UX Designer, Vaisala Oyj, Vantaa

We are currently looking for a UX Designer to join Vaisala and work on the AviMet®- product team. AviMet is an aviation weather management system that ensures safe and efficient airport operations in all weather conditions. In the AviMet team you will be responsible for the UI design. You will create both UI concepts and detailed UI designs. You will also advocate and support in user research, concept validation and usability testing. The daily work will be done in the product team but you will also have the support of the c.a. 20 person strong   Vaisala Design team that you will also be part of.

You are offered

• A great opportunity to work with products and systems that increase safety and operational efficiency.
• A chance to join a company that is the golden standard in the world when it comes to measuring and predicting weather and other environmental phenomena.
• An opportunity to grow & build a career as part of a global company with an experienced team by your side.

• Detailed UI design to support and guide the development work. This includes both interaction design & graphic design. In the graphic design the design guidelines and the other team members will help and guide in finding and implementing the visual style.
• UI concept design to support the product management in the long-term development and product innovation.
• User centered design process and tools knowledge and applying these in practice (e.g. user research, prototyping, validation and usability testing)
• Contribute to the design system work

• Relevant educational background in design or related fields (Arts & Design, Engineer M.Sc. or B.Sc. etc.)
• Over 2 years prior work experience in UX designing
• Understanding of UX Designer or Service Designer work tasks
• Knowledge of Figma
• Ambition to learn and grow as a professional UX Designer
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English

It is meritorious if you have

• Good written and verbal communication skills in Finnish

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Development-oriented
• Proactive
• Organized
• Curious
• Collaborative

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.

Vaisala is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence helping industries, nations, people, and the planet to thrive. From predicting hurricanes to optimizing renewable energy production, our technology is used where it matters the most – from data centers, windfarms and laboratories to airports, the Arctic and even the surface of Mars. Our team of over 2,300 experts and 59 nationalities around the world is committed to taking every measure for the planet. Driven by our shared purpose, curiosity, and pioneering spirit, we stay ahead and make a difference. At Vaisala, you don't have to fit in to belong.

At Vaisala

• We take every measure for the planet. Our technology and data play a vital role in understanding, mitigating, and adapting to climate change. We enable climate action from optimizing industrial processes to advancing the energy transition, predicting hurricanes and wildfires to monitoring road conditions.
• Numbers speak louder than words. The engagement (4.1/5) and leadership (4.0/5) indexes in our annual employee survey show that people like it here. Commitment to equality is a given, and we have zero gender-pay gap.
• When stakes are high. Our solutions provide the most accurate and reliable measurements around the globe and on Mars. 28% of us work in R&D creating science-based innovations that endure the extremes. To stay ahead of the game, we invest around 13 % of our net sales in research and development.