Title: Design Technologist

Job Number	1833667
Business	GE Corporate
Business Segment	Global Research
About Us	At GE’s new Software Center of Excellence in San Ramon, CA, some of the brightest minds in technology are developing the software, analytics, and user experiences that will transform industries and improve lives by connecting people and businesses to the nearly 50 billion machines and devices that build, move, power, and cure our world. GE calls this vision the “Industrial Internet,” and GE developers are leveraging technology advances such as cloud computing, intelligent devices, and big data and analytics to deliver ground-breaking new ways of tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges.This new software center is part of GE Global Research, one of the world's most diversified industrial research labs, providing innovative technology for all of GE's businesses. We redefine what’s possible, finding answers to some of the world’s toughest problems. Find out more at www.ge.com/research, and connect with our technologists at http://www.edisonsdesk.com and http://twitter.com/edisonsdesk
Career Level	Experienced
Function	Engineering/Technology
Function Segment	Product Design and Development
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available	United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces	California
City	San Ramon
Postal Code	94583-9130
Relocation Expenses	Yes
Role Summary/Purpose	GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. The UX CoE is looking for a design technologist. This person helps to bring ideas to life. Our team is successful only if GE ships better products and customers are more satisfied. To this end, we need someone who can facilitate the translation of design concepts into working software. You are a fit if you love design, love code and love to deliver great products.
Essential Responsibilities	In this role, you will: Act as a member of the UX Center of Excellence, representing the face of high quality design practices (This includes participation in all aspects of UX: research, ideation, strategy, interaction design and visual design) Be a subject matter expert in the area of design technology and engineering Stay up to date on current trends in front-end development for web, mobile, desktop and tablet apps Translate UX design process for an engineering-driven company Ensure that engineering teams work efficiently with design teams Research and define patterns, toolkits and services that support a well designed user interface on all of GE's software products Work with various engineering teams to support adoption of these tools Build prototypes and proof of concepts (PoC) in order to demonstrate software design concepts Work with the larger UX team to test prototypes for usability and acceptance Manage the “care and feeding” of design systems that are used across the global GE organization
Qualifications/Requirements	Bachelor’s Degree (or High School Diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of professional experience) Minimum of 10 years in the field of software development and design
Additional Eligibility Qualifications	GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics	Expert level knowledge of modern web app technologies: HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, LESS, JQuery, MVC Hands-on experience with some back-end technology: eg. Java, PHP, Ruby Excellent knowledge and experience in interaction design and visual design Experience delivering applications for a variety of platforms including web, desktop and mobileExplore the world from San Ramon, CA – click on the “Apply to job” button below. GRCSoftwareCA
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