Full Stack Designer​/Developer

Are you passionate about rapidly prototyping, designing, and implementing systems?

Are you a programmer looking for a creative outlet and truly impactful work?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our Human Machine Engineering team at APL!

We are seeking User Interface/User Experience design and development expertise to help us rapidly prototype Command and Control systems of the future. Our multi‑disciplinary team consists of algorithm developers, computer scientists, psychologists, systems engineers, and others who seek to reshape this future through end‑to‑end human systems and performance engineering. With us, you will develop solutions to bridge the gaps in human‑machine war fighting teams in information‑dense, high‑stakes environments to revolutionize and operationalize warfighter‑augmenting capabilities.

• Lead and contribute to UI/UX design and development to influence current and future fielded Command and Control systems while advocating for end users.
• Rapidly create wireframes, storyboards, and modern, highly intuitive interface and data visualization designs.
• Work across teams, departments, and organizations to review results, refine concepts, oversee analyses, and propose solutions with a focus on advocating for the warfighter and making sure their voice is heard.
• Shape requirements and use cases and execute on associated Functional Flow modeling to influence the Dev Sec Ops  and Digital Engineering processes for deployment of prototyped C2 systems.
• Implement designed solutions, and maintain, test, and debug code.
• Produce documentation to capture code framework, architecture and design decisions, and user guides.

• Hold a Bachelor’s Degree in UI/UX development, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Web Development, Game Development, Human Computer Interaction or equivalent, and/or possess 2 years of experience and responsibilities related to UI/UX implementation for a complex system (military system preferred).
• Have experience with full stack web development, game development, and/or application development (React and Unity experience preferred).
• Have the ability to work independently and with government partners, DoD sponsors, and analysis teams.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Are able to obtain a SECRET level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government secret clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

• Hold an Active Secret clearance or above.
• Hold a Masters Degree in Information Visualization, UI/UX development, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Web Development, Game Development, Human Computer Interaction, or equivalent.
• Have experience in a team environment focused on rapid prototyping.
• Have at least 5 years of experience related to UI/UX implementation for Navy ship defense systems with practical experience and progressive responsibilities and accomplishments in Cyber, Radar, Surface Electronic Warfare, Mission Planning Ship Self‑Defense System (SSDS), and/or Aegis Combat System.
• Have practical experience with wire framing tools (e.g., Axure, Sketch, Figma, Balsamiq), and a variety of coding languages, tools, and libraries (e.g. Unity, Python, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS/Sass/Less, React, Redux, Angular, Vue, Bootstrap, Material UI, Git, Git Lab, Atlassian, JIRA, SQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Google Analytics, Docker etc.).

Willingness to travel up to 10% as needed.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world‑class expertise to our nation’s most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. While we are dedicated to solving complex challenges and pioneering new technologies, what makes us truly outstanding is our culture. We offer a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere where you can bring your authentic self to work, continue to grow, and build strong connections with inspiring teammates.

At APL, we celebrate our differences…