Leads UX strategy and user-centered design for complex, mission-critical systems. Coordinates technical teams, conducts requirements discovery, workflow analysis, usability studies, and user events, and ensures adherence to design standards. Partners with government customers and contractors, mentors designers, communicates research and design recommendations, and promotes a collaborative user-centric culture.
WE ARE:
Monterey Technologies, Inc. applies human-centered systems engineering to the design and development of complex, critical systems. Our human modeling approach helps our clients deliver improved human and system performance at lower life cycle costs. Our human-centered approach to problem-solving ensures that we understand the human dimension before recommending technology solutions.
The Role:
As a Staff UX Designer, you are in a technical leadership position coordinating team effort, engaging with stakeholders, and advocating for user-centered design approaches. In this role, you will be an expert in the application of MTI’s user-centered research, analysis, design, and development process to drive the vision of highly effective solutions for complex, critical
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Security Clearance Required
- Due to federal contract requirements, applicants must be U.S. persons and eligible for a U/S. security clearance
Your Responsiblities:
- Demonstrate an understanding of project and program technical direction, develop a comprehensive UX/product design strategy, and coordinate a team to achieve overall success.
- Ensure compliance with design standards and best practices while championing the development of usable and mission-effective systems develop a usable and mission-effective systems.
- Lead and oversee diverse technical work such as requirements discovery, compliance, workflow and task analyses, user events and usability studies, etc.
- Work independently on complex tasks, lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with peers, and mentor junior and mid-level team members.
- Choose, develop, apply, and oversee the application of appropriate tools and standards. Ensure team compliance with standards, design guidelines, and best practices.
- Interface with prime contractor, other teammates, and the government customer to provide UX expertise for all aspects of the system across the lifecycle.
- Cultivate a collaborative and user-centric culture within the team, fostering a relentless commitment to knowledge sharing, skill development, and the pursuit of user satisfaction.
Your Experience:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Must currently HOLD an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance
- A bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
- An advanced (master’s or PhD) degree in a related field is preferred.
- A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience is generally required.
- Expertise with design tools such as Adobe CC (especially XD), Figma, Axure, Sketch, etc.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex research findings, design rationales, and recommendations articulately to a wide range of audiences.
- A distinguished record of leadership, marked by the mentorship of junior, mid-level, and senior team members; ability to cultivate a culture of user-centric design and knowledge sharing.
Notice:
Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s ok!
At MTI we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
MTI is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected characteristic required by applicable law. All selected candidates will be required to submit to a pre-employment background check.
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