Senior UX Engineer - Partial Telework

at  GliaCell Technologies

ARE YOU A SENIOR UX ENGINEER WHO IS READY FOR A NEW CHALLENGE THAT WILL LAUNCH YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

• Tired of being treated like a company drone?
• Tired of promised adventures during the hiring phase, then being dropped off on a remote contract and never seen or heard from the mothership again?
• Our engineers were certainly tired of the same.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

GliaCell is seeking a Senior User Experience (UX) Engineer on one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. The mission is to provide technical expertise that assists in sustaining critical mission-related software and systems to a large government contract.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• The Design team is focused on solving user experience challenges for technologies used within the IC.
• The UX team partners with developers, managers, and system engineers to keep intelligence products modern and cutting-edge.
• The team researches and documents user workflows, designs front-end systems, creates mockups, engages with users, and interacts with multiple development teams using tools like Axure and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Figma and XD are a plus).

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

To be considered for this position you must have the following:

• Possess an active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• The candidate shall have over 10 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree in Graphics Design, Psychology, Human Factors, and Ergonomics (HFE), or an SE-related degree (SE, CompSci, Software, Business Process Engineering) or a related field is required. Other qualifications include:
• Works well independently as well as on a team.
• Strong communication skills.

KEY SKILLS:

• Ability to design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets.
• Experience with UI prototyping, visual communication, and interactive design.
• Strong problem-solving abilities used to turn complex ideas into easily understood visuals.
• Enterprise UX experience across multiple applications.
• Omni channel marketing/design experience is a plus.
• Background in workflow and usability testing and the capability to generate suggested changes per user and customer requests.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional product development teams.
  Location: Columbia, MD / Partial Telework
  Salary: Based on Education, Years of Experience, Skill and Abilities

• Experience developing workshop scripts and facilitating UX methods to extract user feedback and synthesize UX artifacts.
• Evaluate and produce information architectures to determine appropriate product structure and layout.
• Develop wireframes to help users evaluate product structure before development.
• Collaborate with other Designers to create UX artifacts.
• Collaborate with Developers to provide UX expertise during development.
• Implement usability tests with multiple UX practitioners.
• Perform heuristic evaluations using standard UX principles to review user interfaces.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research studies such as surveys, interviews, and usability tests.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to generate strategic and tactical insights.