Key skills
Product/UX DesignDesign Tools FigmaDesign Tools ProtoPieSystems ThinkingDesign FrameworksEnterprise Software DesignDeveloper-facing ToolsGeospatial InterfacesData VisualizationAutomationRoboticsAIMentoringFigmaA/B TestingCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to deliver exceptional user experiences across a suite of highly technical autonomy development tools, tackling complex design challenges throughout the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end design for high-impact product areas, from strategy and concept to final implementation
- Drive and uphold design quality through strong ideation, systems thinking, and refinement of shared design standards
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Experience to define product direction and user needs
- Facilitate design strategy workshops and collaboration to drive alignment and momentum
- Influence cross-functional planning, roadmap prioritization, and long-term product vision through design shaping rituals
- Advocate for the user experience in company-wide discussions; help shape how product success is defined
- Lead design reviews to collect feedback from engineering, product and customer surrogates, and align features and capabilities
Requirements:
- Bachelors in design, HCI, or demonstrated work experience at a comparable level of expertise
- 7+ years of professional experience in product/UX design with a track record of shipped, user-facing products
- A portfolio demonstrating exceptional interaction design
- Expertise with modern design tools (Figma, ProtoPie, etc.) and workflows (design systems, component libraries)
- Experience leading product initiatives end-to-end - from exploration to final implementation
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to scale and improve design frameworks
- Excellent communication skills, able to clearly present design rationale to non-design stakeholders
- Background in designing enterprise software and platforms
- Experience designing developer-facing software tools
- Familiarity with geospatial interfaces and complex data visualization or analysis workflows
- Experience contributing to design systems and iterating with prototypes, A/B testing, or data-informed workflows
- Passion for mentoring others and cultivating design team culture and process
- Experience with automation, autonomy, self-driving, robotics, aerospace, aviation