1. What is a User Experience Researcher at MathWorks?
A User Experience Researcher at MathWorks plays a critical role in shaping the highly technical products that power modern engineering and scientific discovery. Unlike consumer-facing UX roles, research at MathWorks focuses on complex, specialized workflows used by engineers, scientists, and researchers worldwide. You will be responsible for understanding how users interact with sophisticated tools like MATLAB and Simulink, translating their highly technical needs into actionable design insights that drive product development.
In this role, your impact spans across deep technical domains, including control systems, signal processing, deep learning, and physical modeling. Because the target audience consists of domain experts who solve highly complex mathematical and engineering problems, your research must go beyond surface-level usability. You will dive deep into cognitive workflows, mental models, and technical pain points to ensure that MathWorks software remains both powerful and intuitive.
The User Experience Researcher position is highly collaborative, requiring you to act as a bridge between users, software developers, product managers, and UX designers. By championing user-centered design in an engineering-centric organization, you will directly influence the product roadmap and help define the future of scientific computing.




