User Experience Designer

Envision Innovative Solutions delivers mission-focused technology solutions to the Defense and Intelligence Community. Since 2006 we have supported critical national security programs by building high-performing engineering teams and developing innovative enterprise solutions. Our engineers work in a collaborative zero-bureaucracy environment where expertise is valued ideas are heard and contributions directly drive mission success.

Envision is seeking a motivated career and customer-oriented User Experience Designer to join our team at Annapolis Junction Maryland. This is an onsite position.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading the plan design and development activities to create the user experience for devices tools and systems.
• Responsible for establishing interactive conventions assisting in gathering user requirements mocking up user experiences participating in trade-off discussions with development teams and subject matter experts analyzing tool sets creating screen mock-ups and helping customers to imagine new kinds of interactive techniques and technologies.
• Applies visualization and screen design expertise to create a successful user experience.
• Support UX Lead by conducting user research sessions (interviews usability tests contextual inquiries) to collect raw behavioral and attitudinal data.
• Execute discussion guides screeners and research protocols as defined by the UX Lead.
• Observe and document user behaviors pain points and patterns during sessions distinguishing what users say from what they actually do or need.
• Administer quantitative data collection methods (surveys card sorting tree testing) in support of research plans set by the UX Lead.
• Compile and organize raw research data (notes session artifacts) into clean structured formats for UX lead to synthesize.

Required Skills:

• Ten years experience in User Experience Design.
• Five years experience within the last 10 years experience leading project life cycle design.
• Bachelors degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional User Experience Design experience on projects with similar design may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
• Experience with Information Technology: Three (3) years experience with screen mock-up tools (e.g. PowerPoint Visio Axure) and related industry tools used to create visual displays and prototypes

Security Clearance Requirement:
Current/Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.

Envision is an equal-opportunity employer. All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin citizenship sex sexual orientation gender identity veterans status age disability or any other basis prohibited by law.