Product Designer

Role Overview

• Drive the design vision for your product area(s), connecting long-term user needs with near-term execution plans.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering leads to shape roadmaps, clarify goals, and define success metrics.
• Translate abstract, ambiguous challenges into clear design problems and informed recommendations.
• Own the full design lifecycle—from discovery and wireframes to detailed interaction specs and production-ready assets.
• Craft innovative experiences that balance usability, technical feasibility, and domain-specific complexity (e.g., spatial, data-rich, or mission-critical environments).
• Lead and contribute to complex feature and system-level design initiatives, ensuring cohesion and scalability across the platform.
• Conduct and integrate research, testing, and data insights into every phase of the design process.
• Partner with UX researchers, engineers, and domain experts to ground decisions in evidence and real-world behavior.
• Communicate insights through storytelling, frameworks, and documentation that foster empathy and alignment.
• Contribute to the evolution of Slingshot’s design system, UI patterns, and visual standards across platforms and teams.
• Apply a strong understanding of hierarchy, typography, motion, and layout to create intuitive and expressive interfaces.
• Maintain a high bar for craft, consistency, and accessibility.
• Collaborate fluidly with engineering, product, program, growth, sales, and marketing teams to align on vision and execution.
• Serve as a thought partner to product managers and technical leads; influence trade-offs and strategic choices.
• Champion a user-centered approach across the company, advocating for design best practices and systemic thinking.

Requirements

• Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance, preference given for active TS Clearance.
• 4+ years of professional product design experience, including leadership of complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Track record of delivering high-impact, user-centered solutions in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Bachelor's degree in a design-related field (e.g., HCI, Visual Design, Interaction Design), or equivalent practical experience.
• Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance.
• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Fluency with design tools (Figma, Lucid Charts, Adobe CC) and prototyping methods across fidelity levels.
• Experience with systems design, modular interfaces, and information-dense products.
• Domain experience in aerospace, geospatial tech, 3D visualization, or real-time decision tools is a plus.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills with a portfolio demonstrating shipped work that balances creativity, usability, and business value.
• Adept at communicating trade-offs, surfacing risks, and influencing cross-functional decisions.
• Ability to create frameworks, playbooks, and tools that elevate design quality across the team.
• Comfortable leading design critiques, mentoring peers, and contributing to design culture and operational excellence.

Tech Stack

• TypeScript

Benefits

• Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance, preference given for active TS Clearance.
• 4+ years of professional product design experience, including leadership of complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Track record of delivering high-impact, user-centered solutions in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Bachelor's degree in a design-related field (e.g., HCI, Visual Design, Interaction Design), or equivalent practical experience.
• Must be eligible to obtain or maintain US Government Security Clearance.
• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Fluency with design tools (Figma, Lucid Charts, Adobe CC) and prototyping methods across fidelity levels.
• Experience with systems design, modular interfaces, and information-dense products.
• Domain experience in aerospace, geospatial tech, 3D visualization, or real-time decision tools is a plus.
• Strong interaction and visual design skills with a portfolio demonstrating shipped work that balances creativity, usability, and business value.
• Adept at communicating trade-offs, surfacing risks, and influencing cross-functional decisions.
• Ability to create frameworks, playbooks, and tools that elevate design quality across the team.
• Comfortable leading design critiques, mentoring peers, and contributing to design culture and operational excellence.