• Usability Engineer 2

    Amentum (Annapolis Junction, MD)


    Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. We are seeking a Usability Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the nation’s security and intelligence mission.

    Responsibilities:

    + Responsible for user interface design based on user needs and requirements.

    + Shall have experience working closely with users (analysts) to research and document user profiles, analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios.

    + Shall have experience working with users to collect and document user requirements, creating user interface design specifications, working closely with product designers and process engineers developing applications, conducting usability testing, and designing/developing user surveys to obtain user feedback.

    Here’s What You’ll Need:

    + Conduct usability testing and work closely with product designers and process engineers developing applications.

    + Design and develop user surveys to obtain user feedback.

    + Use task experience in each of the usability and software engineering cycle phases (analysis, design, implementation, and deployment) to work closely with users (analysts) to research for an document user profiles analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios; in order to create user interface design from specifications provided.

    Clearance Required:

    + Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

    Minimum Education:

    + Bachelor’s degree in cognitive and/or experimental psychology, human factors engineering or an engineering related field (e.g. systems engineering, software engineering, business process engineering) is required. Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

    Minimum Years of Experience:

    + Ten (10) years in this or related field and familiarity with task analyses, user interface design, and usability testing is required. Five (5) years user centered design and testing experience is required.

     

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    Amentum’s health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, and, if eligible, a deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan. Employees will also receive 17 days of vacation per year, seven paid holidays, plus floating holidays and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.

     

    The base salary range for this position is $149k to $169k. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.