User Experience Engineer
Job Description
Position Number:
128339Title:
Faculty SpecialistFunctional Title:
User Experience EngineerCategory Status:
15-Fac.Non-Tenured,Continuing ConApplicant Search Category:
FacultyUniversity Authorized FTE:
100Unit:
VPR-Applied Research Lab for Intelligence & SecurityCampus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
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Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
This position is with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence & Security (ARLIS) – a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) under the UMD Vice President for Research (VPR). ARLIS is a growing organization with a start-up atmosphere of independence and autonomy; we are looking for people who thrive in an environment of significant project ownership and responsibility for outcomes.
ARLIS seeks to hire an early to mid-career User Experience (UX) designer and user researcher as a Faculty Specialist (all ranks). Exceptional candidates in all areas related to ARLIS’s current research trajectories will be given serious consideration, particularly those with experience in multiple areas.
You will be part of up to three project teams. Project work at ARLIS focuses on areas to include:
- Strengthening the interdisciplinary and sociotechnical considerations for the design, development, test, and evaluation of human-machine interfaces.
- Cognitive support and augmentation of human performance.
- Simulations that describe data, predict events, and inform an operator’s course of action.
- Experiments to measure and understand cognitive behaviors relevant to our sponsors.
As a User Experience Engineer and Faculty Specialist, you will collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
- Assist in qualitative user research for the development of end-user requirements.
- Assist in collection of physiometric data of experimental participants.
- Leveraging user requirements gathered in qualitative research to design user interfaces for complex human-machine interactions. This may include technologies such as AR/VR, big data dashboards, or simulations of human behaviors, as examples. This work will include concept development and storyboarding.
- Documentation of user research and findings.
- Socialize, explain, and iterate on design concepts with stakeholders to include teammates, users, and sponsors.
- Collaborate to develop, undertake, and document usability test and evaluation tasks.
This is a full-time professional track faculty position (PTK) at the University of Maryland with benefits. Salary is dependent on experience, qualifications, and hiring level. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue on a rolling basis. The preferred start date is as soon as possible.
Benefits Summary
Top Benefits and Perks:Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Cognitive Psychology, Social Science, or related field (or equivalent and demonstrable work experience)
Experience:
Two or more years of UX design and/or research experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
- Expertise in standard UX software such as Sketch, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, UXPin, Balsamiq, Framer, etc.
- Experience in utilizing UX research tools (Miro, Maze, Typeform, UX Cam, Google Analytics etc)
- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
- Ability to effectively, efficiently, and independently manage time and effort across two or three active project.
Conditions of Employment:
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.
Preferences:
Preferences:
- Experience in an Agile/scrum environment.
- Active TS with SCI eligibility.
Posting Date:
04/24/2023Open Until Filled
YesBest Consideration Date
05/24/2023Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Work is performed in a traditional office environment and requires the ability to operate standard equipment and keyboards. The position may require viewing a computer terminal, reading, and/or analyzing information. The position may require the incumbent to maneuver short distances to attend meetings on and off campus. The incumbent may be required to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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