Lead Product Designer (UX/UI)

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About The Role We're looking for a Lead Product Designer to design the interface operators use to control Valkyrie — the screens, workflows, and interactions that let them command autonomous assets in the field. You'll be designing for real-time control, situational awareness, and operational trust in environments where clarity, speed, and precision aren't "nice to have" — they're the entire point. This is a hands-on role. You'll own the design process from concept to implementation, while also starting to build and lead a small (but growing) design team. We're looking for someone who's just as comfortable designing themselves as they are showing others the way. You'll help shape a product domain from an early stage, with real influence over how operators in the field actually experience and trust the technology they use. We move fast and keep bureaucracy out of the way. What You Will Do - Lead design for key GCS (Ground Control Station) capabilities, from early concept through launch - Own product feature design end to end — from problem framing to shipped, polished UI - Work closely with engineers, autonomy teams, product, and operators to translate technical and operational requirements into intuitive workflows - Drive research efforts and generate insight that shapes what we build — talking to operators, testing assumptions, and turning findings into design direction - Drive the end-to-end design process — wireframes, prototypes, detailed UI specs, and implementation support - Test and iterate with real users, building feedback into the process continuously - Lead our design system components, and define and maintain a coherent visual and interaction language that supports real-time control and situational awareness - Ensure high quality in the final product — sweating the details that make the difference between "usable" and "trusted in the field" - Solve unsolved problems: tackle complex challenges where there's no existing playbook. Think pragmatically and creatively to design interfaces for remote hardware sensing, 3D spatial awareness, and AI-driven missions - Start building a design team: setting direction, mentoring, and eventually taking on people leadership as the team grows - Contribute to roadmap prioritization and product vision across the GCS domain - Travel to test flights and field operations to drive operator research where it actually happens What we are looking for - Minimum 8+ years experience as a product designer (UX/UI), with a proven track record of leading complex product areas end to end - Have a strong visual design sensibility - you care about craft and polish - paired with real UX depth: you think in flows, systems, and user problems, not just screens - Have formal training or professional experience in complex systems, with a portfolio that shows deep, pragmatic thinking - not just polished visuals - Have experience designing for complex, interactive systems - ideally involving spatial data, control interfaces, or high information density - Have B2B experience and a pragmatic approach to product development - Have experience leading or mentoring other designers, or are ready to take that step - Communicate well across disciplines — you can explain design decisions and tradeoffs to people who aren't designers - Are comfortable with ambiguity and have a bias for action in a fast-moving environment - Want to build something from the ground up, not just polish what already exists Nice to have - Experience designing interfaces for real-time control systems (drones, robotics, vehicles, or aviation platforms) - Familiarity with defence, intelligence, or mission-critical systems - Experience with 2D/3D map visualization, telemetry, or command-and-control interfaces - Background in early-stage product development or entrepreneurial environments Why You Should Join Build at the edge of what’s possible: You’ll work on problems th

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