UI/UX Designer (BQA / NATO) Long-Term Contract, Remote (Europe)

Kats Recruitment; Berlin; Remote; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A specialized recruitment firm is looking for an experienced UI/UX Designer to lead the design for secure applications. This role requires expertise in high-security environments, focusing on usability and accessibility. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience and proficiency in tools like Figma and Sketch, along with strong collaboration and communication skills. The position is fully remote within Europe and offers competitive compensation.

Leistungen

Competitive contract compensation

Long-term engagement

Opportunity to impact usability

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of UI/UX design experience in security or defense environments.
• Experience designing UIs under strict security requirements.
• Ability to conduct usability testing and analyze user feedback.

Aufgaben

• Lead the full UI/UX design cycle from research to delivery.
• Translate security and compliance requirements into design solutions.
• Produce high-fidelity prototypes and ensure design fidelity.

Kenntnisse

UI/UX design in regulated environments

User research and persona building

Responsive and accessible design

Collaboration with engineers

Conducting usability tests

Strong communication skills

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Jobbeschreibung

Role Overview

You will lead the user experience and interface design for secure applications, ensuring usability, accessibility, aesthetics, and compliance with high security / BQA / NATO constraints. You will partner with product, security, engineering, and compliance teams to deliver designs that meet strict standards without compromise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full UI/UX design cycle: research, user journeys, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and delivery

• Translate security, compliance, accessibility, and usability requirements into design solutions

• Design with a security mindset (least privilege, visibility, error states, alerts)

• Produce high-fidelity prototypes and design assets consistent with brand, accessibility, and security guidelines

• Collaborate with engineering, product, security, and QA to ensure designs are implemented faithfully

• Conduct usability testing, feedback cycles, iteration, and validation

• Maintain design system, component library, and UX guidelines under strict standards

• Document design rationale, constraints, and trade-offs

• Present designs and decisions to stakeholders, auditors, and clients

Mandatory Requirements

1. Domain / High‑Security Experience

   • Minimum 5+ years of UI/UX design experience in regulated, security, defense, or government environments

   • Prior work on design projects for NATO / defense / BQA / classified or highly constrained domains

2. Design & Research Mastery

   • Strong experience in user research, persona building, journey maps, wireframing, prototyping (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.)

   • Deep ability to design responsive, accessible, user-friendly interfaces under complex constraints

3. Security & Compliance Aware Design

   • Experience designing UIs under strict security requirements (e.g. alerting, permissions, audit, logs)

   • Ability to embed security cues, error states, warnings, and validation securely and clearly

4. Interaction & Visual Design Skills

   • Excellent visual design skills: typography, layout, color theory, iconography, UI components

   • Fluent in design systems and component reuse, modular UI, responsive & adaptive design

5. Collaboration & Implementation Sensibility

   • Experience collaborating with front‑end engineers; ability to deliver assets, specs, redlines, handoffs

   • Understanding of front‑end constraints (HTML/CSS, responsive behavior, performance)

6. Usability & Testing

   • Experience conducting usability tests, gathering metrics, iterating based on feedback

   • Ability to analyze user behavior, feedback loops, A/B testing

7. Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

   • Strong written and verbal English

   • Ability to articulate design decisions, trade-offs, security concerns to non‑design stakeholders

8. Process & Documentation Discipline

   • Comfortable in environments with audits, version control, approval workflows, documentation standards

   • Meticulous attention to detail

9. Logistics & Eligibility

   • Based in Europe (or legally contractible)

   • Willing and able to undergo background checks, security clearance if required

Preferred (Not Mandatory)

• Direct UI/UX experience on NATO / BQA / defense contracts

• Experience designing for real‑time, mission‑critical systems or dashboards

• Knowledge of domain‑specific UI constraints (e.g. geo‑data, mapping, situational awareness)

• Experience with animation, micro‑interactions, or advanced prototyping

• Usability / UX certifications or formal UX education

What We Offer

• Competitive contract compensation

• Fully remote (Europe)

• Long‑term, meaningful engagement

• Opportunity to impact the usability and security of high‑stakes systems

• Professional standards, structure, and high expectations

Application Instructions

To be considered, please submit:

• CV / resume clearly demonstrating UI/UX work in secure / regulated / defense environments

• Cover letter explaining how you meet each mandatory requirement

• Portfolio of past UI/UX designs, including prototypes, journeys, rationale, and security‑constrained work

• References or contacts able to substantiate your design experience under secure/regulated domains

Note: Only applications that clearly and specifically demonstrate you satisfy all mandatory requirements will be reviewed.