Senior UX Designer

Agile Defense•Honolulu, HI

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Agile Defense is hiring a Senior UX Designer to lead user research and design for Target Effect Pairing (TEP), built on the Maven Smart System for USPACOM Joint Fires. The role supports targeteers and operators working across target development, effects pairing, capabilities analysis, and the commander's decision and force assignment workflows. The designer will work with government targeteers, JFE and JTCB staff, J32 operators, Fires SMEs, product management, engineers, and government stakeholders to understand operational workflows and translate research into functional requirements, workflow specifications, and interface designs. The position includes designing approval gates and human-in-the-loop constraints that preserve government decision authority. The designer will develop explainable interfaces that enable analysts to understand, question, adjudicate, and override AI recommendations. Success includes validating current workflows with operators, producing designs engineers can implement without ambiguity, and evaluating whether the product reduces workload and earns user trust. Work is performed primarily in professional office, Government, and technical development environments, with on-site collaboration and possible periodic travel. Secure-facility work may restrict personal electronic devices and remote connectivity.

Requirements

Ability to maintain required TS/SCI access.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading research and design for data-intensive or mission-critical applications used by expert operators.
Experience conducting task analysis or cognitive task analysis and translating results into requirements used by engineers.
Experience designing decision, approval, or governance steps into workflows and validating them in use.
Experience designing AI-enabled systems with attention to explainability and human-machine teaming.
Background in human factors engineering, cognitive psychology, or ergonomics.
Experience conducting usability studies or field evaluations with highly specialized users.
Experience in DoW, Joint, combatant command, Navy/NIWC, or CDAO mission environments.
Knowledge of Joint Fires, command and control, or intelligence workflows.

Responsibilities

Lead user research and design for Target Effect Pairing (TEP) for USPACOM Joint Fires.
Conduct requirements elicitation and task analysis with government targeteers, JFE and JTCB staff, and J32 operators across capabilities analysis and commander's decision and force assignment workflows.
Translate research findings into functional requirements, workflow specifications, and interface designs for engineering implementation.
Co-author user requirements with the Product Manager and Fires SMEs.
Design approval gates and human-in-the-loop constraints that preserve government decision authority.
Design data-dense comparison views and geospatial interfaces and assess them through usability testing.
Document design rationale for engineers and leadership.
Enable analysts to understand system recommendations, question them, adjudicate discrepancies, and override recommendations.
Conduct usability studies or field evaluations to measure operator workload, time, and manual steps, and incorporate findings into the backlog.
Support regular on-site collaboration with Government and development stakeholders and periodic travel as required.