Principal Engineer, Usability
Region: USA
Location: Seattle, WA
Reports to: VP, Engineering
Job ID: TL-302-08-08-SEA
Status: Full Time
Organization
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of sophisticated, easy to use network security UTM solutions. We help businesses stay in business by protecting their data from the dangers of global network attacks.
Responsibilities
The Principal Engineer, Usability will lead usability innovation across our product lines from initial design proposals, thru development and specification validation. As a key technical leader, he/she will also define product requirements criteria, development plans, test harnesses, and test specifications which establish the characteristic behaviors under multiple benchmarks. The position and results are visible across the company and represents the engineering organization in executive level internal and customer briefings.
Responsibilities include:
- Initiate projects that have significant impact on product line by applying novel analysis and approaches.
- Responsible for leading technical decisions required on a project and driving cross-functional execution.
- Responsible for technical content of design reviews and code walkthroughs. Defines system and functional specifications.
- Proposes and drives adoption of major engineering initiatives and ensures that all work related to these initiatives is tracked and completed.
- Develops or reviews major usability specifications.
- Mentor development and QA engineers.
- Advise globally diverse development centers on Usability Engineering.
- Work with management and senior technical staff on identifying key technologies which create significant product differentiation.
- Evaluates vendor components for suitability in product roadmaps.
Skills and Knowledge
- Expert in software usability engineering – including user centered design, information architecture and implementation.
- Extensive experience in gathering and understanding customer experience, creating usability specifications and in adopting innovative approaches to system development and validation.
- Experienced with development life-cycle of multiple releases of complex, enterprise level products.
- Experience with network or system management products is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to lead high level technical personnel.
- Highly collaborative with technical and business peers.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Self-directed and able to exercise broad independent judgment to determine method for issue resolution.
- Outstanding problem solving skills based on practical experience.
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience with MS/PhD in CS or EE, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Recognized technical expert.
Working Conditions
Position primary works in office environment. Sitting for long period of time. Use of computer monitor and keyboard is required.
Travel Requirements
Minimal to none.
WatchGuard Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. How to apply
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