User Experience (UX) Engineer
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Job Location:
Howard County, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 146000 - 234000
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Responsibilities
The team is seeking a highly motivated User Experience Engineer to support a development team to modernize data tracking and metrics solutions. The ideal candidate will:
- Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborate with systems engineers and developers across projects to support the planning design development and utilization of a final product recommendation.
- Work directly with the customer and team to evolve requirements and support the creation and presentation of design documents and product demonstrations.
- Develop highly usable end user interfaces applying UI best practices and UX principles.
- Participate in Agile development activities to include Sprint planning scheduling and Jira ticket management.
- Other duties will include product evaluation testing and design process for data tracking and metrics solutions.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
The Software Engineer Level 3 shall have at least the following experience:
- Twenty (20) years of experience as a Software Engineer (SWE) supporting programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university. Note: Four (4) additional years of SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
- Five (5) years of experience with a strong background in user-centered design UI best practices usability testing and the software development lifecycle (analysis design implementation and deployment).
- Demonstrate working knowledge of Linux CSS JavaScript and HTML to support UI design troubleshoot design-related issues and collaborate with development teams.
- Work closely with users (analysts) to research develop and document user profiles and user performance requirements.
- Conduct task analysis and workflow mapping and develop and test user scenarios.
- Develop UI design specifications and support documentation (e.g. wireframes mockups interaction behaviors and design guidelines) as needed to support development efforts.
- Collaborate with product designers and process engineers to inform application design and ensure user-centered solutions align with workflows and requirements.
- Conduct accessibility and 508 compliance testing to ensure user interfaces meet regulatory and usability standards.
- Collect and analyze user feedback through surveys and behavioral data to guide design improvements and UX decisions.
- Work independently while collaborating effectively with small teams and larger cross-functional groups.
- Create interactive prototypes to validate design concepts and communicate interactions to stakeholders and development teams.
Required Skills:
- UI/UX experience
- 508 Compliance
- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph clearance required
Additional Desired Qualifications:
- CSS Javascript HTML Adobe Suite
Benefits:
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
EEO
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- user experience
- User Interface
- SME
- CSS
- Interaction Design
- Windows
- Android
- Usability Studies
- Visual Design
- HTML
- User Research
- JavaScript
- Web Services
- Wireframes
About Company
Peraton provides innovative solutions for the most sensitive and critical programs in government today, developed and executed by scientists, engineers, and other experts.
