Innovative User Experience Designer

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Denna position rapporterar till:
R&D Team Lead
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Your Role and responsibilities
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to gain a central part in shaping future experiences of ABB’s industrial products and solutions. The position is based at ABB Corporate Research Center in Västerås, where cutting-edge research meets real industrial impact.
You will belong to a highly motivated, international research team while collaborating with researchers, technology and product managers and industrial partners. ABB offers an inspiring work environment with excellent opportunities for professional growth and long-term career development.
How can we design industrial technologies that help users make better decisions, work effectively, and navigate increasingly complex systems?
We are looking for an innovative User Experience Researcher who combines deep human understanding with strategic thinking. You will design novel concepts and ensure that emerging solutions are not only technically advanced, but also trusted and valuable for the people who use them. Where appropriate, you will use AI-assisted tools to support research, design and validation activities.
In this role, you will:
Conduct mixed-methods research across industrial contexts
Translate complex user needs into future opportunities
Influence technology roadmaps through evidence-based insights
Collaborate with researchers, engineers, product leaders, and business stakeholders
Explore the implications of AI, autonomy, and intelligent systems on human work
Build knowledge assets, frameworks, and research practices that scale across ABB
Facilitate workshops and innovation activities
Communicate insights to management and research leadership
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Your background
Education in either Interaction design, HCI, Human factors, Product design, Cognitive Science, or similar
Strong qualitative and quantitative research competence
You are a creative and proactive problem-solver with a will to act
Ability to translate user insights into concepts or strategic business opportunities
Communication and storytelling skills
Curiosity about emerging technologies, AI, automation, industrial systems, and sustainability

More about us
At ABB Corporate Research Center, we explore new technologies and solutions on behalf of our business areas.
We work in a department which is dedicated to creating innovative automation solutions to support ABB and our customers.
Recruiting Manager Dawid Ziobro, +46 72 245 0087, will answer your questions. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Johanna Holmlund, +46 72 579 70 20; Ledarna: Lenny Larsson, +46 706 32 85 47; Unionen: Krista Andersson, +46 706 44 02 85. For other questions, contact Talent Partner Irma Leijon, +46 72 461 23 14.
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