Improving MATLAB developer productivity by enhancing verification and validation feature

Improving MATLAB developer productivity by enhancing verification and validation feature

UX DESIGN

INTERNSHIP

COMPLEX WORKFLOWS

2026

This project is under NDA and cannot be publicly shared. This page highlights high level information and learnings!

This project is under NDA and cannot be publicly shared. This page highlights high level information and learnings!

Role

UX Design Intern

UX Design Intern

Tools

Figma

Confluence

Miro

AI tools

Figma

Confluence

Miro

AI tools

Skills

Benchmarking

Workflow Mapping

Wireframing

Prototyping

Benchmarking

Workflow Mapping

Wireframing

Prototyping

Team

UX Researcher

Software Developers

UX Researcher

Software Developers

Timeline

May - August 2026 (3 weeks)

May - August 2026 (3 weeks)

PROJECT OVERVIEW

As a UX Design intern on the Infrastructure, Architecture, and Tools (IAT) team, I led the redesign for a MATLAB verification and validation feature alongside a UX Researcher counterpart.

The design process spanned discovery to concept validation to final interactive Figma prototypes handed off to a developer team for implementation.

IMPACT

Design documentation included design rationale, alternative designs, design system usage, as well as an overview of the design process.


The project is currently being implemented and is set to release on MATLAB in 2027/28.

KEY LEARNINGS

Navigating conflicting feedback

Navigating conflicting feedback

Defining how to approach feedback from each stakeholder helped in making next step decisions

Defining how to approach feedback from each stakeholder helped in making next step decisions

Design for product consistency

Design for product consistency

With such an extensive line of products and tools, designing a new interface needed to ensure it aligned with current MATLAB and Simulink standards

With such an extensive line of products and tools, designing a new interface needed to ensure it aligned with current MATLAB and Simulink standards

Maintain design alternatives

Maintain design alternatives

Ensures that multiple approaches are considered and allows for more feedback to move the design process forward

Ensures that multiple approaches are considered and allows for more feedback to move the design process forward

Have design rationale for everything

Have design rationale for everything

It was important to be ready to defend everything about a design to project stakeholders, whether it was a UI component or layout

It was important to be ready to defend everything about a design to project stakeholders, whether it was a UI component or layout

REFLECTION

This was my first experience in a large corporate setting doing UX, especially at an engineering-first company that prioritizes UX. I grew so much as a professional from navigating coffee chats and presentations to finding my groove in a hybrid schedule. I got to learn about how companies like MathWorks are utilizing UX past designing interfaces, and going into complex workflows.

Shout out to my fellow UX interns for making the experience so amazing!

Check them out: Maham, Shyam, Ishika

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