Usability Engineer (m/f)

Position Summary

As a member of the Distributed Protection Systems and Research Team you will design and implement new security technologies. You constantly interact with an international team of open-minded computer scientists located in Romania, Germany and The Netherlands to find the very best solutions to a diverse set of interesting problems. You evaluate requirements with other teams within the Avira Protection Labs in order to react to the newest malware trends when designing new products.

Keys to hiring

Your ability to think out of the box and your strong will to pursue the right solution through extensive research inspires others and invigorates projects. Your independent solution finding skills are complemented by your ability to learn from others and your open-mindedness to open source solutions. With pride in your work and a sense of urgency to deliver the best possible solution, you persist to see your work completed in a product.

You have excellent knowledge in the areas of web design, multimedia, internet technologies, UI design patterns, web standards and the ability to learn new technologies within a short timeframe. Ideally you have prior experience with wireframes, UI and UX concepts, analytics and testing of user experience. Further you are a strong communicator and you always want to verify your hypotheses by getting in contact with our customers.

Performance objectives

1. Starting from day one you will familiarize yourself with our vision of the “secure web”-project and take it to the next step by bringing in your expertise and ideas. You will closely collaborate with our development teams and QA.

2. In addition, within the first six months you will plan and design the usability and user experience of the Avira’s new browser security suite that uses Avira’s cloud-based protection services.
3. A year into the job you are part of a team that delivers the most up to date browser security solution to our millions of customers. The Avira community and our team will benefit from your ongoing analysis of usability and improvement plans. You are keen to improve user experience and develop new UI concepts regarding the integration of new features. You play a big part in securing and supporting the digital lifestyle of our customers and making the internet a more secure place.

If you are enthusiastic about broadening your technical expertise and have a desire to work in an environment that promotes creativity, research, innovation and fun, we would love to hear from you!

This position is based in Tettnang, Lake Constance.

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