Human-Centered Designer at Booz Allen Hamilton | Washington, District of Columbia, US | Rezi

Human-Centered Designer at Booz Allen Hamilton

Human-Centered Designer

Booz Allen Hamilton · Washington, District of Columbia, US

3 weeks ago

Human-Centered Designer

Booz Allen Hamilton · Washington, District of Columbia, US

a month ago
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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.