Peraton is seeking a qualified and motivated professional to join our team as a UX/UI Designer. This full-time position is in support of the United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) located in Northern Chicago, IL (Great Lakes Region).
Responsibilities:
Collaborates with peers on design requirements, features, and UI interactions. Designs, implements, and maintains UI designs. Instruments, maintains, and analyzes tracking metrics within the application to identify pain points and guide improvements. Designs and build prototypes that implement user feedback. Optimize designs for maximum scalability and speed. Harmonizes user experience through the consolidation of reusable components. Participates in the design of UI processes and tools. Stays up to date with industry trends and tools. Advocates for great usability and best practices. Translate complex workflows into clean, intuitive designs; build scalable design systems; and collaborate deeply with developers, product owners, and mission stakeholders. Your work will directly influence how USMEPCOM’s digital ecosystem evolves—ensuring interfaces are user-centered, accessible, visually compelling, and aligned to DoD design and security standards.
Other responsibilities:
• Lead UX/UI design for multiple enterprise applications across the USMEPCOM IT ecosystem.
• Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, workflow analysis and usability testing to validate design decisions.
• Transform complex business requirements into wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs.
• Develop and maintain a scalable design system, pattern library, and reusable components; ensure consistency across applications.
• Serve as the Figma subject matter expert by creating and maintaining design systems, style guides, libraries for each application and reusable UI components while establishing best practices and educating teams on design processes, version control, and collaboration workflows.
• Design user journeys, process flows, and interaction models that align with both front-end capabilities and back-end system constraints.
• Work closely with product owners, business analysts, and Agile development teams to ensure designs integrate smoothly into the existing technology stack and sprint goals.
• Ensure all designs meet DoD accessibility, security, and operational guidelines.
• Communicate design concepts, rationale, and trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide UI/UX mentorship, promote design thinking, and contribute to continuous improvement of user-centered design practices across the organization.
Minimum Qualifications:
• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic Design, Computer Science, or related field
•8 or more years of UX/UI, product design, or user experience research OR minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; minimum of 3 years with PhD
• Demonstrated experience designing mobile applications (iOS, Android, or cross-platform)
• Strong portfolio showcasing enterprise-level or multi-workflow design solutions
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Axure, or similar)
• Experience supporting Agile software development teams
• Understanding of Section 508 accessibility standards
• Ability to travel up to 15%, which may include occasional visits to client sites or government installations
• Must possess or be eligible for a Tier 3 (T3) background investigation, in accordance with DoD security clearance requirements
Desired Experience & Qualifications:
• Ten or more years of UX/UI or product design experience
• Strong portfolio showcasing enterprise-level design work, including workflow-heavy or multi-system applications.
• Expert proficiency in Figma (preferred) includes component libraries, auto-layout, prototyping, and design system management.
• Experience with additional tools such as Adobe XD, Sketch, Axure, Miro, or similar design and research platforms.
• Solid (preferred) understanding of front-end development fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks) and back-end data flow concepts to ensure practical, implementable designs.
• Experience working in Agile environments alongside developers, product owners, and testers.
• Proven ability to convert ambiguous or evolving requirements into structured user flows and design artifacts.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (508 compliance)
• Experience designing for federal, DoD, or other security-sensitive environments is a plus
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at
Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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