UX/UI Designer

Quick Facts

• Role: UX/UI Designer

• Focus: Operator-centered UX/UI for intelligence visualization and mission planning tools

• Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Travel: Up to 10% (local)

Description

Design operator-centered interfaces that support high-stakes decision-making, with emphasis on workflow clarity, information hierarchy, and operator trust. Work across product design, technical implementation, and operator-centered research to create interfaces operators can rely on in tactical environments. Iterate rapidly using operator feedback and validate designs with testing, including A/B testing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct structured operator research across mission phases; document workflows, information needs, and task prioritization patterns

• Create and validate operator personas from real user interviews

• Build and maintain design system foundations in Figma (data visualization patterns, confidence indicators, adaptive UI components)

• Develop high-fidelity UI components and prototypes for inline annotations, dashboards, and mission-phase adaptive interfaces

• Lead cohesive look-and-feel and standardized user experience across applications

• Collaborate with creative strategy, UX/visual design, development, and client stakeholders to deliver design strategies

• Develop user-focused experiences aligned with mission objectives

• Run rapid iteration cycles with operator feedback; perform A/B testing

• Collaborate with developers to implement UI components and preserve design system integrity

• Work with data scientists to translate complex data into clear, actionable visualizations

• Design geospatial interface patterns for map-based intelligence visualization

• Ensure WCAG 2.2 / Section 508 accessibility compliance

• Ensure product quality and timeliness; provide periodic performance reports

• Mentor junior team members as experience grows

Requirements

• TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Interactive Design, HCI, UX/UI Design, or related field

• 3–5 years of related UX/UI design experience in complex technical, government, or defense domains

• Figma mastery (design systems, component libraries, prototyping, auto-layout, variants)

• Experience building and maintaining scalable design systems

• High-fidelity prototyping for user testing

• User research methods: interviews, cognitive task analysis, persona development, workflow mapping

• Usability testing: A/B testing, rapid iteration cycles, feedback analysis

• Ability to communicate designs with stakeholders (product owners, end users, development teams, management)

• Understanding of design trade-offs (designs vs. technical feasibility vs. maintenance)

• Front-end fundamentals: HTML/CSS/JavaScript

• Basic back-end understanding for discussions of APIs, data flows, and system architecture

• Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 / Section 508 compliance

• Portfolio required for consideration

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, wellness, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off

• Flexible time off and access to learning resources

• Competitive compensation and growth-focused environment