UX/UI Designer (NASA)

Location: Remote; US citizenship required

Company

Support NASA aeronautics missions by developing analytics applications for researchers, engineers, analysts, and decision-makers.

What you will do

• Create and maintain a design system with reusable components, patterns, standards, and documentation.
• Define user personas, plan and conduct research, and translate findings into product improvements.
• Design dashboards, data tables, visualizations, reporting interfaces, and complex data-exploration workflows.
• Develop user flows, journey maps, wireframes, interaction models, prototypes, and production-ready designs.
• Present design recommendations and collaborate with engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers, and program leadership.
• Improve usability, clarity, accessibility, and consistency across data-centric applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in design, HCI, UX design, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight years of related experience designing analytics-focused, data-intensive applications.
• Portfolio demonstrating complex data-driven product design and strong data-visualization expertise.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma and experience building a design system from the ground up.
• Experience defining personas, conducting user research, and applying visual design, interaction design, and information architecture principles.
• US citizenship required.

Nice to have

• Experience with scientific, engineering, technical, or government software.
• Strong data literacy and familiarity with accessibility standards for enterprise applications.
• Experience working in Agile software development teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.
• Mission-driven projects supporting NASA's aeronautics mission.
• Opportunity to establish and mature a UX/UI design practice with lasting organizational impact.
• Collaboration with engineers, scientists, analysts, and innovators.