Staff Designer (R3750)

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead end-to-end design for autonomy development tools, collaborating across engineering, product, and test teams to create intuitive user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design for high-impact product areas.
• Drive and uphold design quality through 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.
• Lead design reviews to collect feedback 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 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.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to scale and improve design frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills, able to present design rationale to non-design stakeholders.

Key Skills

• Figma
• ProtoPie
• Design systems
• Component libraries
• Prototyping
• A/B testing
• Data-informed workflows
• Mentoring
• Design team culture and process