Senior UX Researcher Heavy Equipment HMI and Ergonomics

Date Posted: 04/13/2026

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 499729

Industry: Manufacturing

Job Title: Senior UX Researcher Heavy Equipment HMI and Ergonomics

Job Location: Tucson, AZ, USA, 85745

Work Model: Onsite

Shift: Monday to Friday; 1st shift

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 10

Min Hourly Rate($): 55.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 58.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: FIGMA, HMI (Human Machine Interfaces), Prototyping, UX DESIGN, UX Research

Experience Desired: Experience in Ergonomics and HMI research (5 yrs); Thorough understanding of UI best practices and essential graphic design theory (5 yrs)

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Job Description

Required Education:

• B.S. or higher in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Psychology, or other UX-related field
• Or substitute additional 2–3 years of experience in lieu of degree
  
  

Required Technical Skills

• 5 years of experience with a focus on Empathy (synthesizing stakeholder and user sentiment, listening with openness to learn)
• 5 years with focus on Adaptive Thinking (quickly pivoting with changing requirements, seeing challenges as learning opportunities)
• Thorough understanding of UI best practices and essential graphic design theory
• Proficiency in UI layout, spec, and prototyping tools
• Experience in Ergonomics and HMI research
• Experience managing multiple projects and deadlines
• Portfolio demonstrating expertise and ability to articulate your process
  
  

Desired Technical Skills

• Project management experience a plus
• Experience in automotive or other adjacent fields a plus
  
  

Required Soft Skills

• Outstanding communication, organization, time management, and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional data storytelling capability
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Translate qualitative and quantitative research findings (usability testing, field studies, simulations) into clear, prioritized insights and recommendations that inform HMI, display, and overall heavy equipment UX decisions
• Clarify operator, customer, and business needs and synthesize them into evidence-based interaction concepts that support safe, efficient, and intuitive operation of heavy equipment in real-world conditions
• Understand research methodologies and have experience facilitating research for physical-digital systems
• Integrate user research into product designs and design practices
• Communicate with design and cross-functional collaborators on prototype requirements to test and iterate
• Document key goals, themes, elements, and behaviors that must be implemented by downstream design teams
• Create shareable UX artifacts based on the team's research and activities (such as journey maps, storyboards, and user flows)
• Create and maintain shareable UX research artifacts, such as operator journeys, task flows, mental models, storyboards, and experience maps, to align cross-functional teams around operator needs and context of use
• Incorporate ergonomics and human-factors considerations into UX research planning and synthesis, ensuring physical, cognitive, and interaction demands are holistically addressed in HMI and cab experience
• Prioritize research needs/backlog based on product roadmap
  
  

Benefits

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