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Sr. UI Engineer, MITRE
Feb 18 04
Source: Interaction Design list
Open Position for Senior User Interface Engineer
Contact: juhansonin at yahoo.com
Company: MITRE Corp (www.mitre.org)
Position location: Bedford, MA
The Sr. User Interface Engineer will be a key player in a talented creative and engineering team dedicated to developing web, PDA, and OS- based products. They will use their skills in user interface engineering, enterprise engineering, human factors, conceptual design, and information architecture in partnership with MITRE and AF designers to create new products for advancing the government's technology frontier. The Sr. User Interface Engineer will be a leader in UI design for new product development efforts critical to the success of the product line. They will work with customers, product planners, and the engineering staff to create customer-centered designs.
Responsibilities
- Generating HTML and dynamic content (will require using a scripting language like JSP, JavaScript, XSLT, etc.)
- Applying human factors engineering, user interface design skills and principles to web application design
- Lead development of the back-end application components that feed data to the UI
- Creating release quality web development code and graphics for inclusion in the final products
- Working with other Design Team members, engineering, marketing and product management teams to implement required features
Requirements:
- 3+ years in web interface development
- 3-5 years experience in application or web application design a must
- Proficiency in HTML coding
- Proficiency in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XSLT, CGI (or other scripting languages)
- Proficiency with various design tools, including Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator, Macromedia Flash.
- Java or JSP development experience
- Experience through multiple projects creating and iteratively refining a user interface design (rapid prototyping)
- Experience in designing thick and thin client user interfaces
- Ability to show past relevant work, including a portfolio of your product designs and research/test tools (surveys, test scripts, etc)
Ideally this person will also have experience in some, or all, of the
following:
- Graphic Design experience/training
- Knowledge/experience in market research
- In depth knowledge of User Interface Design principals, Human Factors, User Centered Design Processes, Interaction Design guidelines, Usability Methodologies, industry standards and trends, platform standards, and software development process.
Education: B.A./B.S. Degree or equivalent educational certificate, a M.S. is preferred.
Contact: juhansonin at yahoo.com
Company: MITRE Corp (www.mitre.org)
Position location: Bedford, MA