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The Role The
Robotics UX Designer
is responsible for crafting intuitive, safe, and efficient user experiences for
robotic systems and automation workflows
. This role focuses on how humans
monitor, control, configure, and collaborate with robots
across digital interfaces (e.g., HMIs, dashboards, configuration tools) and, where relevant, physical touchpoints (e.g., teach pendants, safety panels).
You will work closely with
robotics engineers, controls engineers, product managers, safety experts, and operations stakeholders
to understand operator needs, task flows, and constraints on the plant floor or in lab environments. You translate these insights into user journeys, workflows, and interface designs that make complex robotic capabilities understandable, controllable, and trustworthy.
What You’ll Do Research, Visual/Hardware Design
Evaluate Design Options in robotics environments
Map
end-to-end workflows
for tasks like cell bring-up, program changes, fault recovery, and maintenance.
Identify and prioritize usability, safety, and cognitive load issues in existing robotics tools and HMIs.
Human–robot interaction (HRI) & experience design
Design
interfaces, flows, and interaction patterns
that make it easy to:
Configure and calibrate robots and cells
Monitor system status, performance, and alarms
Diagnose and recover from faults safely
Coordinate robots with other automation (conveyors, tooling, vision systems, AGVs, etc.)
Define how information is
prioritized, surfaced, evaluated, and acted upon
(e.g., alarms, warnings, system health, interlocks) to support safe decisions under pressure.
Recommend designs that
ergonomics, situational awareness, and operator mental models
—especially in high-consequence or time-critical situations.
Safety, reliability, and constraints
Collaborate with safety and engineering teams to incorporate
safety standards, operating envelopes, and lockout/tagout requirements
into UX flows.
Design interactions that increase performance,
reduce error probability
, clarify system state, and support safe recovery when mistakes occur.
Balance ideal UX solutions with the
constraints of real-time systems, hardware capabilities, and existing industrial standards
.
Collaboration with robotics & controls engineering
Partner with
robotics, controls, and software engineers
to translate system capabilities into understandable, usable interaction models.
Provide design specifications, flows, and prototypes for:
Robot and cell configuration tools
Diagnostic and monitoring dashboards
Simulation/virtual commissioning tools
Operator HMIs and field devices
Participate in design and implementation reviews to ensure the
intended experience and safety behaviors
are maintained through delivery.
Prototyping and validation
Build interactive
prototypes
(screen-based and/or using simulators or digital twins) to explore concepts and validate workflows before deployment.
Use test findings, field feedback, and operational data to
iterate and improve
designs post-deployment.
Inform in-field instrumentation investments to enable continuous improvement and drive AI models
Design systems for robotics tools
Contribute to and help evolve
design patterns and components
tailored to robotics and industrial use cases (e.g., alarm patterns, status indicators, timeline views, cell layout views).
Promote consistency across
multiple tools and platforms
so operators experience a coherent ecosystem when interacting with robots and automation.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Education & experience
Bachelor’s degree in
Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, or related field
, or equivalent practical experience.
Portfolio showcasing
end-to-end UX work
on robotics, industrial, or similarly complex domains (configuration tools, dashboards, simulation/visualization, control interfaces).
Typically
3–5+ years
of experience in UX/Product Design, with
at least 1–2 years working on robotics, industrial automation, or complex technical systems
.
Core skills
Strong skills in
interaction design and information architecture
for data-dense, status-rich interfaces.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and balance tactical and strategic efforts to maximize the impact of limited resources.
Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g.,
Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar
).
Ability to
model workflows
that span both digital and physical steps (e.g., teaching points, jogging robots, aligning tooling, verifying sensors).
Comfort working with
technical constraints and terminology
—able to collaborate effectively with robotics and controls engineers.
Excellent
communication and storytelling skills
, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts through simple visual narratives and artifacts and set big picture goals for long-term efforts.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience designing for:
Industrial HMIs, SCADA, MES, or robotics programming/configuration environments
Simulation, digital twin, or virtual commissioning tools
Mixed human–robot environments
(e.g., cobots, shared workspaces)
Familiarity with:
Basic
robotics concepts
(kinematics, workspaces, programs, trajectories, safety zones, I/O)
Industrial standards and safety considerations
(e.g., emergency stops, interlocks, guarding, light curtains)
Alarm and event management
patterns for high-availability systems
Experience with Research:
Conduct field research with
operators, technicians, engineers, and supervisors
in labs and production environments to understand how they interact with robots today (setup, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance).
Measure performance of current state and recommended solutions using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Set up repeatable research methods (hallway, laboratory, and field methods and recruitment pipelines) to generate predictable data collection to drive recommendations.
Plan and run
usability tests
with representative users (e.g., operators, technicians, controls engineers) in realistic scenarios, including fault and edge cases.
Knowledge of
WCAG and accessibility
standards, especially as they apply to
control rooms and shop-floor environments
(lighting, contrast, legibility, color usage).
Experience observing or working in
manufacturing plants, test labs, or field environments
, and comfort donning appropriate PPE and following site safety procedures.
Behavioral Competencies
User and operator empathy
– deeply curious about how operators, technicians, and engineers actually work with robots in real conditions.
Systems thinking
– connects UI details to
cell, line, and plant-level
workflows and KPIs.
Safety mindset
– naturally considers
risk, error modes, and recovery paths
in design decisions.
Collaboration
– builds strong relationships with engineering, operations, and safety partners; welcomes critique and iterates quickly.
Adaptability & learning
– comfortable learning new robotics concepts, tools, and standards, and applying them pragmatically to design.
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The Role The
Robotics UX Designer
is responsible for crafting intuitive, safe, and efficient user experiences for
robotic systems and automation workflows
. This role focuses on how humans
monitor, control, configure, and collaborate with robots
across digital interfaces (e.g., HMIs, dashboards, configuration tools) and, where relevant, physical touchpoints (e.g., teach pendants, safety panels).
You will work closely with
robotics engineers, controls engineers, product managers, safety experts, and operations stakeholders
to understand operator needs, task flows, and constraints on the plant floor or in lab environments. You translate these insights into user journeys, workflows, and interface designs that make complex robotic capabilities understandable, controllable, and trustworthy.
What You’ll Do Research, Visual/Hardware Design
Evaluate Design Options in robotics environments
Map
end-to-end workflows
for tasks like cell bring-up, program changes, fault recovery, and maintenance.
Identify and prioritize usability, safety, and cognitive load issues in existing robotics tools and HMIs.
Human–robot interaction (HRI) & experience design
Design
interfaces, flows, and interaction patterns
that make it easy to:
Configure and calibrate robots and cells
Monitor system status, performance, and alarms
Diagnose and recover from faults safely
Coordinate robots with other automation (conveyors, tooling, vision systems, AGVs, etc.)
Define how information is
prioritized, surfaced, evaluated, and acted upon
(e.g., alarms, warnings, system health, interlocks) to support safe decisions under pressure.
Recommend designs that
ergonomics, situational awareness, and operator mental models
—especially in high-consequence or time-critical situations.
Safety, reliability, and constraints
Collaborate with safety and engineering teams to incorporate
safety standards, operating envelopes, and lockout/tagout requirements
into UX flows.
Design interactions that increase performance,
reduce error probability
, clarify system state, and support safe recovery when mistakes occur.
Balance ideal UX solutions with the
constraints of real-time systems, hardware capabilities, and existing industrial standards
.
Collaboration with robotics & controls engineering
Partner with
robotics, controls, and software engineers
to translate system capabilities into understandable, usable interaction models.
Provide design specifications, flows, and prototypes for:
Robot and cell configuration tools
Diagnostic and monitoring dashboards
Simulation/virtual commissioning tools
Operator HMIs and field devices
Participate in design and implementation reviews to ensure the
intended experience and safety behaviors
are maintained through delivery.
Prototyping and validation
Build interactive
prototypes
(screen-based and/or using simulators or digital twins) to explore concepts and validate workflows before deployment.
Use test findings, field feedback, and operational data to
iterate and improve
designs post-deployment.
Inform in-field instrumentation investments to enable continuous improvement and drive AI models
Design systems for robotics tools
Contribute to and help evolve
design patterns and components
tailored to robotics and industrial use cases (e.g., alarm patterns, status indicators, timeline views, cell layout views).
Promote consistency across
multiple tools and platforms
so operators experience a coherent ecosystem when interacting with robots and automation.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Education & experience
Bachelor’s degree in
Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, or related field
, or equivalent practical experience.
Portfolio showcasing
end-to-end UX work
on robotics, industrial, or similarly complex domains (configuration tools, dashboards, simulation/visualization, control interfaces).
Typically
3–5+ years
of experience in UX/Product Design, with
at least 1–2 years working on robotics, industrial automation, or complex technical systems
.
Core skills
Strong skills in
interaction design and information architecture
for data-dense, status-rich interfaces.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and balance tactical and strategic efforts to maximize the impact of limited resources.
Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g.,
Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar
).
Ability to
model workflows
that span both digital and physical steps (e.g., teaching points, jogging robots, aligning tooling, verifying sensors).
Comfort working with
technical constraints and terminology
—able to collaborate effectively with robotics and controls engineers.
Excellent
communication and storytelling skills
, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts through simple visual narratives and artifacts and set big picture goals for long-term efforts.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience designing for:
Industrial HMIs, SCADA, MES, or robotics programming/configuration environments
Simulation, digital twin, or virtual commissioning tools
Mixed human–robot environments
(e.g., cobots, shared workspaces)
Familiarity with:
Basic
robotics concepts
(kinematics, workspaces, programs, trajectories, safety zones, I/O)
Industrial standards and safety considerations
(e.g., emergency stops, interlocks, guarding, light curtains)
Alarm and event management
patterns for high-availability systems
Experience with Research:
Conduct field research with
operators, technicians, engineers, and supervisors
in labs and production environments to understand how they interact with robots today (setup, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance).
Measure performance of current state and recommended solutions using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Set up repeatable research methods (hallway, laboratory, and field methods and recruitment pipelines) to generate predictable data collection to drive recommendations.
Plan and run
usability tests
with representative users (e.g., operators, technicians, controls engineers) in realistic scenarios, including fault and edge cases.
Knowledge of
WCAG and accessibility
standards, especially as they apply to
control rooms and shop-floor environments
(lighting, contrast, legibility, color usage).
Experience observing or working in
manufacturing plants, test labs, or field environments
, and comfort donning appropriate PPE and following site safety procedures.
Behavioral Competencies
User and operator empathy
– deeply curious about how operators, technicians, and engineers actually work with robots in real conditions.
Systems thinking
– connects UI details to
cell, line, and plant-level
workflows and KPIs.
Safety mindset
– naturally considers
risk, error modes, and recovery paths
in design decisions.
Collaboration
– builds strong relationships with engineering, operations, and safety partners; welcomes critique and iterates quickly.
Adaptability & learning
– comfortable learning new robotics concepts, tools, and standards, and applying them pragmatically to design.
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