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UX Designer

Emesent • Full-time • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia • 3w ago

Our mission to be bold and impactful!

Emesent is a leading innovator in the fields of robotics, autonomy, AI, and data analytics. Our groundbreaking solutions are revolutionising mining, engineering, and public safety industries with autonomous drones, ground robots, and advanced analysis.

How you'll contribute

We are seeking a UX Designer to drive the design and user experience for our robotics, mapping, and data analytics solutions. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineers, product managers, and subject matter experts, to craft intuitive and impactful experiences for our users. By combining user and market research, product analytics, and a deep understanding of human-centered design principles, you’ll create innovative products that not only meet user needs but also drive meaningful impact and transform our customers’ lives.

Here's what we need

- Lead Design Strategy and Execution: Own the end-to-end design process, from concept to detailed implementation, ensuring consistent, high-quality experiences across our robotics and data analytics platforms.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into user-centred, intuitive designs that simplify complex interactions, while managing priorities across teams
- Drive User-Centric Research: Conduct user research and workshops to gather insights on customer needs, pain points, and behaviours, and incorporate these findings into data-driven design decisions.
- Develop and Maintain Design Systems: Create and manage design guidelines and component libraries to maintain consistency and streamline workflows across mobile and desktop applications.
- Mentor and Inspire the Design Team: Guide junior designers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and high-quality craftsmanship within the team.
- Advocate for UX and Shape Product Strategy: Champion the importance of UX across the organization, influencing stakeholders and driving the UX agenda to support product goals and improve overall user experience.

How you'll succeed

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, with 5+ years in UX/product design, particularly for complex or enterprise-level software. A strong portfolio showing end-to-end design work is required
- Skilled in Figma and able to mentor junior team members and business stakeholders. Familiarity with product analytics tools (e.g., Amplitude) is a plus.
- Proven ability to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints, with a customer-centric mindset and a passion for solving real-world problems.
- Experienced in creating wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and design systems that support diverse customer use cases. Strong facilitation and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead discussions, synthesise feedback, and drive design outcomes across teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to use both qualitative and quantitative methods to inform design decisions and measure success.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience leading teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels.

The added perks

- Work alongside a friendly and passionate team on cutting edge technology! - We know that our success and growth is a result of our motivated and inspiring teams.
- Take up our genuine learning and development opportunities.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning platform.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Qoctor, online telehealth
- Settle into our great work environment and facilities.
- Work in comfort with a casual dress code.
- Flexible working.
- 1 full day of leave, each year for work anniversaries!

Who are we?

Emesent is a world-leader in drone autonomy, LiDAR mapping, and data analytics. Our vision is to autonomously map the inaccessible. Founded in 2018, with deep connections to Australia's globally recognised CSIRO, we have established ourselves worldwide with a reputation for delivering high-quality data capture in the mining, infrastructure, survey, and mapping industries. Our team of 100+ roboticists, engineers, and business development experts work side-by-side to deliver revolutionary efficiency, safety, and operational insights to our customers.

Our flagship product, Hovermap, is a smart mobile scanning unit that combines advanced collision avoidance and autonomous flight technologies to map hazardous and GPS-denied environments. Its award-winning technology utilises innovative hardware, advanced algorithms, and machine learning to automate collection and analysis of the physical world. Equally capable above ground or underground, indoors, or out, Hovermap is a complete mobile LiDAR mapping solution. Hovermap is uniquely versatile, it can be backpack, drone, or vehicle-mounted to map challenging, inaccessible areas enabling our customers to gain insights that were not possible before.

With multiple applications across several industries and a rapidly growing customer base, Hovermap and our other solutions are being used commercially for a variety of applications by enterprise customers around the world.

Why Emesent?

At Emesent, you will have the opportunity to work on ground-breaking technology that is shaping the future. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional growth. Join us in our mission to push the boundaries of robotics and digitisation to help humanity explore further and understand more.