Spring 2024 Ux Intern (Bs, Ms)

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

Take a leap of certainty … with Ansys.

Spring 2024 Intern, User Experience Designer (DBU) – Degree level required: Undergrad or Masters

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 January 2024 and concluding April 2024.

RESPONSIBILITIES

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

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.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Portfolio of design projects to show skill and background as a UX Designer
• A desire and background in understanding project needs and translating them into wireframes and/or prototypes to demonstrate concepts to stakeholders.
• Prior experience or good working knowledge of the Adobe Suite Products (e.g. Photoshop and Illustrator) and Figma
• 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.

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential in the knowledge that every day is an opportunity to observe, teach, inspire, and be inspired. Together as One Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement.

Our Commitments:

• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper
• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Act with integrity
• Make our customers incredibly successful

Our Values:

• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next

Our Actions:

• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results
• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team

OUR ONE ANSYS CULTURE HAS INCLUSION AT ITS CORE
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.

TAKE A LEAP OF CERTAINTY IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with 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. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost.

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.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: America’s Most Loved Workplaces, Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, U.K.).

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.