Remote UI/UX Designer - Secret Clearance

LMI Consulting, LLC

Tysons (VA)

Remote

USD 102,000 - 174,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking a UI/UX Designer with an active Secret clearance to craft intuitive software experiences for the Robotics and Autonomous Systems unit. The role covers user research, information architecture, interaction and visual design, prototyping, usability testing, and close collaboration with developers for production delivery.

The Designer will create a consistent cross-application experience, build reusable components, and translate complex workflows into usable interfaces

Qualifications

Active Secret security clearance.
5+ years of professional UI/UX design experience including software applications.
Portfolio demonstrating user research, interaction design, visual design, and contribution to delivered software products.
Proficiency with Figma or comparable interface-design and prototyping tools, including reusable components, responsive layouts, and interactive prototypes.
Experience with accessibility and responsive design practices.
Ability to work with distributed teams and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

Conduct user interviews, workflow observations, and discovery sessions with operational users and stakeholders; translate findings into prioritized user needs, journey maps, and design requirements.
Develop information architecture, navigation structures, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces, and interactive prototypes for web-based applications and integrated platforms.
Design dashboards, data tables, search experiences, forms, and approval workflows that make complex information understandable and support efficient task completion.
Create and maintain a shared design system covering typography, layout, color, components, interaction patterns, and usage guidance across products.
Design complete interaction states, including loading, empty, error, permission, confirmation, and degraded-connectivity conditions, with clear feedback and recovery paths.
Plan and conduct usability testing; document findings, prioritize improvements, and evaluate task completion, errors, and user feedback across design iterations.
Apply accessibility practices to layouts, contrast, keyboard interactions, focus states, and interface content; coordinate implementation and validation with engineering and testing teams.
Work with product managers, developers, platform engineers, and cybersecurity personnel to align designs with mission priorities, technical constraints, access controls, and delivery schedules.
Provide annotated designs, component specifications, assets, and acceptance criteria; review implemented interfaces and resolve usability and visual-quality issues before release.
Present design recommendations and tradeoffs to customers and leadership, maintain version-controlled design artifacts, and improve delivered products based on user feedback.