User Interface User Experience Designer at PiTech Solutions Inc in Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Company: PiTech Solutions Inc
- Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Posted: Sep 23, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 3+ years
Overview
The UI/UX Designer is a Key Personnel position responsible for the end-to-end user experience design of the Modernization application. This role ensures that the system is intuitive, accessible, and aligned with the real-world workflows of arson and explosives investigators across federal, state, an…
Job description
- The UI/UX Designer is a Key Personnel position responsible for the end-to-end user experience design of the Modernization application. This role ensures that the system is intuitive, accessible, and aligned with the real-world workflows of arson and explosives investigators across federal, state, and local agencies.
- Location: Huntsville, AL
- Clearance: Public Trust Background Investigation
Responsibilities
- Develop detailed user personas representing the diverse roles within the user community (investigators, supervisors, tracing specialists, canine handlers, administrators, etc.).
- Produce high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes in Adobe XD prior to development work on each applicable user story, conforming to the SPARTAN UI & UX Style Guide (Attachment 9).
- Evaluate all user-facing designs against recognized usability heuristics including consistency, error prevention, visibility of system status, feedback, and minimalist design.
- Conduct lightweight, frequent usability testing with representative users or proxies, ensuring 75% of user-facing features are tested before completion.
- Maintain a Usability Findings Log documenting observations, issues identified, and resolution status, with 90% of issues resolved prior to release.
- Ensure all designs achieve 100% Section 508 compliance (keyboard navigation, screen reader support, color contrast, and other WCAG standards).
- Collaborate closely with developers to implement responsive, browser- and device-agnostic designs (desktop, mobile, tablet).
- Provide UI/UX Metrics each sprint, including task success rates and user feedback trends, targeting >85% task success in validation activities.
- Ensure all user-facing stories in Digital.ai are associated with a clearly defined user role or persona (95% compliance).
- Travel to USBDC and other field locations as needed to conduct in-person user research and gather real-world feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Graphic Design, Information Systems, or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
- 3+ years of UI/UX design experience for complex web applications.
- Proficiency in Adobe XD for wireframing and high-fidelity prototype creation.
- Demonstrated experience designing accessible interfaces in compliance with Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design work for data-heavy or enterprise applications.
- Experience conducting usability testing and synthesizing findings into actionable design improvements.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an ATF background investigation (Public Trust).
- Experience designing for federal law enforcement, case management, or incident reporting systems.
- Familiarity with responsive design principles and device-agnostic design approaches.
- Experience working within an Agile SCRUM team and integrating design into sprint workflows.
- Knowledge of component library-based design systems.
- Experience with GIS/map-based interfaces or data visualization design.
Skills
Required
- Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
- Usability testing
- User-centered design
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Accessibility design
Preferred
- Responsive design
- Agile SCRUM
- Component library-based design systems
- GIS/map-based interfaces
- Data visualization design