Responsibilities

The Octave User Experience (UX) team supports our customers in making the world a safer place. If you enjoy working with distributed, multi-disciplinary teams to design and develop innovative solutions that support users solving challenging problems in real time, you have come to the right place. The UX team works directly with customers in the security and public safety industries. Because our customers are the first responders in times of emergency, designing and developing tools that make them successful is exciting and meaningful work.

The UX team includes such roles as visual and interaction designers, user researchers, UX Quality Assurance (QA), and a UX Editor working across many product portfolios. We are looking for talented professionals to plan and execute complex assignments in the development of global products and solutions, with an emphasis on application usability by a large number of office and mobile users.

• Support design and development of user experience for software products from conception to delivery
• Collaborate with designers, user researchers, and software developers to ensure the delivery of excellent user experiences
• Support the UX team in the development of UI wireframes, icons, and other assets
• Support the UX team in the development of user models, including journey maps and workflows
• Work with UX designers and researchers to organize, conduct, and evaluate prototype software design through usability testing
• Research and evaluate emerging trends in interaction and interface design and match those to users’ needs
• Ensure that design guidelines are maintained and shared with appropriate stakeholders to guide product design and development

What can you expect to gain from this internship?

• Learn to communicate with development teams in an agile environment
• Opportunity to collaborate on a multi-disciplinary UX scrum team
• Opportunity to improve visual and interaction design skills
• Learn how to conduct stakeholder reviews

Education / Qualifications

• Pursuing a B.S. or B.A. in Interaction Design, HCI, or design-related field
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to work effectively with customers and users
• Proficiency sketching and communicating visually in multiple art media, such as paper/pencil, whiteboards, etc.
• Collaborate with designers and prototypers to design and execute usability tests
• Ability to take direction and process constructive criticism
• Preferred: Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and/or Figma

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About Octave

Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.

Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.

Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Why work for Octave?

All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.

Everyone is welcome

At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business. Here, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate. In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all. 

Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.