Staff UX Designer

The Role

As a Staff UX Designer, you are in a technical leadership position coordinating team effort, engaging with stakeholders, and advocating for user-centered design approaches. In this role, you will be an expert in the application of MTI's user-centered research, analysis, design, and development process to drive the vision of highly effective solutions for complex, critical missions.

Your Responsibilities

• Demonstrate an understanding of project and program technical direction, develop a comprehensive UX/product design strategy, and coordinate a team to achieve overall success.
• Ensure compliance with design standards and best practices while championing the development of usable and mission-effective systems.
• Lead and oversee diverse technical work such as requirements discovery, compliance, workflow and task analyses, user events and usability studies, etc.
• Work independently on complex tasks, lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with peers, and mentor junior and mid-level team members.
• Choose, develop, apply, and oversee the application of appropriate tools and standards. Ensure team compliance with standards, design guidelines, and best practices.
• Interface with prime contractor, other teammates, and the government customer to provide UX expertise for all aspects of the system across the lifecycle.
• Cultivate a collaborative and user-centric culture within the team, fostering a relentless commitment to knowledge sharing, skill development, and the pursuit of user satisfaction.

Your Experience

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must currently HOLD an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• An advanced (master's or PhD) degree in a related field is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience is generally required.
• Expertise with design tools such as Adobe CC (especially XD), Figma, Axure, Sketch, etc.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex research findings, design rationales, and recommendations articulately to a wide range of audiences.
• A distinguished record of leadership, marked by the mentorship of junior, mid-level, and senior team members; ability to cultivate a culture of user-centric design and knowledge sharing.