User Experience Engineer Mid Level

ELEVI Associates•Annapolis Junction, MD

6d•$94,400 - $140,000•Remote

About The Position

This role is for a User Experience Engineer at ELEVI, focusing on supporting the UX Lead in conducting user research and executing research protocols. The position involves collecting and organizing user data, administering quantitative methods, and ensuring accurate documentation of findings. The company emphasizes a team-oriented environment that values individual growth, diverse talents, and positive change.

Requirements

Must hold a current Poly clearance
Ten years' experience in User Experience Design.
Five years' experience within the last 10 years experience leading UX design.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science/User Experience Design or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional User Experience Design experience on projects with Similar design may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
Three (3) years experience with screen mock-up tools (e.g. Figma, Adobe XD, Axure) and related industry tools used to create visual displays and prototypes
Hands-on experience conducting usability testing, interviews, and/or contextual inquiry directly with end users.
Comfortable assisting research sessions alongside a UX lead.
Working knowledge of both qualitative discovery methods (usability testing, contextual inquiry) and quantitative data collection methods (surveys, analytics review, A/B testing, card sorting, tree testing, session observation).
Strong note-taking and data organization skills where they are able to capture and structure raw findings accurately for leadership synthesis and analysis.
Reliable, detail-oriented execution of research protocols with minimal need for independent research strategy or stakeholder presentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience independently running research studies end-to-end (objective-setting, study design, execution, and synthesis) is a plus.
Demonstrated experience with quantitative data collection methods is a plus.
Comfort operating with ambiguous, evolving requirements typical of mission/IC environments that is able to define research questions when none is handed to them is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the UX Lead by conducting user research sessions (interviews, usability tests, contextual inquiries) to collect raw behavioral and attitudinal data.
Execute discussion guides, screeners, and research protocols as defined by the UX Lead.
Observe and document user behaviors, pain points, and patterns during sessions, distinguishing what users say from what they actually do or need.
Administer quantitative data collection methods (surveys, card sorting, tree testing) in support of research plans set by the UX Lead.
Compile and organize raw research data (notes, session artifacts) into clean, structured formats for UX lead to synthesize.