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Senior UI/UX Designer

Amentum 🇺🇸 Merrifield, VA 22116, United States of America

$140,000 - $210,000 Full-time Senior

Lead end-to-end design strategy and execution for digital products, including user research, journey mapping, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces, prototypes, and scalable design systems. Collaborate with product managers, developers, and federal stakeholders to validate designs, ensure accessibility and quality, communicate design decisions, and mentor junior designers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end design strategy and execution for digital products, including user research, journey mapping, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces, prototypes, and scalable design systems. Collaborate with product managers, developers, and federal stakeholders to validate designs, ensure accessibility and quality, communicate design decisions, and mentor junior designers.

Requirements

  • Requires relevant education and experience: a master's degree plus 2 years, bachelor's degree plus 4 years, associate degree plus 6 years, or at least 8 years of experience; the posting also specifies 4 years of dedicated UI/UX or product design experience. Candidates need a strong end-to-end design portfolio, expert UI/UX tool skills, Jira and Confluence experience, frontend technology familiarity, and an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Retirement Benefits
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Educational Reimbursement
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tax-Saving Options
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Pet Insurance

Key Skills

Design strategy User research Journey mapping Wireframing High‑fidelity UI design Prototyping Scalable design systems Accessibility assurance Quality control Design communication Mentoring junior designers Collaboration with product managers Collaboration with developers Stakeholder engagement UI/UX tools Frontend technology awareness Jira Confluence TS/SCI clearance Polygraph readiness

About Amentum

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents.

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