Product Designer I

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.
The RoleYou will own design for a set of products, working with product management and engineering to build a clear view of who the users are and what they need, then turn that into software that makes complicated work feel manageable.
Our users are engineers and operators using industrial software. The data is dense, the workflows are long, and the consequences of a bad interface are real. Good design here is less about surface polish and more about judgment: knowing what to show, what to hide, and what to let the software decide.
You will join a global product design team. We work in ten-week program increments alongside product and development teams.
Your Impact
Own design for your products end-to-end, from framing the problem through supporting the build
Build real knowledge of the domain and of the people doing the work
Partner with product management and engineering inside SAFe program increments, staying far enough ahead that design does not become the bottleneck
Create flows and prototypes, and stay close to software developers through implementation so what ships matches what was intended
Generate evidence rather than argue from opinion, through usability sessions, validation studies and customer conversations
Use the Emerson Design System and contribute back to it
Work with AI generated interfaces: direct them, review them against our patterns and accessibility standards, and correct what they get wrong
Collaborate across time zones, with some care for the people on the other end of the calendar
What You'll Need
A portfolio showing several projects end to end, with your reasoning visible and not just the final screens
2+ years designing web products, with a track record of leading self-contained projects independently
Professional fluency with Figma
Systems thinking: the ability to see a shared pattern and extend it rather than invent a one off
Working fluency with AI tools in your own workflow, and the judgment to tell when the output is wrong
Comfort with technical subject matter, and a willingness to ask engineers direct questions
Clear written and verbal communication, including with colleagues who are not native English speakers
A degree in human centered design, human computer interaction, computer science, psychology or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Helpful, not required
Enterprise, industrial or scientific software experience
Designing for data dense interfaces: large tables, charts, diagrams, real time monitoring
Accessibility practice beyond the basics
Experience working on a distributed team
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The salary range for this role is $81,800.00 - $102,300.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.