Usability Engineer 2 - Military Veterans
at Amentum
Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. We are seeking a Usability Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the nation's security and intelligence mission.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for user interface design based on user needs and requirements.
- Shall have experience working closely with users (analysts) to research and document user profiles, analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios.
- Shall have experience working with users to collect and document user requirements, creating user interface design specifications, working closely with product designers and process engineers developing applications, conducting usability testing, and designing/developing user surveys to obtain user feedback.
Here's What You'll Need:
- Conduct usability testing and work closely with product designers and process engineers developing applications.
- Design and develop user surveys to obtain user feedback.
- Use task experience in each of the usability and software engineering cycle phases (analysis, design, implementation, and deployment) to work closely with users (analysts) to research for an document user profiles analysis tasks, workflows, and user scenarios; in order to create user interface design from specifications provided.
Clearance Required:
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Minimum Education:
- Bachelor's degree in cognitive and/or experimental psychology, human factors engineering or an engineering related field (e.g. systems engineering, software engineering, business process engineering) is required. Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.
Minimum Years of Experience:
- Ten (10) years in this or related field and familiarity with task analyses, user interface design, and usability testing is required. Five (5) years user centered design and testing experience is required.
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Pay Transparency Verbiage
Amentum's health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, and, if eligible, a deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan. Employees will also receive 17 days of vacation per year, seven paid holidays, plus floating holidays and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.
The base salary range for this position is $149k to $169k. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Annapolis Junction, MD

Amentum brings industry-best expertise, processes, and technology to ensure the availability and reliability of our Government and commercial clients’ vital facilities and equipment. We apply our culture of excellence to operate, maintain, and manage your global assets and complex supply chains to meet modern challenges at home and abroad. You get the confidence that comes from a partner with on a century-long heritage of unrelenting dedication to our clients’ missions across the DoD, civilian agencies, and the IC.
We are looking for skilled Veterans interested in continuing your career in aviation, global logistics, IT and Network support, and also unmanned systems.
We currently have positions open nationwide and globally to include: Kuwait, Iraq, and other overseas locations!
Amentum’s skilled workforce lives with outcomes rather than just works on them. Our employees hold the most sought-after certifications in the industry, including Program Management Professional (PMP), IT/Cyber, ITIL, and Professional Scrum Master (PSM). Our teams who maintain and modify vehicles, aircraft, and weapons systems work within disciplined environments certified to AS9001D, ISO 9001:2015, AS9110B, and AS9100C standards.
Whether it’s managing facilities supporting the IC’s classified missions, operating UAVs that protect our soldiers, or maintaining military equipment at remote bases abroad, Amentum has the experience, passion, and commitment to meet your critical needs.
What happens after I apply?
First, you will want to ensure your RecruitMilitary profile is up to date, and you also have the most up to date resume to provide. Once you apply for the role you will be re-directed to complete your employment application on Amentum's career site. Once you complete that application a recruiter will review your skills and qualifications and reach out to you about the role as appropriate.