Senior Product Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish the foundational design framework for FORT, encompassing a design system, interaction model, and component library for FORT Manager and upcoming platform interfaces.

• Create the physical interaction interface for FORT hardware, focusing on device status, safety indications, button arrangements, LED signaling, and tactile feedback.

• Define interaction patterns between humans and robots for monitoring, trusting, intervening, and recovering autonomous systems across both hardware and software.

• Design workflows that emphasize AI, including the AI Assistant interface, fleet observability dashboards, anomaly detection, and operator guidance experiences.

• Conduct field research with industrial operators and OEM engineers in real-world deployment settings; perform usability testing and convert insights into actionable design decisions.

• Develop comprehensive platform journeys for floor operators, OEM integration engineers, fleet administrators, and safety stakeholders.

• Collaborate with Product, Firmware, Software, Hardware, and Operations teams to convert technical limitations into practical design solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product or interaction design.

• At least 2 years of experience in environments that combine hardware and software, such as robotics, IoT, industrial automation, automotive, or similar fields.

• Experience in creating a design system or component library from the ground up.

• Background in physical interaction design focused on conveying hardware status, intent, or safety information.

• Experience in field research, including contextual inquiries, operator shadowing, or usability testing in actual environments.

• Proficient in Figma or similar tools, as well as Claude.

• Capability to prototype intricate, multi-step workflows with high fidelity.

• Familiarity with AI-driven workflows utilizing AI tools for design, prototyping, and research synthesis.

• Preferred: experience in safety-critical or regulated product environments, including expertise in human factors or IEC 62366 standards.

• Preferred: background in human-robot interaction, autonomous systems, or physical AI platforms.

• Preferred: knowledge of basic HTML/CSS front-end development.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• A collaborative and innovative work environment.