Usability/Human Factors Engineer Level 2

Athenix Cyber & SIGINT is seeking a a Usability/Human Factors Engineer Level 2 to support a contract in the Columbia, MD area.  

Position Overview:

The AEA UX Design team is focused on solving user experience challenges for technologies used within the client space. The AEA 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, interacts with multiple development teams using tools like Axure and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Figma and XD are a plus).

Job responsibilities include:

• 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.

Minimum Requirements: 

• 10 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree in Graphics Design, Psychology, Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), or SE related degree (SE, CompSci, Software, Business Process Engineering) or related field is required. 
• Ability to design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets.
• Experience with UI prototyping, visual communication, and interactive design.
• 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.
• Strong problem-solving abilities used to turn complex ideas into easily understood visuals.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required

 

Athenix Solutions Group, LLC and its companies Athenix Cyber and SIGINT, and Athenix Special Missions is an EEO/Affirmative action employer and is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.