User Experience Engineer / Designer

PeopleTec•Huntsville, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

PeopleTec is currently seeking a User Experience Engineer / Designer to support our Huntsville, AL location. We are seeking a user experience engineer/designer interested in joining an award-winning company and working with cutting-edge missile defense modeling and simulation technologies. The selected candidate will be a member of a dynamic Huntsville-based team working on state-of-the-art system-of-systems frameworks to improve the user experience and interfaces. This is a full-time, on-site position.

Requirements

3+ years experience in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Balsamiq, Adobe XD, or InVision
Understanding of user-centered design principles and human-computer interaction
Experience in front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Must be a U.S. Citizen
An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire, and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their employment.
Bachelor’s degree from accredited college in related discipline with 5 years professional experience; or Master’s degree with 3 years professional experience; or PhD with no experience

Responsibilities

Driving enhancements to products to improve user experience of tools and interfaces
Managing projects and integrations across SW development, Systems Engineering, and User Engagement, and stakeholder teams
Modernization of products, tools, and utilities
Working with agile scrum teams to verify acceptance criteria related to interface modernization and usability
Identifying and maintaining user personas to represent key segments of our vast user base to identify UI/UX improvements and understand likely impact to changes in user interfaces
Processing user feedback to form wireframes to produce mockups to be used by developers
Working with the Systems Engineering team to help define development requirements
Analyzing competitor applications to identify potential UI/UX improvements
Working alongside stakeholders to select UI/UX features to be worked, gather feedback on potential design updates, and maintain an agile backlog of potential UI/UX enhancements and modernizations
Proactively identifying areas where UI/UX support is needed and inserting themselves into relevant meetings, discussions, and projects to provide expertise and guidance
Driving UI/UX decisions and ensuring user-centered design principles are integrated into all aspects of the program