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UX/UI Designer - NASA
Location: Remote
Shape the Future of NASA Aeronautics Data Applications with MORI Associates*Remote work*
At MORI Associates, we support some of the nations most innovative scientific and engineering missions. We are seeking a talented UX/UI Designer to join the Digital Innovation & Integration Service Capability (DIISC) team within NASAs Aerospace Capabilities Portfolio Office (ACPO).
This is a unique opportunity to become the founding UX/UI design lead for a growing software development team that creates the analytics applications NASAs aeronautics community uses to explore test data, forecasts, financial information, and operational insights.
If youre passionate about transforming complex data into intuitive user experiences and excited by the challenge of building a design practice from the ground up, wed love to hear from you.
The DIISC team develops sophisticated, data-intensive software applications that support NASA researchers, engineers, analysts, and decisionmakers. As the teams first dedicated UX/UI Designer, you will own the end-to-end user experience strategy and execution across multiple analytics platforms.
This is more than a design role. Youll establish the teams design culture, create the foundational design system, define user personas, lead research efforts, and design the interfaces through which users interact with critical scientific and operational data.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing analytics-driven products, not just websites or marketing experiences. You understand how people consume and interact with complex data and can transform that complexity into elegant, effective user experiences.
Build the Design Foundation
- Create and maintain the teams design system from the ground up, including components, patterns, standards, and documentation.
- Establish design governance and best practices that become the foundation for future application development.
- Serve as the authoritative source for UI consistency and usability standards.
- Define user personas and user needs from scratch.
- Plan, facilitate, and synthesize user research activities.
- Translate findings into actionable design recommendations and product improvements.
- Champion the voice of the user throughout the development lifecycle.
- Create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and production-ready designs for:
- Dashboards
- Data tables
- Data visualizations
- Reporting interfaces
- Analytics platforms
- Complex data-exploration workflows
- Design intuitive workflows that enable users to discover, analyze, and act on information efficiently.
- Design meaningful visual representations of complex and technical information.
- Select and implement visualization approaches that support user goals and decision-making.
- Improve clarity, usability, and accessibility across data-centric applications.
- Develop user flows, journey maps, wireframes, interaction models, and other UX deliverables.
- Present, explain, and defend design recommendations to stakeholders and technical teams.
- Continuously improve usability through iterative design and feedback.
- Partner closely with software engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers, and program leadership.
- Translate business and technical requirements into user-centered solutions.
- Help bridge the gap between technical complexity and user needs.
- Bachelors degree in design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
- Eight years of related experience
- Demonstrated experience where the primary body of work involves analytics-focused, data-intensive applications, including:
- Dashboards
- Data tables
- Data visualization
- Reporting systems
- Analytics platforms
- Data-exploration workflows
- Strong portfolio showcasing complex data-driven product design work.
- Proven expertise in data visualization and communicating technical information clearly through design.
- Advanced proficiency with Figma.
- Experience creating a design system from the ground up, including standards, documentation, and reusable components.
- Experience defining user personas and conducting user research that directly influences product design.
- Strong visual design, interaction design, and information architecture skills.
- Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to make and justify design decisions independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- US citizenship
If hired, candidates must go to a NASA center and pickup their NASA badge NLT than their first day of employment and cover any costs involved in this travel.
- Strong data literacy and the ability to understand data structures, relationships, and sources without serving in a formal data analyst role.
- Experience designing software for scientific, engineering, technical, or government environments.
- Ability to quickly learn complex technical domains and translate them into intuitive user experiences.
- Familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices for enterprise applications.
- Experience collaborating within Agile software development teams.
Salary Range - $100K to $110K
- Work on impactful applications that support NASAs aeronautics mission.
- Become the founding UX/UI design leader on a highly visible team.
- Influence products from concept through implementation.
- Collaborate with talented engineers, scientists, analysts, and innovators.
- Fully remote work environment with meaningful mission-driven projects.
- Opportunity to establish and mature a design practice with lasting organizational impact.
If youre a designer who thrives in complex, data-rich environments and wants the opportunity to create a design function from the ground up, we encourage you to apply.
Join MORI Associates and help transform how NASAs aeronautics community discovers, understands, and uses critical data.
Equal Opportunity Employer
MORI Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic
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