User Experience (UX) Designer

Role Overview

Senior-level User Experience (UX) Designer 2 responsible for end-to-end UX design for complex mission systems and devices.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and development of user experiences for mission-critical devices, tools, and systems
• Establish and apply interaction standards, usability conventions, and visual design principles for consistent UX quality
• Collaborate with engineers, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to gather and refine user requirements
• Create wireframes, screen mockups, and prototypes to support design concepts and system functionality
• Participate in design trade-off discussions balancing usability, technical constraints, and mission needs
• Analyze tools, platforms, and technologies to improve user interaction and system effectiveness
• Apply visualization and accessible screen design to deliver intuitive, user-friendly interfaces
• Support customer understanding of emerging interaction techniques and innovative design approaches
• Ensure user-centered design principles are integrated throughout the project lifecycle

Requirements

• 10 years of professional UX design experience
• 5 years within the past 10 years leading or supporting project lifecycle design efforts
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or 4 additional years of relevant UX experience in lieu of degree)
• Demonstrated experience designing for complex systems or enterprise-level applications
• Ability to collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary teams
• Strong understanding of interaction standards, usability conventions, and visual design principles
• Experience creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
• Knowledge of visualization techniques and accessible screen design
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph and U.S. citizenship

Nice to Have

• Experience integrating emerging interaction techniques for accessible and operationally compliant solutions