UI/UX Designer/Engineer
About The Position
Altamira Technologies is seeking a UI/UX Designer/Engineer to support our National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) customer. This position offers fast-paced, real-world experience in software development for military and government customers. The core goal is to design intuitive and effective user interfaces and workflows by properly executing UX methodologies. The customer's requirements are deeply technical and complex, requiring candidates with software development experience, customer interaction experience, and UX experience. Challenges include limited access to users and their current tools, and customer motivations that differ from commercial domains. Applicants with examples of work have an advantage. We use Windows and Linux environments for development, and a working knowledge of these is a plus. Introduction of new tools and techniques is welcomed.
Requirements
- Knowledge of UX processes and mindset to gather requirements, analyze a problem, solve that problem abstractly, and translate into a user interface design
- Ability to build an abstract model (mind maps, cognitive models, flow diagrams, etc.)
- Ability to create rough and notional user interface designs (sketches, low fidelity mockups, wireframes, etc.) that can be communicated to graphic designers and developers for implementation
- Strong and effective communication skills
- Assertive mindset to advocate for user needs while understanding practical compromises that need to be made to keep project development moving forward
- Software development experience
- Customer interaction experience
- UX experience
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of Windows and Linux environments
- Examples of work
Responsibilities
- Gather, interpret, and validate understanding of user and customer requirements
- Break down, frame, and analyze the problems to be solved
- Work in collaboration with cross-functional developers to clarify and ensure team understanding of each problem and solution
- Design user interfaces and interactivity solutions
- Effectively communicate design specifications to graphic designers and developers through sketches, low fidelity/notional wireframes, etc.
- Document work, findings, artifacts, etc.
- Work closely with development leads to synchronize and integrate UX and design cycles into their feature development iterations
- Monitor and communicate new industry UX and design practices
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
