Junior GUI Designer for Military Embedded Systems

General Dynamics Mission Systems - Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

EFAP (Employee & Family Assistance)

Pension plan

Flexible time off

Learning and development support

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada is seeking an Operator Interface and Graphic User Interface (GUI) Designer for the Land & Joint Solutions Business Area. You will work in an interdisciplinary team to develop GUI firmware or software for military embedded hardware and complex applications using SAFe.

The role emphasizes translating GUI experiences to development, creating assets, and ensuring front-end design is well-communicated across teams with strong documentation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering or applicable scientific discipline is required.
• Visible and expressive passion and experience with Graphical User Interface design, UX and/or Human Computer Interaction of products and applications.
• Experience designing front end user interfaces for software and firmware products/applications in an iterative manner from low to high fidelity design ideally working with human factors and human systems at the forefront.
• Experience using GUI prototyping tools such as Axure, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, etc .
• Able to translate, and coordinate a GUI experience to the development team, including the creation of assets to facilitate development.
• Detailed oriented in the creation and communication of front-end user interface design, interaction and behaviour.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong and innovative problem solving and analysis skills.
• Enthusiastic contributor, willing to learn new skills and takes on ownership of work.

Responsibilities

• Participate in an interdisciplinary integrated project team environment.
• Experience working with or familiarity with AI/ML models is preferred.
• Work within the UX, Human Factors + Design group to develop specialized Graphical User Interface (GUI) firmware on military embedded hardware devices or software designs for complex applications using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development process.
• Focus on providing functional and innovative designs for complex operations as part of integrated product teams including interfacing with development teams.
• Identify and create software user interface requirements and analysis of implementation.
• Prepare and review design documents.
• Document the analysis, design and test activities in accordance with development standards.

Skills

GUI design

UX

Human Computer Interaction

Front-end UI

Teamwork

Communication

AI/ML familiarity

Education

BSc Computer Science

Human Computer Interaction

Tools

Axure

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada is seeking an Operator Interface and Graphic User Interface (GUI) Designer for the Land & Joint Solutions Business Area. You will work in an interdisciplinary team to develop GUI firmware or software for military embedded hardware and complex applications using SAFe.

The role emphasizes translating GUI experiences to development, creating assets, and ensuring front-end design is well-communicated across teams with strong documentation and collaboration.