Northrop Grumman
Senior Principal UX Engineer - Researcher/Designer (T04) - R10207993-2
Northrop Grumman, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80012
Senior Principal UX Engineer - Researcher/Designer (T04)
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. We are seeking a Senior Principal UX Engineer - Researcher/Designer (T04) to join our team. In this role, you will contribute to the design and research of human-centered systems. You will apply user experience methods to features, workflows, and system modules, ensuring usability, consistency, and mission effectiveness. You will plan and execute user research activities, create prototypes, and wireframes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive and efficient solutions. This position can be located in Redondo Beach, CA, Aurora CO, or Colorado Springs, CO. Basic Qualifications 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD Active Secret clearance required at the time of application Expertise with user-centered design (UCD) principles, research methodologies, and usability testing, including user feedback events Experience coordinating and leading efforts centered on user-centered design (UCD) principles, including conducting research, usability testing, and facilitating user feedback sessions Proven ability to plan and lead user engagement activities, including collaborating with stakeholders to align user needs with project objectives Strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design solutions for web applications Demonstrated ability to translate complex requirements and user needs into intuitive and effective design solutions Experience in design and prototyping tools (e.g., Axure, Lunacy, Adobe Suite, Lucid, Figma) Ability to communicate, collaborate, and present effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, researchers, users, customers, and stakeholders Demonstrated experience designing in an agile software development environment Experience with contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys) Experience with following, building and maintaining a style guide and design system Experience with visual design (e.g. typography, symbology, layout) and UX/UI development methods (e.g. personas, heuristic evaluations) Ability to travel ~10% of the time (conducting any user engagement visits or usability testing) Preferred Qualifications STEM degree Familiarity with MIL-STD-1472 (Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard for Human Engineering) Experience designing applications for military users Mastery of design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Lucid) Familiarity with Systems Engineering Familiarity with software development languages Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. We are seeking a Senior Principal UX Engineer - Researcher/Designer (T04) to join our team. In this role, you will contribute to the design and research of human-centered systems. You will apply user experience methods to features, workflows, and system modules, ensuring usability, consistency, and mission effectiveness. You will plan and execute user research activities, create prototypes, and wireframes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive and efficient solutions. This position can be located in Redondo Beach, CA, Aurora CO, or Colorado Springs, CO. Basic Qualifications 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD Active Secret clearance required at the time of application Expertise with user-centered design (UCD) principles, research methodologies, and usability testing, including user feedback events Experience coordinating and leading efforts centered on user-centered design (UCD) principles, including conducting research, usability testing, and facilitating user feedback sessions Proven ability to plan and lead user engagement activities, including collaborating with stakeholders to align user needs with project objectives Strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design solutions for web applications Demonstrated ability to translate complex requirements and user needs into intuitive and effective design solutions Experience in design and prototyping tools (e.g., Axure, Lunacy, Adobe Suite, Lucid, Figma) Ability to communicate, collaborate, and present effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, researchers, users, customers, and stakeholders Demonstrated experience designing in an agile software development environment Experience with contributions to Human Factors Analyses (including but not limited to: Task Analyses and Predictive Workload Analyses, Usability studies, Workload, and Situational Awareness surveys) Experience with following, building and maintaining a style guide and design system Experience with visual design (e.g. typography, symbology, layout) and UX/UI development methods (e.g. personas, heuristic evaluations) Ability to travel ~10% of the time (conducting any user engagement visits or usability testing) Preferred Qualifications STEM degree Familiarity with MIL-STD-1472 (Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard for Human Engineering) Experience designing applications for military users Mastery of design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Lucid) Familiarity with Systems Engineering Familiarity with software development languages Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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