LMI is a forward-thinking digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact through innovation and speed. We invest in technology and prototypes ahead of demand, delivering commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready artificial intelligence to federal agencies at commercial speed. Our expertise spans defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, where we help agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and generate lasting value. We leverage mission-ready technology, proven federal deployment experience, and strategic partnerships to enhance government outcomes efficiently and effectively.
About The Role
LMI is seeking a UI/UX Designer to create intuitive, visually polished software experiences for the Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) business unit. The Designer will translate user needs and complex workflows into usable interfaces for mission-critical applications, data platforms, and AI-enabled tools. This role covers user research, information architecture, interaction and visual design, prototyping, usability testing, and collaboration with development teams through to production delivery. The position requires an active Secret security clearance and offers a remote working arrangement with periodic travel for user research, workshops, and customer engagements. The Designer will establish consistent experiences across integrated applications by developing shared navigation, common entry points, and reusable interface components. The ideal candidate combines strong visual design skills with evidence-based user experience practices and excels at simplifying complex tasks without obscuring critical information.
Qualifications
- Active Secret security clearance, with the ability to maintain clearance throughout employment.
- Minimum of five years of professional experience in UI/UX design, product design, interaction design, or a closely related field involving software application design.
- Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, user experience, visual design, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Portfolio demonstrating user research, interaction design, visual design, and contributions to delivered software products; sanitized case studies or authorized walkthroughs acceptable for restricted work.
- Proficiency with Figma or comparable interface-design and prototyping tools, including reusable components, responsive layouts, and interactive prototypes.
- Experience conducting user research and usability testing, translating findings into design decisions and measurable improvements.
- Demonstrated ability to design complex application workflows, information-dense interfaces, consistent navigation, and reusable design systems.
- Experience collaborating with software developers, documenting interaction behaviors, and reviewing implemented interfaces; familiarity with accessibility and responsive design practices.
- Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, and independent problem-solving skills; ability to work across distributed teams and support periodic travel.
- Experience designing software for military, federal, national security, or other regulated environments.
- Experience designing unified interfaces across multiple applications, role-based workspaces, data and analytics platforms, or AI-enabled tools.
- Experience with operational dashboards, geospatial interfaces, robotics or autonomous-system applications, or workflows used under time and connectivity constraints.
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and component-based front-end frameworks sufficient to collaborate effectively with developers; production software development not required.
- Experience supporting Agile delivery, maintaining design work in product backlogs, and collaborating through tools such as GitLab or Jira.
- Experience designing for federal accessibility requirements and working with accessibility specialists to validate delivered interfaces.
- Conduct user interviews, workflow observations, and discovery sessions with operational users and stakeholders to translate findings into prioritized user needs, journey maps, and design requirements.
- Develop information architecture, navigation structures, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity interfaces, and interactive prototypes for web-based applications and integrated platforms.
- Design dashboards, data tables, search experiences, forms, and approval workflows that simplify complex information and support efficient task completion.
- Create and maintain a shared design system covering typography, layout, color, components, interaction patterns, and usage guidance across products.
- Design complete interaction states including loading, empty, error, permission, confirmation, and degraded-connectivity conditions with clear feedback and recovery paths.
- Plan and conduct usability testing; document findings, prioritize improvements, and evaluate task completion, errors, and user feedback across design iterations.
- Apply accessibility best practices to layouts, contrast, keyboard interactions, focus states, and interface content; coordinate implementation and validation with engineering and testing teams.
- Collaborate with product managers, developers, platform engineers, and cybersecurity personnel to align designs with mission priorities, technical constraints, access controls, and delivery schedules.
- Provide annotated designs, component specifications, assets, and acceptance criteria; review implemented interfaces and resolve usability and visual-quality issues before release.
- Present design recommendations and tradeoffs to customers and leadership; maintain version-controlled design artifacts and improve delivered products based on user feedback.
- Competitive salary range of $102,000 - $174,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
- Remote work opportunity with flexible scheduling.
- Periodic travel support for user research, workshops, and customer engagement activities.
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.