UI/UX Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology12 days ago
Remote, WorldwideSenior
Base Salary
$128k - $173k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate UX research and high-fidelity prototypes into responsive, accessible, performant React applications and reusable UI components.
- Collaborate with product owners, UI architects, developers, and HCD specialists to create actionable design specifications.
- Define and enforce UI/UX and front-end coding standards for consistency and reuse.
- Evaluate designs and production releases for Section 508, WCAG, usability, accessibility, performance, and security compliance.
- Support prototyping, usability validation, and iterative feedback within Agile sprint cycles.
- Provide guidance on interaction design, UI consistency, and design-system reuse.
- Produce HCD implementation plans, accessibility and compliance reports, and standardized design-system components.
- Partner with QA and compliance teams to verify usability and accessibility in production releases.
Requirements
- 8+ years of UI/UX design development experience, including 5+ years in a Human-Centered Design role supporting enterprise or government applications.
- 10+ years of general information-systems experience and 8+ years of specialized experience are listed in the qualifications.
- Strong proficiency in React, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript, responsive design, and Sass or other CSS preprocessors.
- Experience developing reusable React functional components, managing component state and props, and integrating UI components into production applications.
- Proficiency with design, prototyping, usability-testing, collaboration, accessibility, and analytics tools including Figma, Sketch, Storybook, Axure, Miro, InVision, Axe, Wave, Color Oracle, SiteImprove, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, MS Teams, Hotjar, Google Analytics, and Optimal Workshop.
- Understanding of Agile/SAFe delivery, HCD principles, usability testing, Section 508, WCAG compliance, federal digital modernization, and secure user-interface principles.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in HCI, design, or a related field, with specified equivalent-experience substitutions permitted.
- Preferred or desirable qualifications include federal court or case-management experience, DesignOps and UX governance familiarity, AI-assisted UX knowledge, and certifications such as CUA, Certified HCD Professional, SAFe Agile Practitioner, Section 508 Trusted Tester, or UX/HCD certification.
- Excellent presentation, communication, analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and stakeholder relationship skills.
Benefits
- Remote work from any location with a 40-hour scheduled work week and no travel required.
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account options, and a 401(k) plan with company matching.
- Flexible work weeks where possible, vacation, sick and personal leave, paid holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury-duty leave.
- Typically 15 paid leave days and 10 paid holidays per calendar year, prorated based on hire date.
- Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
- Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.