Phiture
UI/UX Designer (BQA / NATO) Long-Term Contract, Remote (Europe)
Phiture, Germantown, Ohio, United States
Role Overview
You will lead the user experience and interface design for secure applications, ensuring usability, accessibility, aesthetics, and compliance with high security / BQA / NATO constraints. You will partner with product, security, engineering, and compliance teams to deliver designs that meet strict standards without compromise.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the full UI/UX design cycle: research, user journeys, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and delivery
Translate security, compliance, accessibility, and usability requirements into design solutions
Design with a security mindset (least privilege, visibility, error states, alerts)
Produce high‑fidelity prototypes and design assets consistent with brand, accessibility, and security guidelines
Collaborate with engineering, product, security, and QA to ensure designs are implemented faithfully
Conduct usability testing, feedback cycles, iteration, and validation
Maintain design system, component library, and UX guidelines under strict standards
Document design rationale, constraints, and trade‑offs
Present designs and decisions to stakeholders, auditors, and clients
Mandatory Requirements
Domain / High‑Security Experience
Minimum 5+ years of UI/UX design experience in regulated, security, defense, or government environments
Prior work on design projects for NATO / defense / BQA / classified or highly constrained domains
Design & Research Mastery
Strong experience in user research, persona building, journey maps, wireframing, prototyping (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.)
Deep ability to design responsive, accessible, user‑friendly interfaces under complex constraints
Security & Compliance Aware Design
Experience designing UIs under strict security requirements (e.g. alerting, permissions, audit, logs)
Ability to embed security cues, error states, warnings, and validation securely and clearly
Interaction & Visual Design Skills
Excellent visual design skills: typography, layout, color theory, iconography, UI components
Fluent in design systems and component reuse, modular UI, responsive & adaptive design
Collaboration & Implementation Sensibility
Experience collaborating with front‑end engineers; ability to deliver assets, specs, redlines, handoffs
Understanding of front‑end constraints (HTML/CSS, responsive behavior, performance)
Usability & Testing
Experience conducting usability tests, gathering metrics, iterating based on feedback
Ability to analyze user behavior, feedback loops, A/B testing
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
Strong written and verbal English
Ability to articulate design decisions, trade‑offs, security concerns to non‑design stakeholders
Process & Documentation Discipline
Comfortable in environments with audits, version control, approval workflows, documentation standards
Meticulous attention to detail
Logistics & Eligibility
Based in Europe (or legally contractible)
Willing and able to undergo background checks, security clearance if required
Preferred (Not Mandatory)
Direct UI/UX experience on NATO / BQA / defense contracts
Experience designing for real‑time, mission‑critical systems or dashboards
Knowledge of domain‑specific UI constraints (e.g. geo‑data, mapping, situational awareness)
Experience with animation, micro‑interactions, or advanced prototyping
Usability / UX certifications or formal UX education
What We Offer
Competitive contract compensation
Fully remote (Europe)
Long‑term, meaningful engagement
Opportunity to impact the usability and security of high‑stakes systems
Professional standards, structure, and high expectations
Application Instructions
CV / resume clearly demonstrating UI/UX work in secure / regulated / defense environments
Cover letter explaining how you meet each mandatory requirement
Portfolio of past UI/UX designs, including prototypes, journeys, rationale, and security‑constrained work
References or contacts able to substantiate your design experience under secure/regulated domains
Note: Only applications that clearly and specifically demonstrate you satisfy all mandatory requirements will be reviewed.
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Key Responsibilities
Lead the full UI/UX design cycle: research, user journeys, wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and delivery
Translate security, compliance, accessibility, and usability requirements into design solutions
Design with a security mindset (least privilege, visibility, error states, alerts)
Produce high‑fidelity prototypes and design assets consistent with brand, accessibility, and security guidelines
Collaborate with engineering, product, security, and QA to ensure designs are implemented faithfully
Conduct usability testing, feedback cycles, iteration, and validation
Maintain design system, component library, and UX guidelines under strict standards
Document design rationale, constraints, and trade‑offs
Present designs and decisions to stakeholders, auditors, and clients
Mandatory Requirements
Domain / High‑Security Experience
Minimum 5+ years of UI/UX design experience in regulated, security, defense, or government environments
Prior work on design projects for NATO / defense / BQA / classified or highly constrained domains
Design & Research Mastery
Strong experience in user research, persona building, journey maps, wireframing, prototyping (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.)
Deep ability to design responsive, accessible, user‑friendly interfaces under complex constraints
Security & Compliance Aware Design
Experience designing UIs under strict security requirements (e.g. alerting, permissions, audit, logs)
Ability to embed security cues, error states, warnings, and validation securely and clearly
Interaction & Visual Design Skills
Excellent visual design skills: typography, layout, color theory, iconography, UI components
Fluent in design systems and component reuse, modular UI, responsive & adaptive design
Collaboration & Implementation Sensibility
Experience collaborating with front‑end engineers; ability to deliver assets, specs, redlines, handoffs
Understanding of front‑end constraints (HTML/CSS, responsive behavior, performance)
Usability & Testing
Experience conducting usability tests, gathering metrics, iterating based on feedback
Ability to analyze user behavior, feedback loops, A/B testing
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
Strong written and verbal English
Ability to articulate design decisions, trade‑offs, security concerns to non‑design stakeholders
Process & Documentation Discipline
Comfortable in environments with audits, version control, approval workflows, documentation standards
Meticulous attention to detail
Logistics & Eligibility
Based in Europe (or legally contractible)
Willing and able to undergo background checks, security clearance if required
Preferred (Not Mandatory)
Direct UI/UX experience on NATO / BQA / defense contracts
Experience designing for real‑time, mission‑critical systems or dashboards
Knowledge of domain‑specific UI constraints (e.g. geo‑data, mapping, situational awareness)
Experience with animation, micro‑interactions, or advanced prototyping
Usability / UX certifications or formal UX education
What We Offer
Competitive contract compensation
Fully remote (Europe)
Long‑term, meaningful engagement
Opportunity to impact the usability and security of high‑stakes systems
Professional standards, structure, and high expectations
Application Instructions
CV / resume clearly demonstrating UI/UX work in secure / regulated / defense environments
Cover letter explaining how you meet each mandatory requirement
Portfolio of past UI/UX designs, including prototypes, journeys, rationale, and security‑constrained work
References or contacts able to substantiate your design experience under secure/regulated domains
Note: Only applications that clearly and specifically demonstrate you satisfy all mandatory requirements will be reviewed.
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