UI/UX Designer-Transportation Business

Job Description

Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.

Present in Romania for over 40 years, Thales is expanding its presence in the country by growing its Digital capabilities and by developing a Group Engineering Competence Centre (ECC). Operating from Bucharest, Thales delivers solutions in a number of core businesses, from ground transportation, space and defence, to security and aeronautics.

UI/UX Designer-Transportation Business

Job Purpose:

Responsible for usability analysis and design specification of Human Factors principles in Software Applications for railways (HMI (Human Machine Interfaces) & TMS (Traffic Management Systems))

Job summary:

• Contribute with Human Factors expertise to every phase of a project, including Bid, Specification, Development, Integration, Verification and Validation
• Specify & support development of safety critical software according to the CENELEC 50128 standard and Thales internal development process

Professional competencies

Background:

• Relevant technical studies (e.g. Informatics, Mathematics, Electronics or similar)

At least 3-5 years of experience in UI/UX Design, Usability or Ergonomics, especially with practical experience in some of the following:

Bid Phase

• Understand end-user expectations of delivered solution
• Derive explicit requirements out of User expectations and put in offer
• Assess impact on functional and technical design of current solution

Orient phase

• Early Human Factor analysis
• User requirements document

Specification

• Operator handbook and ergonomic principles
• Task analysis (Normal mode, Degraded mode)
• Operator Workload Study (Overload, Eventless long periods)
• Static prototyping
• Workplace design

Development

• Dynamic prototyping
• Close collaboration with SW developers & Testers

Integration and verification

• Usability Protocol
• Usability Test Report
• User manuals

Personal competencies

• Very good communication skills
• Supportive attitude
• Intercultural communication, including the empathy to work in an international team
• Team-working (agile experience would be advantageous)
• Solution oriented while being open to embrace new technologies
• Flexibility and availability to travel abroad from time to time

Languages:

• English
• German is a plus

Benefits:

• Professional development in multinational environment, training opportunities, attractive salary, medical care, restaurant tickets, sports programs, housing loans etc.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!