About the position
BAE Systems is looking for a User Interface (UI/UX) Designer to join our team in Washington, DC. UI/UX designers work on how to improve users’ satisfaction by improving the interface usability. UI/UX designers work on language and visual input to translate the application's purpose into a sophisticated, smooth, easy to use applications. The UI/UX designer will select colors and font, positioning the page’s element to quickly and immediately communicate information for the user. UI/UX designer will ensure 508 compliance of the user interface. The UI/UX designer will work closely with the Business Analyst and Customer to come up with wireframes for user stories in the back log before they are pulled into a development sprint. UI/UX designer will help the team by minimizing the time a developer spends designing screens he/she will also help in getting the requirements to a more complete state to minimize rework.
Responsibilities
- Research user habit and issues; interface with users, BA, and POs
- Reduce user pain points, simplify design elements, write content in plain language
- Develop mockup of the website and interfaces utilizing best practices to ensure maximum usability
- Create interface elements such as menus, tabs, and other fields using design templates and UI Libraries
- Testing and troubleshooting user experience issues
- Collaborate with Business Team to incorporate business needs into the design
- Develop style guide
- Design common component libraries
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain Federal Public Trust
- 5+ years' experience as a UI/UX expert supporting projects with complex user interfaces
- 508 compliance testing and design
- Experience with projects that have been written in Angular 2+
- Expertise in wireframe tasks and tools
- Aware of design trends, best practices, and tools
- Skilled in VISIO, InVision, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, and others
- In-depth knowledge of common coding languages like HTML, XML, JavaScript, and others
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Human Centered Design
- Experience in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Experience with AWS
- Experience using Jira, Confluence
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health savings accounts
- 401(k) savings plan
- Disability coverage
- Life and accident insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Legal plan
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Federal and state sick leave
- Company recognition program
