Location: Poland / within Poland
Role Overview
As a Digital Product Designer for AI, you will work with an Agile product team to achieve UX outcomes, while guiding the design process and improving the team’s design capability. You will also: help Aras learn more about current experiences and needs of the people we serve; influence product strategy and future UX initiatives; and contribute to continuous improvement of our product culture.
At Aras, our mission is to transform the way the world makes products. By reinventing software for engineering and manufacturing, we empower our customers with the flexibility to overcome tomorrow’s challenges. Aras is undergoing a major Product Culture transformation, including significant focus on the Design competency. The successful candidate will join a growing team of accomplished and burgeoning Product Designers (7+), guided by proven leadership in UX/Design and Product Management.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with Product Managers and cross-functional, geographically dispersed, empowered Agile product teams (“the teams”) to practice design as a team sport
Ensure the teams’ execution of an effective, human-focused design process
Lead the definition of UX outcomes; and guide the teams to achieve/exceed defined UX outcomes
Establish and maintain shared understanding within the teams and with all other design influencers/stakeholders
Facilitate and foster teams learning about customer/user needs and expectations (e.g. contextual inquiry, usability testing, presentations)
Utilize insights from analytics and customer interactions to inform design decisions
Generate artifacts with appropriate fidelity to aid communication of design input and intent (e.g. maps/flows, interfaces, interactions)
Communicate effectively with all stakeholders outside the teams (e.g. customers, peer teams, executives, internal functional organizations)
Favor solution approaches that deliver customer value as quickly and often as practical
Help the teams continually improve how design decisions are made
Share best practices with other product designers and teams
Propose ideas to improve customer/user experience throughout the organization
Required Qualifications
5-7+ years of experience in digital product design, user experience, service design, customer experience, or equivalent role
2+ years of experience designing AI/ML-powered experiences
Familiarity with generative AI/ML and NLP concepts, including but not limited to: conversational AI and chatbot assistant design; trust, transparency, and explainability in AI interfaces; LLMs, prompt engineering, and RAG systems
Strong portfolio showcasing AI/ML-related UX projects
Demonstrated ability to generate order and clarity from ambiguity and chaos
Preferred Qualifications
Exemplary customer-value orientation
Experience designing for B2 B Saa S
Manufacturing industry experience and knowledge of product development best practices (e.g. PLM, Digital Thread, manufacturing, engineering design automation, or related domains)
Familiarity with key PLM / Digital Thread concepts, workflows & use cases
Experience prototyping and designing new concepts, as well as refining and extending deployed, mission-critical, enterprise product/service offerings
Proven track record designing complex systems or enterprise platforms
Passion for problem-solving, design thinking & continuous learning methodologies
Independence and quick decision-making abilities; sound judgment for raising flags in a timely manner
Ability to work under pressure and in a dynamic, ambiguous environment
Ability to motivate/influence technical resources to deliver exceptional user experiences
Experience designing within an Agile development environment
Familiarity with Front-End platforms (e.g. Angular JS, React JS)
Advanced degree (or equivalent) in design, user experience, human factors, or related field
