UI/UX Engineer/Designer Journeyman

The UI/UX Engineer/Designer Journeyman designs and implements user interfaces for web-based applications in a highly regulated federal IT environment, delivering intuitive, accessible, and consistent user experiences. They translate product and technical requirements into wireframes, mockups, and functional prototypes that guide front-end implementation for workflow-heavy, mission-critical systems. The role blends user research, information architecture, interaction design, and front-end fundamentals to ensure solutions are usable, feasible, and aligned with established design systems and accessibility standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply user-centered design, design thinking, and interaction design methodologies to complex web applications, creating personas, journey maps, task flows, and information architectures that support clear navigation and workflows.
• Develop detailed wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes using tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD, ensuring design intent is clearly communicated to developers.
• Build and maintain scalable design systems and UI component libraries that support consistency, reuse, and rapid iteration across multiple enterprise applications.
• Implement responsive and mobile-first UI patterns, optimizing layouts, typography, and visual hierarchy for different devices and viewports while supporting performance-conscious front-end structures.
• Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1/2.2), including color contrast, keyboard navigation, focus management, and semantic structures in collaboration with front-end engineers.
• Plan and conduct usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and A/B tests, synthesize findings into actionable design improvements, and present recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with agile product and engineering teams, writing clear design specifications, interaction behaviors, and acceptance criteria for user-facing features.
• Utilize front-end fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to partner effectively with engineers and validate feasibility of UI solutions, bridging design and implementation concerns.
• Stay current with UI/UX trends, enterprise SaaS and dashboard design patterns, and emerging tools to continuously enhance user experience for mission-critical systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Typically 3-5 years of hands-on experience in UI/UX design or engineering for complex web applications and workflow-heavy use cases.
• Demonstrated experience creating wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and design systems for enterprise or SaaS-style products.
• Practical understanding of HTML, CSS, and core JavaScript sufficient to collaborate with front-end engineers and validate design feasibility.
• Experience designing and testing to modern accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1/2.2).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience working with agile product and engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing for highly regulated or security-sensitive government environments.
• Practical experience with accessibility audits and remediation for large-scale web applications.
• Certification in UX or interaction design (e.g., NN/g UX Certification, HFI CUA).
• Familiarity with enterprise dashboard and case management design patterns.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

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Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.