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User Experience Engineer

positionHuntsville, AL
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$87K/yr - $157K/yr
date5+ years exp

Leidos is a leading company delivering innovative solutions through diverse and talented people dedicated to customer success. They are seeking a User Experience Engineer to enhance user experience in missile defense projects, manage integrations across teams, and lead UI/UX design efforts.

Computer Software
badNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Drive enhancements to MASC-F products to improve the user experience of our tools and interfaces
Manage projects and work product integrations across the Software Development, Systems Engineering, User Engagement teams, and customer stakeholder teams
Be responsible for the overall user interface modernization for MASC-F products, tools, and utilities
Work with agile scrum teams to verify acceptance criteria related to interface modernization and usability
Identify and maintain user personas to represent key segments of our vast user base to identify UI/UX improvements and understand likely impacts to changes in the user interfaces of MASC-F tools and utilities
Processing user feedback to form mid-fidelity wireframes to produce high-fidelity mockups to be used by developers
Work with the Systems Engineering team to help define development requirements
Analyzing competitor applications to identify potential UI/UX improvements
Work alongside customer 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 for future consideration
Proactively identify areas where UI/UX support is needed and insert themselves into relevant meetings, discussions, and projects to provide expertise and guidance
As the sole UI/UX expert on the team, drive UI/UX decisions and ensure that user-centered design principles are integrated into all aspects of the program

Qualification

User-centered designDesign toolsFront-end developmentVersion control (Git)Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Analytical skillsProblem-solving skillsTeam player

Required

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of prior relevant experience or master's with 3 years of prior relevant experience
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)
Basic skills with version control tools such as Git
Active secret clearance
Full time onsite support
Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area

Preferred

Experience developing personas, customer journey maps, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and prototypes
Possess the ability to craft, pitch, and validate long-term design strategies
Ability to support multiple release project schedules simultaneously
Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
System Administrator skills highly desired

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