Senior iOS Design Software Engineer - User Interface / User Exp

Job Description

Join a fast-paced team of engineers creating cutting edge software products for the Joint Operations and medical communities (Air Force, Army, and Navy). You will work alongside BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS) and US Air Force developers and engineers to provide technologies that increase the capabilities of our nation's military. Our team's goal is to create user driven applications that optimize human-machine performance in the next generation of Air Force systems. We accomplish this by exploiting state of the art hardware and software practices while maintaining a tight feedback loop with both Special Warfare and the Defense Health Agency medical personnel we support. Our unique customers give you the phenomenal opportunity to work directly with users to develop capabilities and solutions that simplify and enhance their ability to accomplish their missions, as well as save lives. Our technologies have been used DOD wide as well as by civilian government and commercial organizations.

We discover the science, develop the technology, and deliver the capabilities that optimize safety and performance for our military and industry partners. As a part of our team, you will be directly helping protect those that protect us.

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers' missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

What You'll Do:

• Unique User-Driven Approach: You'll have the incredible opportunity to work directly with Special Warfare and Defense Health Agency personnel, developing solutions that directly impact their missions and save lives. This user-centric approach ensures your work has real-world significance.
• DoW-Wide Impact: Our technologies are used across the Department of Defense, extending your influence far beyond our immediate team.
• Efficiency and Innovation: Joining our small team means you can work quickly, efficiently, and have a substantial impact on the entire development process. From conceiving solutions to designing user interfaces, implementing architectures, programming applications, and testing code, your work will be comprehensive and meaningful.
• Innovation Culture: Be part of a team where innovation is encouraged and rewarded. Many of our team members hold design and software patents because of the work we do. Your creative solutions to the day-to-day challenges faced by the Special Forces community will be recognized and protected.
• We're looking for a senior iOS design engineer who can turn complex user workflows into thoughtful, polished, native iOS and iPadOS experiences. This role sits at the intersection of product design and front-end iOS development. You should be comfortable working from early ideas, sketches, and prototypes through production-quality user interfaces in Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.
• Design and build native iOS and iPadOS user experiences for complex workflows.
• Work with users, product owners, designers, and engineers to understand problems and shape intuitive solutions.
• Prototype new ideas to support feature definition, workflow validation, and product discovery.
• Create sketches, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity comps, and interaction models.
• Translate design concepts into polished front-end code using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.
• Refine visual details, interaction behavior, accessibility, layout, motion, and responsiveness.
• Apply Apple Human Interface Guidelines, platform conventions, and native interaction patterns.
• Break down large or ambiguous feature ideas into clear, user-centered interface solutions.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

Remote Work Considered: This position combines in-person collaboration and customer engagement with independent work. Based on multiple factors, remote work may be considered and is at the discretion of the business. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 4 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• In addition to the typical educational and experience requirements, a demonstrated capability to adequately perform the essential functions and responsibilities of the position and exhibit the skills and competencies of the grade level should be considered.
• Experience with design tools and platforms including Figma (required).
• Experience designing and building user interfaces with Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.
• Ability to communicate ideas through sketches, prototypes, high-fidelity comps, and presentations.
• Excellent product design instincts and attention to detail in layout, interaction, typography, and usability.
• Experience designing web-based, mobile, and desktop applications.
• Experience supporting user-centric design principles and user evaluation.
• Experience updating and enhancing existing designs based on user feedback or evolving product features.
• Experience creating and maintaining UX documentation, including user flows, sitemaps, annotated wireframes, and design requirements to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to include users.
• Ability to articulate user experience concepts and decisions to cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience translating Figma designs into production-ready code.
• Excellent coding skills and expertise in front-end engineering.
• Proficiency in front-end design and development.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices.
• Experience with end-to-end product design, from concept to delivery.

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A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• BS in Computer Science, Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or similar field.
• Expertise in Sketch or comparable modern UI/UX design tools. Familiarity with building reusable UI components, design systems, or front-end component libraries.
• Comfort working across both SwiftUI and UIKit codebases.
• Background in secure, mission-critical, government, defense, healthcare, or regulated applications.
• Familiarity with wellness, healthcare, medical, or human performance concepts.
• Examples of previous native iOS or iPadOS work samples are encouraged.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $88189 - $149922

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Multiple positions may be available on this opening.