Staff Product Designer (R3750)

Shield AI is looking for a Staff Product Designer to join the Hivemind team, focusing on delivering exceptional user experiences across a suite of highly technical autonomy development tools.

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

Key Skills

• Design
• HCI
• Product/UX design
• Interaction design
• Modern design tools (Figma, ProtoPie, etc.)
• Design systems
• Component libraries
• Leading product initiatives
• Systems thinking
• Communication skills