Usability/Human Factors Engineer

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021! 

Belay Technologies seeks a Usability/Human Factors Engineer (UXE2) to join our intel team. The ideal candidate shall work with the AEA UX Design team focused on solving user experience challenges for technologies used within the IC. The AEA UX team partners with developers, managers, and system engineers to keep intelligence products modern and cutting-edge. The team researches and documents user workflows, designs front-end systems, creates mockups, engages with users, and interacts with multiple development teams using tools like Axure and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Figma and XD are a plus).
 

Candidates should have the following qualifications:  

• TS/SCI with Full Scope poly is required.
• The candidate shall have over 10 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree in Graphics Design, Psychology, Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), or SE related degree (SE, CompSci, Software, Business Process Engineering) or related field is required.

Candidates are required to have the following skills:

• Ability to design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs, and widgets.
• Experience with UI prototyping, visual communication, and interactive design.
• Enterprise UX experience across multiple applications.
• Omni channel marketing/design experience is a plus.
• Background in workflow and usability testing and the capability to generate suggested changes per user and customer requests.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional product development teams.
• Strong problem-solving abilities used to turn complex ideas into easily understood visuals.
• Job responsibilities include:
  • Experience developing workshop scripts and facilitating UX methods to extract user feedback and synthesize UX artifacts.
  • Evaluate and produce information architectures to determine appropriate product structure and layout.
  • Develop wireframes to help users evaluate product structure before development.
  • Collaborate with other Designers to create UX artifacts.
  • Collaborate with Developers to provide UX expertise during development.
  • Implement usability tests with multiple UX practitioners.
  • Perform heuristic evaluations using standard UX principles to review user interfaces.
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative research studies such as surveys, interviews, and usability tests.
  • Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to generate strategic and tactical insights.

Perks and Benefits: 

• 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program 
• 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one 
• $5,000 annual training/tuition 
• Student Loan Repayment Program 
• 100% company funded HSA 
• Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance) 
• Dental coverage including orthodontia 
• Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded 
• Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes 
• Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more! 

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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