UI Engineer

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KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Projects: At KBR youll be working on cutting-edge projects that support the Department of the Air Forces most mission-critical operations. Our team is pushing the boundaries of open-source development DevSecOps with state-of-the-art CI/CD pipelines containerization Kubernetes Terraform Zarf and innovative API management and database design. Youll be contributing to systems designed for a modeling and simulation SaaS platform that provides dynamic compute power access to tools and collaboration capability through a model that will revolutionize the future of military research and development.

• Collaborative Environment: Our team thrives in a dynamic mission-driven environment where our employees work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers DevSecOps architects product leads mission experts and defense specialists. We embrace Agile methodologies and secure development practices to ensure rapid iteration compliance alignment and seamless integration across modular systems. Our culture prioritizes clarity precision and innovationfostering open communication iterative refinement and deep collaboration to deliver software and documentation thats not only compliant but strategic and impactful across DoD.

• Impactful Work: Your work here will directly support the Department of the Air Force in advancing defense technology. Youll be at the forefront of innovations creating new paradigms for providing access to compute power modeling and simulation tools and data sharing across organizations to the Department of the Air Force and broader Department of Defense.

Position Summary

KBR is seeking an experienced Senior UI/UX Designer & Front-End Developer to work with our product owner to lead user-experience design for the GEMSTONE platform. The successful candidate will drive the design vision for a complex cloud-native platform supporting modeling and simulation digital engineering AI/ML workflows data management collaboration and platform administration.

This role will work closely with software engineers product leads platform architects mission users and government stakeholders to design intuitive modern experiences that simplify highly technical workflows. The ideal candidate combines strong user-centered design skills with practical React development experience and can translate mission needs into scalable accessible and visually compelling software experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the user experience design across GEMSTONE applications and platform services.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews workflow analysis and user research to understand mission needs and pain points.
• Create user journeys wireframes mockups prototypes and interaction designs for new platform capabilities.
• Establish and maintain a consistent GEMSTONE design language component library and design system.
• Design intuitive workflows for modeling & simulation digital engineering AI/ML data management and platform administration.
• Conduct usability studies and translate findings into actionable design improvements.
• Collaborate with software engineers to ensure designs are implemented accurately and efficiently.
• Develop and maintain React-based user interfaces for key GEMSTONE capabilities.
• Design dashboards analytics views and administrative experiences that support operational decision-making.
• Champion accessibility responsiveness and usability best practices across the platform.
• Mentor junior developers and provide guidance on UX visual design and front-end implementation.
• Participate in Agile planning design reviews architecture discussions demonstrations and user engagements.
• Create and maintain design standards UX documentation style guides and user-facing guidance.
• Work closely with product leadership to prioritize user needs and improve overall product quality.

Qualifications

Required

• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• Bachelors degree in Human Computer Interaction UX Design Graphic Design Computer Science Information Systems or related field.
• Ability to submit a strong portfolio with examples of previous work.
• 5 years of professional experience in UI/UX design product design or front-end development.
• Demonstrated experience leading UX efforts for complex web-based software platforms.
• Strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design wireframes mockups prototypes and shipped products.
• Strong experience with Figma Sketch Balsamiq Marvel Axure Adobe or similar design tools to facilitate collaboration prototyping developer handoff and design system management.
• Experience creating design systems component libraries and visual design standards.
• Experience conducting user research usability testing and translating feedback into designs.
• Experience developing web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of accessibility requirements including Section 508 and WCAG.
• Experience designing responsive applications across desktop and mobile form factors.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and modern web application architectures.
• Experience using Git-based source control systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desired

• Experience serving as lead designer for a large enterprise SaaS platform or government application.
• Experience designing workflows for engineering analytics digital engineering AI/ML or modeling & simulation users.
• Experience with React TypeScript ShadCN Radix UI Tailwind CSS and Material UI.
• Experience in simplifying complicated user interfaces and designing dashboards operational views and data visualization interfaces.
• Familiarity with authentication workflows RBAC and identity management systems.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes-hosted applications and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience supporting DoD Intelligence Community defense engineering or research programs.
• Experience simplifying highly technical workflows into intuitive user experiences.
• Interest in helping shape the long-term user experience vision for a next-generation digital engineering and modeling & simulation platform.

Ready to Make a Difference

If youre excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Lets shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong Connect and Grow. We Deliver Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin veteran status genetic information union status and/or beliefs or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.