Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Knowmadics is seeking a mid-level UI/UX Designer to support user experience and interface design across their product portfolio. The role involves applying user-centered design principles and collaborating with various teams to develop intuitive workflows and high-fidelity designs, primarily for the 360 Aware platform.
Responsibilities
- Apply user-centered design (UCD) principles to develop intuitive workflows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI designs across web, mobile, and mission-system interfaces
- Leverage AI-powered design tools and workflows to accelerate prototyping, generate design variations, and improve efficiency across the design lifecycle; stay current on emerging AI capabilities and integrate them into day-to-day work
- Create dynamic, functional prototypes using tools such as Figma, Axure, or Adobe Aero to visualize and test interface concepts at varying fidelities
- Use and contribute to Knowmadics’ design system and component library, ensuring visual consistency across products and platforms
- Design across a range of interface paradigms including traditional web and mobile UIs, data visualization dashboards, and emerging interface concepts as program needs evolve
- Participate in and support user research activities including heuristic evaluations, field observations, and structured interviews with end users and subject matter experts
- Participate in and support discussions with users and stakeholders to gather feedback on UI/UX concepts and prototypes and synthesize insights to inform iterative design improvements
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and stakeholders to translate user and business needs into clear design solutions
- Present design concepts, rationale, and findings to internal teams and external stakeholders in a clear and professional manner
- Work across multiple products and programs, supporting the 360 Aware platform or Applied Research efforts based on team priorities
- Adapt quickly to different product contexts, levels of maturity, and problem spaces
- Coordinate design tasks by preparing clear design briefs and annotated assets to enable effective handoffs, and provide structured feedback to ensure alignment across contributors
- Maintain organized shared assets and documentation in Figma and Confluence to support distributed collaboration
- Support applied R&D program deliverables as needed, including prototypes, demonstrations, and customer-facing materials
- Work iteratively with engineering teams to ensure design feasibility and consistency during implementation
- Contribute to Jira task tracking and participate in agile workflows across assigned programs
- Identify opportunities to document or publish design findings when relevant to program goals
Skills
- Eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship required
- A portfolio of past design work, professional or academic, is required for applications to be considered
- Must reside within approximately 40 miles of one of the following office locations: Wichita, KS; Lawton, OK; or Round Rock, TX
- Bachelor's degree in Human Factors, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Psychology, or a related field required
- 3+ years of professional UI/UX design experience, with demonstrated work across web or mobile applications
- Proficiency in Figma and at least one additional design or prototyping tool, such as Adobe XD, Axure, Adobe Aero, or Illustrator; familiarity with AI-assisted design tools and a demonstrated willingness to adopt new tooling as the landscape evolves
- Strong foundational skills in user-centered design, interaction design, and visual design, including typography, color, layout, and information hierarchy
- Experience working in a production SaaS environment with regular release cycles and cross-functional stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in async, distributed team environments; experience coordinating with or tasking offshore or remote design resources is a plus
- Experience conducting user research and translating findings into actionable design decisions
- Familiarity with design systems, component libraries, and maintaining visual consistency across products
- Experience working in cross-functional teams alongside business analysts, product managers, and engineers
- Proficiency in Jira or similar task management tools for agile collaboration
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple concurrent programs
- Experience or coursework in human factors engineering, human-computer interaction (HCI), or UX research
- Experience designing for defense, law enforcement, government, or other mission-critical applications
- Familiarity with data visualization, dashboard design, geospatial applications, or complex workflow interfaces
- Understanding of front-end development principles, such as HTML, CSS, React, etc., to collaborate effectively with engineers
- Prior military service or experience working with defense or law enforcement end users
- Experience publishing design or research work in peer-reviewed or industry publications
Benefits
- Relocation benefits are negotiable for the right candidate
- Estimated travel: 5-10% for user research, demonstrations and exercises, customer meetings, industry events, and/or in-person collaboration
- Standard business hours with flexibility to support distributed teams and customers across U.S. time zones and occasionally international time zones
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