About the Role
As a Senior UX Designer, you will apply UX principles to user-centered research, analysis, design, and development. You will work independently and as part of a team to lead tasks, support junior engineers, and create highly effective solutions, including digital products, physical products, and work systems.
Responsibilities
- Perform user-centered research and usability testing.
- Develop user flows, wireframes, visual styles, interaction designs, and UI components.
- Apply user-centered design processes to assess existing systems and contribute to new designs.
- Clearly communicate design processes and findings to team members and stakeholders.
- Select, implement, and support team members in using tools and standards such as the System Usability Scale (SUS) and UI style guides.
- Supervise junior personnel in specific tasks, demonstrating an understanding of how various tasks and team member roles contribute to overall project success.
- Manage complex tasks independently and collaborate with peers to achieve project objectives.
- Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather user requirements and understand design needs, and analyze user interaction data to inform design decisions.
- Create and maintain design mockups, prototypes, style guides, and design documentation.
- Conduct design reviews, facilitating the exchange of constructive feedback.
- Promote a collaborative and user-centric approach within the team, encouraging knowledge sharing and skill development.
- Advocate for User-Centered Design processes and mentor junior researchers.
- Participate in proposals and capture efforts.
Requirements
- Must possess US DoD Security Clearance.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Have 5+ years of experience in a UX/HFE environment.
- Be proficient with design tools such as Adobe CC (especially XD), Figma, Axure, Sketch, etc.
- Demonstrate a commitment to understanding and advocating for the needs and preferences of end users across a program.
- Possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex human factors findings and recommendations to a wide range of audiences.
- Show developing leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to foster a culture of user-centric design and knowledge sharing.
Compensation
Not specified
Work Arrangement
On-site
Team
Collaborative and user-centric
WE ARE
Apply human-centered systems engineering to the design and development of complex, critical systems. Human modeling approach helps clients deliver improved human and system performance at lower life cycle costs. Human-centered approach to problem-solving ensures understanding of the human dimension before recommending technology solutions.
YOUR DUTIES
- Conduct user-centered research and usability testing.
- Develop user flows, wireframes, visual styles, interaction designs, and UI components.
- Apply user-centered design processes to assess existing systems and contribute to new designs.
- Clearly communicate design processes and findings to team members and stakeholders.
- Select, implement, and support team members in using tools and standards such as the System Usability Scale (SUS) and UI style guides.
- Supervise junior personnel in specific tasks, demonstrating an understanding of how various tasks and team member roles contribute to overall project success.
- Manage complex tasks independently and collaborate with peers to achieve project objectives.
- Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather user requirements and understand design needs, and analyze user interaction data to inform design decisions.
- Create and maintain design mockups, prototypes, style guides, and design documentation.
- Conduct design reviews, facilitating the exchange of constructive feedback.
- Promote a collaborative and user-centric approach within the team, encouraging knowledge sharing and skill development.
- Advocate for User-Centered Design processes and mentor junior researchers.
- Participate in proposals and capture efforts.
YOUR SKILLS
- Must possess US DoD Security Clearance.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Have 5+ years of experience in a UX/HFE environment.
- Be proficient with design tools such as Adobe CC (especially XD), Figma, Axure, Sketch, etc.
- Demonstrate a commitment to understanding and advocating for the needs and preferences of end users across a program.
- Possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex human factors findings and recommendations to a wide range of audiences.
- Show developing leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to foster a culture of user-centric design and knowledge sharing.
Notice
Do not meet every single requirement? That’s ok! Dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, you are encouraged to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Other
- Security Clearance Required - Due to federal contract requirements, applicants must be U.S. persons and eligible for a U.S. security clearance.
- All selected candidates will be required to submit to a pre-employment background check.
Not specified
