UX Engineer Digital Products

Description

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

The Digital & Innovation group at USP is seeking a User Experience Engineer for our digital products development teams.

How Will YOU Create Impact Here At USP

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

The UI/UX Engineer Has The Following Responsibilities

The positions purpose should provide a high-level overview of why the position exists and briefly identify the most critical priorities of the position. This is an opportunity to highlight any features or duties of the role related explicitly to the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging work of the Department.

• Collaborate with product managers to transform wireframes into compelling UI designs.
• Manage atomic style guide systems across retainers and projects.
• Engage with team for end-to-end project understanding, tailoring solutions to suit to the project needs.
  
  
  

Who is USP Looking For?

Experience

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience:

• Minimum 3–4 years of dedicated UI / interaction design experience .
• Strong portfolio demonstrating production UI work — component libraries, design systems contribution, multi-screen flows, responsive design.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including auto-layout, variants, component properties, and interactive prototyping.
• Working knowledge of design tokens and design system principles.
• Solid grasp of visual hierarchy, typography, color systems, spacing, and accessibility fundamentals.
• Ability to take design direction and iterate efficiently through review cycles.
• Clear written and verbal communication; ability to present and defend design decisions in working sessions.
• Skill in distilling complex user data into compelling narratives through creative frameworks and storytelling
• Comfort working in an environment where multiple products and stakeholders compete for attention; able to prioritize effectively.
  
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. Engineering, Analytics or Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics) or equivalent experience.
  
  
  

Additional Desired Preferences

• Experience contributing to or building a design system in Figma.
• Experience designing for both web and mobile applications.
• Working knowledge of motion and interaction design (UI animations, micro-interactions, transitions).
• Front-end development understanding (HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript) sufficient to collaborate effectively with engineering and reason about implementation feasibility.
• Familiarity with regulated industries (pharma, healthcare, finance, govtech) is a plus but not required.
• Experience working with engineering teams using JIRA / Confluence.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma Make, Claude, v0)
• Ability to work autonomously and strategically.
• Excellent Communication & writing skills.
• Solution-oriented, constructive approach to problem-solving.
• Proven organizational and multi-tasking skills.
  
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

None, this is an individual contributor role.

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP.

Job Category Information Technology

Job Type Full-Time

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