Senior–Staff Product Designer (R3822)

What You'll Do:

• Lead design efforts for key GCS capabilities, ensuring user needs are met across the full development lifecycle. 
• Collaborate with engineering, autonomy, product, and test teams to gather system constraints and translate them into user-centered design solutions. 
• Influence cross-functional planning, roadmap prioritization, and long-term product vision. 
• Drive the end-to-end design process—from concept, wireframes, and prototypes to detailed UI specs and implementation support. 
• Regularly test and iterate on designs with real users, incorporating feedback to improve usability and mission effectiveness. 
• Help define and maintain a coherent visual and interaction language that supports real-time control, situational awareness, and operational trust. 
• Advocate for operator experience and usability in high-stakes environments where clarity, speed, and precision are critical. 
• Contribute to the evolution of our design systems, tooling, and cross-platform interface strategy. 
• Travel to test flights to perform operator research and support the rollout of new GCS features.  

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of design, HCI, or related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 4 years of experience; or equivalent experience. 
• 3+ years of experience leading end-to-end product design across complex features or products. 
• Proven track record designing complex, interactive systems—especially in domains involving spatial data, control interfaces, or high information density. 
• Demonstrated expertise in Figma as a primary design tool for creating scalable, system-driven designs. 
• Deep experience working within cross-functional teams, synthesizing and input from Product Management and Engineering. 
• Experience conducting usability testing and integrating user feedback into iterative design cycles. 
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale and tradeoffs. 
• Ability to work efficiently, demonstrating bias for action in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing interfaces for real-time control systems (e.g., UAS, robotics, vehicles, or aviation platforms). 
• Familiarity with military or mission-critical systems and operator workflows. 
• Understanding of design constraints imposed by low-latency or high-performance software systems. 
• Exposure to 2D/3D mapping, telemetry visualization, or command-and-control interfaces. 
• Familiarity with web-based frontends (React, WebGL, etc.) or embedded UI technologies. 
• Familiarization with, and experience implementing, Military Standards (MIL-STDs) to product design.