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Lead UI/UX Designer

Raj Technologies Inc New York, NY

New York, NY

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$60 - $70/hr Contract Collaboration Design Design Systems

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Job Description

This contract role supports a Transit Digital Experience team at Raj Technologies Inc, focused on improving the digital rider experience across bus and subway services. The position combines UX strategy, design systems, user-centered design, and cross-functional collaboration in a hybrid workflow.

Location and Work Arrangement

Location: New York, NY (hybrid)
Onsite schedule: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote per week
Onsite address: 2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Role Summary

As the Senior UI/UX Designer, you will improve digital rider experiences by supporting UX strategy for complex digital products and mobile applications. You will also contribute to design system development, strengthen user-centered design practices, and coordinate with product, engineering, research, and creative partners to deliver consistent, well-tested experiences across transit services.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable design systems and style guides to support consistency across digital platforms and transit-related signage.
Define and drive UX strategy for complex digital products and mobile applications.
Partner with UX Research (UXR) teams to learn rider needs, behaviors, and pain points.
Set up continuous user feedback loops to improve the rider experience over time.
Champion user-centered design practices across the product development lifecycle.
Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, UX Researchers, Creative teams, and other stakeholders.
Balance user needs, business objectives, technical considerations, and brand standards in design decisions.
Present design concepts, recommendations, and research findings to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Establish and document UX processes, standards, and best practices.
Implement user testing and quality-control measures.
Support consistent design implementation across complex digital products.

Requirements

12+ years of professional UX design experience, including significant experience designing mobile applications.
Proven experience leading UX initiatives for complex digital products.
Strong experience developing and working with design systems.
Experience working in Agile development environments.
Proficiency with modern UX/UI design and prototyping tools.
Strong visual design skills with excellent attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to advocate for and implement user-centered design principles.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
Ability to work effectively in complex, cross-functional environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within the transportation, transit, mobility, or related industry.
Knowledge of digital accessibility standards and guidelines.

Compensation and Contract Details

Job type: Contract
Pay: USD $60.00 - $70.00 per hour

How to Apply

Submit your updated resume highlighting your experience with mobile UX, design systems, complex digital products, UX research collaboration, accessibility, and Agile environments.

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7d ago

Tactical UI/UX and Operator Decision Support Lead

PeopleTec, Inc. Huntsville, AL

Huntsville, AL

7d ago

Full time Design Frontend Geospatial

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Job Description

PeopleTec is seeking a Tactical UI/UX and Operator Decision Support Lead to deliver UI/UX and operator decision-support technical support within a Project Management Office (PMO) for PAE Fires in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on designing and evaluating low-cognitive-load interfaces for tactical operators, coordinating operator feedback, and translating findings into improvement plans for senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Provide technical support and leadership for UI/UX activities across the system lifecycle, including design, development, acquisition, integration, testing, fielding, and sustainment.
Define HMI requirements and evaluate decluttered, responsive map displays that support simultaneous multi-target engagements.
Define and assess automated target prioritization workflows and weapon assignment recommendation approaches.
Lead operator-in-the-loop (OITL) feedback sessions with air defense units.
Develop and maintain the Micro-Frontend UI Suite, the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Design Spec, and Operator Usability Evaluation Reports.
Manage UI/UX processes to support compliance with defense and industry standards.
Coordinate UI/UX objectives and strategies with internal teams and external organizations.
Prepare and present UI/UX findings, reports, and improvement plans to senior management and relevant stakeholders.
Conduct strategic planning and coordination to support program objectives.
Provide technical guidance and leadership to peer and subordinate engineers within the UI/UX team.
Use digital tools and methodologies to support cost, schedule, and performance management for assigned activities.
Perform other tasks as assigned by the Chief Engineer and/or Product Manager.
Serve as a Tactical UI/UX and Operator Decision Support Lead within the PMO for PAE Fires, responsible for technical support to the program’s Chief Engineer and the Product Manager.
Design low-cognitive-load C2 map interfaces and decision-support tools for high-stress tactical operators across the full system lifecycle.
Work within and/or lead a multidisciplinary team to accomplish program goals.
Interface with internal PMs across PAE Fires and external organizations, including HQDA, ASA(ALT), JIATF 401, ATEC, AMCOM, and others, to coordinate and synchronize UI/UX technical and programmatic objectives.

Required Qualifications

10+ years of relevant experience; additional education may be substituted for years of experience.
Extensive UI/UX experience, particularly in defense or aerospace environments.
Knowledge of React, TypeScript, WebGL/CesiumJS, OpenLayers, and Human Factors Engineering (MIL-STD-1472).
Strong knowledge of industry standards and defense requirements.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Ability to lead and collaborate within a multidisciplinary team.
Previous experience working in a U.S. Government Program Office (required).
Travel up to 25%.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.
An active DoD Secret clearance is required. Candidates must have an active Secret clearance upon hire and maintain it throughout employment.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or related technical discipline); advanced degree preferred.

Technologies

React
TypeScript
WebGL
CesiumJS
OpenLayers
Human Factors Engineering (MIL-STD-1472)

Desired Qualifications

Top Secret clearance preferred

Location and Clearance

Location: Huntsville, AL (onsite). Clearance: Active DoD Secret clearance required.

Career Focus

PeopleTec values long-term goals.

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1mo ago

Senior UI/UX Engineer

Leidos Chantilly, VA

Chantilly, VA

1mo ago Closed

$108k - $195k/yr Full time Python Senior Angular

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 21, 2026).

Job Description

Leidos is hiring a Senior UI/UX Engineer to support the Chinook Program for an Intelligence Community customer. In this onsite role based in Chantilly, VA, you will design and engineer modern, mission-critical interfaces while working in a collaborative Agile environment.

Your work will focus on turning complex mission requirements and workflows into responsive, intuitive, accessible UI solutions. You will also partner across design, engineering, systems, and mission stakeholders to ensure the experience matches user needs from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and engineering of modern, intuitive, responsive user interfaces for mission-critical applications.
Translate user needs, mission workflows, and functional requirements into effective UI/IX solutions.
Collaborate with product owners, UX/UI designers, software engineers, systems engineers, and mission stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
Develop reusable UI components, patterns, and design standards to support consistency and maintainability across the program.
Apply user-centered design principles to simplify complex workflows and improve usability.
Build and refine interactive prototypes and proof-of-concept interfaces to validate concepts with stakeholders.
Work with software engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented accurately and efficiently, with appropriate performance considerations.
Evaluate existing interfaces and identify improvements across usability, accessibility, responsiveness, and overall user experience.
Participate in Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
Contribute to technical discussions and help establish UI/IX engineering best practices, standards, and patterns.
Partner with test engineers to ensure UI functionality and user workflows are thoroughly validated.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to less-experienced engineers.
Support continuous improvement of the program’s UI/IX capabilities and development processes.

Requirements

US citizenship required per contract.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination.
Strong experience developing modern web-based user interfaces and user experiences.
Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python.
Experience with modern UI frameworks including React, Angular, Vue.js, or Django.
Demonstrated understanding of responsive design, component-based development, and modern front-end engineering practices.
Experience translating complex requirements and user workflows into intuitive interface solutions.
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum or SAFe environment.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for complex technical and user-experience challenges.
Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins) and agile collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence).
Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS (C2S or GovCloud) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Understanding of secure coding practices and government system accreditation processes (e.g., RMF, STIGs).

Technologies

HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python
React, Angular, Vue.js, Django
CI/CD tools (GitLab CI), Jenkins
JIRA, Confluence
AWS (C2S or GovCloud), Docker, Kubernetes
RMF, STIGs

Benefits

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

Clearance Level Required

Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to successfully pass a Polygraph examination.

Additional Locations

Gaithersburg, MD
Alexandria, VA
Chantilly, VA
Englewood, CO
St. Louis, MO
Tucson, AZ

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting Intelligence Community, DoD, or other mission-focused government programs.
Experience working on applications involving complex data visualization, geospatial information, intelligence workflows, or mission systems.
Experience with React and TypeScript and modern front-end development tooling.
Experience developing or consuming RESTful APIs and integrating UI applications with backend services.
Experience with design systems, reusable component libraries, and UI standards.
Familiarity with Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or similar UX/UI design tools.
Experience with accessibility standards such as Section 508/WCAG.
Experience developing dashboards, data visualization, maps, or highly interactive mission interfaces.
Experience working within a cloud-based environment, particularly AWS.
Experience with automated UI testing and tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership within a multidisciplinary Agile team.

Location: Chantilly, VA (onsite)

Pay Range: USD 107,900 - 195,050 per yearly

Minimum Experience: 6 years

Education: Master’s degree

Original Posting: August 21, 2026

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1mo ago

Senior UI/UX Designer

Turion Space Irvine, CA

Irvine, CA

1mo ago Closed

$140k - $180k/yr Full time Senior Design Design Systems

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 17, 2026).

Job Description

Turion Space is hiring a Senior UI/UX Designer to shape the user experience and visual direction of its Mission Control software suite. Embedded with the Mission Control Software team, you will lead discovery through design delivery and iteration, translating complex aerospace workflows into intuitive, scalable interfaces.

Role Overview

As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you will drive UI/UX work across a set of Mission Control applications used by mission operators, customers, and internal teams. The role focuses on research synthesis, interaction design in Figma, and building cohesive experiences through strong information architecture and evolving design systems.

Key Responsibilities

Drive UI/UX design for a suite of Mission Control applications used by mission operators, customers, and internal teams.
Partner with product managers, engineers, operators, and customers to understand workflows, pain points, operational constraints, and success criteria.
Conduct and synthesize UX research, including user interviews, workflow analysis, usability testing, heuristic reviews, and feedback sessions.
Translate complex aerospace and mission operations workflows into clear, usable, and scalable product experiences.
Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, and interaction specifications in Figma.
Establish and maintain strong information architecture across related applications and workflows.
Contribute to and evolve design systems, component libraries, interaction patterns, and visual standards.
Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure designs are clearly specified, feasible, and well understood during implementation.
Participate in product planning by identifying user needs, design risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
Provide design QA feedback during implementation to help preserve design intent, usability, and consistency.
Mentor other designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners on UX best practices, design critique, and user-centered product development.
Build and maintain active feedback loops with mission operators and customers to continuously improve the product experience.

Requirements

Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work for complex software applications.
Advanced proficiency with Figma, including components, variants, prototyping, design systems, and developer handoff.
Strong UI design fundamentals, including layout, typography, hierarchy, interaction design, accessibility, and visual consistency.
Strong UX research skills, including user interviews, usability testing, workflow mapping, heuristic evaluation, and research synthesis.
Experience designing scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces for complex workflows.
Strong understanding of design systems and how to apply them across multiple applications or product surfaces.
Strong information architecture and systems thinking skills.
Ability to operate in ambiguous, technical, or highly specialized domains.
Experience collaborating closely with frontend engineers and product stakeholders.
Ability to clearly communicate design rationale, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience taking products or major features from discovery through implementation and iteration.

Technologies

Figma

Location and Employment

Work arrangement: Full-time, exempt
Location: On-site at Irvine, California headquarters

Compensation

Senior UI/UX Designer salary range: USD 140,000 - 180,000 per year
Compensation range: $140K - $180K

Benefits

Equity: Receive equity in Turion Space, letting you benefit from the company's success
Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
Retirement Plans: Access to a 401(k) plan with a 3% Employer Direct Contribution
Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, personal days, sick days, and holidays
Parental Leave: Paid parental leave following the birth of a newborn or adoption
Emotional Wellbeing: A no-cost Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your household’s emotional health and wellbeing
Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing internal training, workshops, and courses to advance your skills and career growth
Team Building Activities: Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities to foster a positive work environment

Nice to Have

Experience designing for aerospace, defense, mission operations, industrial software, data-heavy tools, command-and-control systems, or other complex technical domains.
Experience with responsive design across desktop, tablet, and varied operational environments.
Experience growing or formalizing design systems within an engineering-led organization.
Experience mentoring designers or helping raise design maturity across a team.
Experience incorporating AI tools into research, design exploration, prototyping, or design operations workflows.
Familiarity with component-based frontend development concepts, such as reusable UI components, responsive behavior, and engineering handoff constraints.

Other Requirements

Employees may be asked to support alternate shifts, extended shifts, and/or travel during peak work periods.
ITAR Requirements: This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls.
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Senior UI/UX Designer in this role helps the team shift from building interfaces to creating coherent, operator-centered product experiences. You will improve how the team discovers user needs, validates design decisions, communicates product workflows, and delivers software that mission operators can trust in high-consequence environments. The role emphasizes design craft, but your larger impact will come from earlier decision-making, reduced ambiguity, and scalable systems across Turion Space’s Mission Control software ecosystem.

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1mo ago

Senior UI/UX Designer

Contact Government Services, LLC Rockville, MD

Rockville, MD

1mo ago Closed

$120k - $200k/yr Full time Adobe Creative Suite Design Design Lead

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 11, 2026).

Job Description

Design impact at the pace of real mission work. Contact Government Services, LLC is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer to lead research-driven, user-centered design for web pages, application interfaces, and dynamic solutions for a large Federal agency. This onsite role in Rockville, MD supports full-scale UX design planning through design and implementation across multiple sites and applications, with close collaboration across federal teams.

What you’ll do

Lead end-to-end UX design work, including research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems.
Plan, design, and help implement multiple sites and applications across multiple clients simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Run and analyze user research to guide the creation of highly usable web pages, application interfaces, and other dynamic solutions.
Partner with federal practice engineers and federal clients to define, design, and implement innovative, intuitive solutions for federal users and stakeholders.
Produce wireframes, storyboards, and site maps that clearly communicate interaction and design concepts for websites and applications.
Build scalable design resources that support collaboration and the growth of ECS creative services.

What you bring

Bachelor’s Degree.
Public Trust eligibility (must be able to obtain).
Strong UX design experience, with 10+ years combined professional design background (UCD, UI/UX design).
A strong online portfolio demonstrating research-driven decisions for responsive web and mobile applications.
Results-oriented problem solving with high standards for quality, accuracy, attention to detail, and overall excellence.
Expertise in user research methodologies, user-centered design principles and frameworks, and user interface design standards.
Advanced knowledge of user personas, user flows, affinity mapping, and other research tools.
Understanding of the website development life cycle, including discovery, planning, design, requirements, coding, testing, and user testing and evaluation.
Experience evaluating existing systems and processes to identify UX issues and develop UX recommendations.
Experience designing web and mobile applications compliant with 508 and US Web Design System (USWDS) standards.
Ability to prioritize features while balancing user goals and business requirements.
Experience carrying designs from wireframes through delivery of final high-fidelity UI mockups.
Experience creating and maintaining rapid customer feedback loops at critical stages of the design process.
Self-starter who can work independently and collaboratively, including ability to mentor or lead junior designers.
Track record delivering both greenfield designs and redesigns of established platforms or products.
Advanced coding knowledge in HTML, CSS, and JS.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe xD, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Technologies

HTML, CSS, JS
Adobe xD, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
US Web Design System (USWDS)

Benefits

Health, Dental, and Vision
Life Insurance
401k
Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Ideally, you will also have

Excellent interpersonal and client-focused skills; comfortable interacting with all levels of staff and partners with a positive, enthusiastic attitude.
Experience using Agile methodology to manage projects.
Experience creating and modifying data visualizations.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced
Department: Information Technology
Location: Rockville, MD (onsite)
Salary: USD 120,000 - 200,000 per year

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1mo ago

UI/UX Lead — Design System

Empass Healthcare Inc New York, NY

New York, NY

1mo ago Closed

$130k - $150k/yr Full time Manager Collaboration Design

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 2, 2026).

Job Description

Empass Healthcare Inc is looking for a UI/UX Lead to own and evolve a shared design system across a large, multi-segment healthcare platform. This role operates as the single design authority, partnering closely with PMs and Engineering Leads to keep patterns and UI behaviors consistent before work ships.

Role Overview

You will maintain and expand Empass’s shared design system, including tokens, components, and patterns, used across verticals. With approximately ~700 screens spanning the platform today, the goal is to prevent design drift and ensure key UI decisions stay aligned across every segment.

Responsibilities

Maintain and evolve the shared design system (tokens, components, and patterns) used across all verticals
Review vertical-specific design work produced by the floating UI/UX Designers to ensure consistency before it ships
Partner directly with all 6 PMs and Engineering Leads
Prevent naming and pattern drift that can be costly to unwind later, including issues like inconsistent gating treatments

What You’ll Own

Ownership of the design system, tokens, and patterns shared across the ~700-screen platform
Consistency across navigation patterns, gating UI, and status indicators so the shared system remains stable across segments without per-vertical drift
Serving as the single design authority for the work that the 6 PMs and Engineering Leads deliver against

Requirements

6+ years of product design experience
At least 2 years owning a design system at scale
Experience designing for compliance-heavy or highly regulated software (healthcare or fintech) is a strong plus
Comfort acting as the single design authority across a large, multi-team platform

Location

New York, NY (onsite)

Compensation

Base Salary: USD 130,000–150,000 per year
Variable: 10% annual bonus target
OTE Cap: $154,000

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