Remote Senior UX/UI Designer — Data Analytics & Design System

Colsa-5; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

COLSA seeks a Senior UX/UI Designer to build the design system from the ground up and establish UX practices for NASA-related analytics products. The role emphasizes data-heavy interfaces, dashboards, and complex visualizations, with remote work available to eligible US residents.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data-focused design, strong data-visualization skills, and proficiency in Figma. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in design, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing data-heavy, analytics-focused software products (dashboards, data tables, charts, data visualizations, data-exploration workflows).
• A portfolio focused on marketing websites, content pages, branding, graphic design, or general web design does not meet this requirement.
• Proficiency in data visualization and representing complex or technical data clearly.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Experience creating a design system from the ground up.
• Experience defining personas and conducting user research to drive design decisions.
• U.S. Citizenship required; able to undergo background investigation for NASA Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Create the team’s design system from scratch, including components, patterns, standards, and documentation, and maintain it as the source of truth for the team’s UI.
• Define the team’s user personas from the ground up; plan and conduct user research and translate findings into actionable design decisions.
• Produce high-fidelity prototypes and production-ready designs for data-heavy analytics applications, including dashboards, data tables, charts, data visualizations, and complex data-exploration workflows.
• Make complex, technical data clear and usable by selecting appropriate representations for the data and intended audience.
• Produce user flows, wireframes, and other UX deliverables and present and defend design decisions to the team and stakeholders.
• Establish the team’s design processes, standards, and tooling and set expectations for design quality across applications.
• Work closely with engineers, data scientists, analysts, and program staff to translate requirements into usable software.

Skills

Figma

Design systems

User research

Data visualization

Detail oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in design, human-computer interaction, or a related field

Job description

COLSA seeks a Senior UX/UI Designer to build the design system from the ground up and establish UX practices for NASA-related analytics products. The role emphasizes data-heavy interfaces, dashboards, and complex visualizations, with remote work available to eligible US residents.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data-focused design, strong data-visualization skills, and proficiency in Figma. U.S.