User Experience (UX) Engineer_

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If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.Department Summary:MITRE's User Experience, Visualization, and Decision Support department is on the hunt for a proactive engineer who can ingeniously design and develop user experiences to address our sponsor’s unique challenges. We are looking for an innovative problem-solver who can not only comprehend and translate user needs but also act as a bridge between design and engineering, utilizing the latest technologies to deliver the ultimate user experience.This is your chance to leverage your distinctive skills on a diverse array of significant projects aimed at tackling some of our nation's most daunting challenges. Our department prizes team spirit, creativity, technical enthusiasm, and a steadfast commitment to the end user.Roles & Responsibilities:The successful candidate will be expected to:+ Lead and provide technical guidance to small multidisciplinary teams, including other User Experience Engineers.+ Collaborate closely with human factors engineers, UX designers, researchers, project leaders, and sponsors to create software prototypes using current front-end technologies and best practices.+ Advocate for the end-user, ensuring user-centered design principles are consistently applied throughout the software development cycle.+ Provide consulting guidance to MITRE teams and sponsors, analyzing software implementation, architecture, and performance.+ Lead the design and development of user interfaces for our software and web applications, incorporating user research and usability testing to gather insights into user needs and behaviors.+ Develop wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas, while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including software engineers and product managers, to ensure our products meet user needs.+ Develop and maintain design systems and user interface guidelines, generating research and initiative proposals.+ Mentor junior UX engineers and designers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.Basic Qualifications:+ Typically requires a BS and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; and an advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI, UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field and 2+ years applicable software development experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.+ Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US government clearance.+ A minimum of 2 years of experience in UX design or a related role, with a proven track record in designing, developing, and prototyping user interfaces (UIs) using user-centered design principles.+ Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, D3, JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular, Vue, React, and/or similar libraries.+ Experience with user research methods and usability testing.+ Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.+ A git repository or portfolio showcasing your UX design work, demonstrating your creativity and problem-solving skills.+ This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-sitePreferred Qualifications:+ Active Secret Clearance+ Expertise in design software such as Sketch, Adobe XD, or Figma.+ A Master's degree in Computer Science, Software engineering or related degree field+ Experience with qualitative and quantitative UX research design, development, analysis, and presentation+ Advanced experience with visualization tools and libraries+ Experience conducting user interviews and requirements gathering+ Experience with game design principles and/or development+ Mentoring or tutoring experience+ Entrepreneurial, innovative spiritThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):NoneThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):SecretWork Location Type:HybridMITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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