Senior UX Designer

Level: 4
Salary band: £60,000 – £80,000
Bonus: 8% performance-based, discretionary
Location: Hybrid – on site in our London office 2x/week

Mission:

To design and deliver cutting-edge product solutions that redefine lab automation user experiences. Your role as a Senior UX Designer is to drive intuitive, scalable, and impactful solutions as we build our fully integrated lab automation platform that harnesses unmatched power with unrivaled simplicity.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Lead the end-to-end UX design process, from discovery to delivery, ensuring high-quality and innovative product solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to discover and deliver user-centred solutions.
• Champion an evidence based approach to understanding user and business needs, gathering feedback, and iterating quickly to inform and validate design decisions.
• Conduct in-depth user research through interviews, observations, and data analysis to uncover insights that inform design strategy.
• Create detailed flow diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes that effectively communicate the user experience.
• Rapidly prototype to quickly create, test, and iterate ideas in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to continuously improve our design process.
• Contribute to and evolve our design system to ensure consistency and scalability.

What it takes:

• 5 + years proven experience as a UX or product designer with a robust portfolio showcasing design excellence.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Deep knowledge of user-centered design principles, user research, interaction design, and information architecture.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to present and justify design decisions to cross-functional teams and enable consensus.
• Ability to thrive independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and an appetite for solving complex and ambiguous problems.
• Experience in crafting complex, integrated experiences for B2B or bio-tech products.

Nice to have:

• Experience in a start-up or scale-up stage company.

At Automata, we’re transforming the way labs work with open, integrated automation. Our mission is to unlock the potential of labs and the potential of the people who work in them.

If you are a passionate and experienced Senior UX Designer looking to make a significant impact in the life sciences industry, we invite you to apply by submitting your CV and portfolio outlining your relevant experience and design philosophy. Embrace this opportunity to be at the heart of innovation with Automata.