Sr. UI/UX Designer

Sr. UI/UX Designer – Defense Digital and IT (Digital Products Group)

Remote

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

The Sr. UI/UX Designer – Defense Digital and IT is responsible for various tasks to improve the delivery of results on digital projects for the business. The successful candidate will join the Defense Digital and IT Team and work day-to-day with an internal organization called the Digital Products Group.  This is an agile, and fast-moving team which embraces the concept of “Learn Fast, Deliver Fast” as we help to digitally transform the larger business.

What you will be doing:

• You will working primarily on discussing software projects with our internal teams, creating user stories, and both designing and mocking-up application designs to deliver results.
• You will work closely with the VP leading the wider team and both internal and contracted software engineering teams.
• You will make use of and contribute to our global design system called Cobalt and will likely have a responsibility for growing its capabilities and leading from within on our global experience design practice.

Key Accountabilities :

• Work closely with software engineering teams to define design which will be easy to use and deliver value for our internal and external customers.
• Liaise between product owners, developers, management, and business users to understand needs, priorities, and timelines for success.
• Join the global community of experience design practitioners and ensure we stay aligned with changes in the global design and branding systems.
• Contribute to the global design system as our needs and capabilities develop.
• Validate products and solutions meet standards are accessibility, usability, and design standards.
• Help to train, guide, and coach developers and others in design best practices to ensure our standards remain world class.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience OR
• Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience, OR
• Proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar
• Solid grasp of visual design principles, including typography, color theory, accessibility, layout, etc.
• Awareness of and some experience with modern software practices, modern product ownership practices, and other technical topics related to the creation of digital products.
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product managers, developers, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience in contributing to a global design system and demonstrated success in applying that system to technical solutions.
• A demonstrated ability to react quickly, think outside the box, and to be flexible in different situations to achieve results.
• Familiarity in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) to help bridge the gap between design and implementation.
• Marketing, Communications, copywriting experience will likely be beneficial.
• Success presenting to executive level stakeholders, having crucial conversations, and influencing people at various levels of a large global organization.
• Advocate of High-Performance Culture and positive change.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Digital $110,476 - $179,524-Annually Working from home US

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.