About the Role
We are looking for a human-centered designer to own the end-to-end experience of ARPA-H’s production AI assistant GRACE, including how users understand it, trust it, and get real work done with it. Designing for agentic AI is hard, output is probabilistic, workflows are open-ended, and trust is earned interaction by interaction. You will shape how GRACE feels, while operating within the privacy, security, and responsible-use requirements of our mission and the federal environment.
Responsibilities
- Own the design of GRACE across research, interaction, and visual design, being accountable for whether the experience works for users.
- Design interaction patterns for agentic AI, including conversational flows, tool-call and reasoning visibility, human-in-the-loop confirmations, error and uncertainty states, and graceful handling of partial or long-running responses.
- Design how GRACE presents rich output legibly and trustworthily, including citations, tables, diagrams, maps, generated images, and long-form results.
- Bring and apply industry best practices and emerging design patterns specific to agentic AI, including agent transparency, controllability, memory and context, multi-agent workflows, and letting users build and direct their own agents.
- Create the flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that turn ambiguous problems into shippable interfaces.
- Own and evolve a design system so the product stays consistent, accessible, and fast to extend.
- Talk to ARPA-H users and comprehend their workflows, goals, and where GRACE helps or gets in the way.
- Run lightweight, high-velocity research through interviews, usability tests, and concept validation that fit a team that ships weekly, not quarterly.
- Turn research into clear, prioritized insights that the team can act on, and close the loop by measuring whether changes helped.
- Build a durable understanding of who GRACE serves and advocate for them in every decision.
- Design for trust as a first-class outcome.
- Design for the realities of AI, including hallucination, uncertainty, latency, and failure.
- Ensure accessibility is designed in from the start.
- Bring genuine care for the sensitivity of the mission.
- Work hand-in-hand with engineers, the applied researcher, and product to translate design intent into shipped product, including closely with front-end so fidelity and interaction detail survive to production.
- Prototype quickly, get it in front of users, and iterate.
- Communicate design decisions clearly to both designers and non-designers, and make the rationale, not just the mockup, legible to the team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in a product design or UX design field, displaying a portfolio of shipped products
- Experience designing for AI, LLM, chat, or agentic products, including streaming responses, citation and source display, tool-call visibility, and for uncertain or probabilistic output
- Experience across the full design process, including research, interaction design, and visual or UI design
- Experience with modern design tools such as Figma, including components, prototyping, and design systems
- Experience planning and running interviews and usability tests, and turning findings into decisions
- Experience shipping complex, interactive products in high-velocity environments where you owned the experience end-to-end
- Knowledge of industry best practices and design patterns specific to agentic AI, including agent transparency, controllability, human-in-the-loop, and multi-agent workflows
- Ability to pay strict attention to detail with a high bar for quality and commitment to accessibility, including WCAG or Section 508
- Ability to be a self-starter and clear communicator who works with a high sense of urgency, gives and receives feedback well, works closely with engineers, and makes the people around them better
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience working closely with implementation, including reading the front-end, comprehending what React and Chainlit make easy or hard, and designing within real constraints
- Experience building or contributing to design systems at scale
- Experience designing productivity tools, research tools, or other complex information-dense products
- Experience in startup or early-stage environments
- Ability to be comfortable with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and wearing multiple hats
- Possession of strong interaction and visual design skills
Skills
- Product design
- UX design
- AI design
- LLM design
- Chat design
- Agentic AI design
- Research
- Interaction design
- Visual design
- UI design
- Figma
- Prototyping
- Design systems
- User interviews
- Usability testing
- Accessibility
- WCAG
- Section 508
- Communication
- Collaboration
- React
- Chainlit
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
Experience Level
- 7+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $86,800.00 to $198,000.00
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Life benefits
- Disability benefits
- Financial benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program
About the Company
- Booz Allen is an advanced technology company delivering outcomes with speed for America’s most critical defense, civil, and national security priorities.
- We build technology solutions using AI, cyber, and other cutting-edge technologies to advance and protect the nation and its citizens.
- By focusing on outcomes, we enable our people, clients, and their missions to succeed—accelerating the nation to realize our purpose: Empower People to Change the World®.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
