UI/UX Designer with Security Clearance

Job Family Software Development & Support Travel Required : Up to 10% Clearance Required : Ability to Obtain Public Trust

: The ideal candidate is a user-centered designer with strong web form experience who can create accessible, intuitive, and compliant digital experiences for a mission-critical federal grants platform. This role emphasizes Section 508 compliance, usability, form design, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement of public-facing Grants.gov capabilities. As a UI/UX Designer, you will design and improve user experiences for Grants.gov web applications, online forms, applicant and grantor workflows, help content, chatbot-related touchpoints, and public-facing digital services. You will work closely with federal stakeholders, product owners, developers, testers, accessibility specialists, content contributors, helpdesk partners, IV&V teams, and modernization teams to translate user needs,

, usability findings, and compliance expectations into clear, accessible, and implementable designs. You will help ensure Grants.gov interfaces and web forms are intuitive, browser-compatible, Section 508 compliant, and aligned with HHS EPLC expectations, federal accessibility standards, and the needs of diverse public users and agency stakeholders. Design intuitive, accessible, and user-centered experiences for Grants.gov web applications, online forms, applicant workflows, grantor workflows, public website content, and related digital services. Create wireframes, prototypes, user flows, journey maps, form layouts, interaction patterns, and design specifications that support usability, accessibility, and implementation by development teams. Design and improve web forms that are platform- and browser-independent, reduce duplicate data entry, support validation and simple calculations, and align with Grants.gov forms

. Ensure designs, forms, content layouts, and interaction patterns comply with Section 508