User Experience Designer at Sandia in Albuquerque, NM
Todd Chapin
Sandia National Laboratories is one of the country's largest research
and engineering laboratories
in the nation, employing nearly 8,100 people at major facilities in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
and Livermore, California. We make enduring contributions to secure
our society against high
consequence terrorist threats and national incidents through effective
use of science, technology,
and systems solutions. Please visit our website at www.sandia.gov. We
are searching for User
Experience Designers for the User Experience Department at the
Albuquerque facility. The
salary is commensurate. A benefit and relocation package is available.
Must be able to obtain
and maintain a DOE Security Clearance.
Apply strategic thinking to deliver elegant end-to-end user experience
solutions for enterprise
and scientific applications with a focus on user needs and business
goals. Deliver all aspects
of design from definition of customer and user needs to the creation
of design concepts and
prototypes to delivering detailed designs and documenting those
designs in specifications. Use
facilitative leadership skills to drive to the best results. Excellent
command of user experience
methods, design principles, problem-framing skills, and verbal and
written communication
skills. Work effectively in collaboration with other functional areas
and user research to seek
user feedback and integrate that feedback into your designs. Serve as
a role model for UX. Stay
current with new technologies and industry trends.
BA in an appropriate discipline such as product/interaction design,
HCI, or graphic design
with five years experience creating useful and usable web-based
applications is required.
Requires experience designing enterprise software applications and
working in a large software
development company. Expertise with design tools, such as Photoshop,
Illustrator, Dreamweaver
and user-centered design processes and industry best practices.
Knowledge of web-based
technologies especially rich internet applications. Proficient in a
variety of methods to convey
ideas and concepts (e.g. wireframes, prototypes, etc). Requires an
effective communicator,
presenter, and negotiator. Must have a strong portfolio available for
viewing that illustrates your
design skills as well as your passions for the user and your profession.
MS in interaction design is strongly preferred. Hands-on knowledge of
Flex, Ajax, Flash,
DHTML, CSS, scripting, and various other technologies is desired.
Experience in information
architecture, web design, graphic design with a sensitivity for visual
design issues in software
applications and designing mobile/handheld devices would be a plus.
Please apply online at
http://www.sandia.gov/careers/search-openings.html, click Search for
Openings, and reference Job ID Number: 635927.
U.S. Citizenship Normally Required. Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.
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