Mobile UI/UX Engineer - Secret DoD Clearance

Society of Defense Financial Management; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a mobile UI/UX engineer for on-site work at a Naval Facility in San Diego, focusing on touch-based experiences and user-centered design. The role emphasizes modern, intuitive UX for defense and intelligence platforms, and collaboration with engineers and testers.

You will lead UX strategy across multiple platforms, create responsive designs, develop interactive prototypes, and guide developers, engineers and testers, with a 9/80 schedule and clear emphasis on excellent UX in an

Qualifications

• US citizenship and an active Secret DoD security clearance.
• BA/BS in Design, HCI, or BA/BS in Computer Science or Engineering field with UX experience and 8+ years of experience.
• 5+ years’ experience delivering UX for successful and innovative mobile products, including exposure to and hands-on experience with a variety of UX research techniques and familiarity with lean UX process
• 5+ years in producing UX designs and interaction prototypes using a variety of industry standard tools. Examples include but are not limited to Sketch, Pixate and Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with leadership and product owners to develop UX strategy for multiple platforms types
• Help to design solutions that are responsive and/or adaptive to varying platform form factors and screen widths
• Lead design and execution of highly usable and engaging user experience designs, frameworks and information architectures that focus on user goals and needs
• Develop interactive prototypes using the tools at hand
• Work closely with and provide guidance to developers, engineers and testers
• Manage multiple simultaneous UX research/design/engineering processes
• Be the owner of, and advocate for, the importance of excellent UX design in an engineering-heavy environment

Skills

UX design

Prototyping

UX research

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

BA/BS in Design, HCI, or CS/Engineering with UX experience

Tools

Sketch

Pixate

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Leidos is seeking a mobile UI/UX engineer for on-site work at a Naval Facility in San Diego, focusing on touch-based experiences and user-centered design. The role emphasizes modern, intuitive UX for defense and intelligence platforms, and collaboration with engineers and testers.

You will lead UX strategy across multiple platforms, create responsive designs, develop interactive prototypes, and guide developers, engineers and testers, with a 9/80 schedule and clear emphasis on excellent UX in an