User Interface (UI) Designer (m/w/d)

Role overview

Fette Compacting is hiring a User Interface (UI) Designer for its Technology team in Schwarzenbek. The role focuses on improving the usability, look and feel, and overall interaction quality of software used in a high-tech machinery environment.

About the business

Fette Compacting is a global technology leader in high-performance machinery for tablet production in the pharmaceutical industry. The company is recognized as an innovation leader in a fast-moving international market and also supplies tablet tooling and process equipment.

About the location

The Schwarzenbek site offers a modern high-tech setting, is about 20 minutes by train from Hamburg city center, and provides access to a range of support facilities such as training opportunities through the LMT Group Academy, an on-site kindergarten, and company catering.

About the group

The LMT Group is a large medium-sized company shaped by pioneering spirit and strong values. It is fully family-owned, with continuity and long-term success at the center of its approach. The group includes Fette Compacting and LMT Tools, operates in the specialty machinery and precision tools sector, employs 1,800 people, generated EUR 380 million in revenue in 2023, and has 6 production sites plus 20 sales and service locations worldwide.

What you will do

• Create and continuously improve operating concepts and interface designs to advance the company’s software products.
• Carry out user research activities, including the creation of personas and the use of user-centered design methods to match user needs and expectations.
• Design visual components, layouts, and navigation structures that support clear and intuitive operation.
• Prepare wireframes, mockups, and prototypes for internal reviews and usability testing.
• Run tests, collect feedback, and refine the design to improve the user experience.
• Develop and maintain design systems, style guides, and design standards to ensure a consistent experience across software modules.
• Account for relevant standards and guidelines when designing machine-building HMI/software interfaces.

What we are looking for

• Several years of experience in UX/UI design, preferably in a machine-building environment.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of user research, wireframing, prototyping, and UI design.
• Confident use of common design and prototyping tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Understanding of frontend technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, plus the ability to work closely with developers to bring design ideas into production.
• Familiarity with Lean UX and agile ways of working such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present design concepts and decisions convincingly to internal stakeholders and teams.
• Practical experience with user testing and iterative feedback loops.
• Knowledge of how to build and maintain design systems, style guides, and design standards across products and platforms.

Benefits

• An attractive role in a future-proof company.
• A supportive team culture, short communication paths, flexible working models, and mobile work two days per week.
• Performance-based pay aligned with the metal and electrical industry collective agreement for the Hamburg region.
• Holiday pay, Christmas bonus, additional special payments, company pension provision through Allianz MetallRente, and 30 days of leave.
• Affordable breakfast and lunch options in the company restaurant.
• Free parking and bicycle spaces, good transport connections, and a contribution toward the Deutschlandticket.
• On-site kindergarten and company events.

Application note

Applicants are asked to submit a complete application through the company career portal and include their earliest possible start date and salary expectations.

Contact

Fette Compacting GmbH
Mike Veenma, Human Resources
Grabauer Straße 24, 21493 Schwarzenbek
Email: MVeenma@fette-compacting.com