Senior UI/UX Designer, AI-Driven Defense Simulation

Mission Driven Research, Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Driven Research, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama seeks a senior UI/UX designer to shape the human face of a defense simulation framework. You will craft interfaces, visualizations, and workflows for engineers, analysts, and operators, working in an AI-native environment at agent speed.

You will demonstrate technical ingenuity, strong communication, and the ability to balance beauty with simplicity while guiding customers and stakeholders through complex data-dense tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design, HCI, scientific, or engineering field.
• 7+ years of full-time professional UI/UX design, engineering, or software development experience.
• Active Secret Security Clearance (or ability to obtain) required.
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts and translate to intuitive interfaces.
• Strong portfolio of shipped interfaces, design systems, or side projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship intuitive, high-performance user interfaces for defense simulations.
• Develop variable-fidelity, engineering-level simulation interfaces for multimode countermeasure development.
• Create AI-native workflows and natural language interfaces integrated into the UI/UX.
• Engage with engineers, analysts, and operators to deeply understand user needs.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure beautiful, coherent, and usable interfaces.

Skills

UI/UX design

TypeScript/React

Figma

AI design tools

NL interfaces

Product prototyping

Self-directed work

Team collaboration

customer discovery

Education

Bachelor's degree (design/HCI/engineering/science)

Tools

Figma

Cesium/WebGL/Three.js

Git

Browser dev tools

Job description

Mission Driven Research, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama seeks a senior UI/UX designer to shape the human face of a defense simulation framework. You will craft interfaces, visualizations, and workflows for engineers, analysts, and operators, working in an AI-native environment at agent speed.

You will demonstrate technical ingenuity, strong communication, and the ability to balance beauty with simplicity while guiding customers and stakeholders through complex data-dense tools.