs and translating them into wireframes and/or prototypes to demonstrate concepts to stakeholders.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Prior experience or good working knowledge of the Adobe Suite Products (e.g. Photoshop and Illustrator) and Figma

• Portfolio of design projects to show skill and background as a UX Designer

CULTURE AND VALUES
Culture and values are incredibly important to Ansys. They inform us of who we are, of how we act. Values aren't posters hanging on a wall or about trite or glib slogans. They aren't about rules and regulations. They can't just be handed down the organization. They are shared beliefs – guideposts that we all follow when we're facing a challenge or a decision. Our values tell us how we live our lives; how we approach our jobs. Our values are crucial for fostering a culture of winning for our company:

• Customer focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

 WORKING AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary of leaders, collectively aiming to change the world with innovative technology and remarkable solutions.  With the prestigious reputation in servicing well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high, met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head-on.  Because at Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery and the collaboration.  It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished”.  It’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can and will impact real people in real ways, forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy and ethics.
 
At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel.
Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology so our customers can turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost.  As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a component of the NASDAQ-100.
 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 
Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys.  Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.