Senior Product Designer

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Waabi seeks a senior product designer to lead design across its driverless ecosystem, including fleet management interfaces and real-time dashboards. You will observe operators in real environments to inform workflows and design human-AI interactions for dispatch and monitoring.

Collaborating with PMs, engineers, researchers, and operations, you will contribute to the design system and evolve the product culture, eventually owning the full human-to-robot experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing for information-dense ecosystems.
• Ability to break down messy problems with user-centric thinking.
• First-principles approach to design challenges.
• Comfort in ambiguous environments and complex operations.
• Interest in logistics, hardware integrations, and autonomous tech.
• Strong craft, balancing polish with usability.
• Experience designing in code and with component libraries.
• Comfort with AI-assisted coding tools.
• Knowledge of real-time monitoring interfaces and fleet management.
• Background in industrial design or hardware interfaces is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of a driverless ecosystem and supporting tools.
• Design fleet management workflows, dashboards, and remote operations.
• Observe users in real environments to optimize workflows.
• Define human interactions with AI for fleet tracking and dispatch.
• Contribute to a shared design system and design language.
• Work with PMs, engineers, researchers, and operations to define requirements.
• Collaborate to shape design culture and processes as the second product designer.
• Grow to own the full human-to-robot experience.

Skills

5+ years experience

User-centric design thinking

First-principles problem solving

Comfort in ambiguous environments

Interest in logistics and autonomous技术

Strong design craft and judgment

Experience designing in code

Component libraries

Industrial design

Real-time monitoring interfaces

Fleet management software design

Operational procedure design

AI-assisted coding tools

Tools

React

AI-assisted tools (Copilot, Cursor)

Design systems

Dashboards

Fleet tracking systems

Job description

• Lead the design of Waabi's driverless commercial and operations ecosystem and the tools and interfaces supporting company growth
• Design fleet management and remote assistance workflows, including dashboards, pre-mission checks, remote assistance, and operational procedures
• Observe users, terminal staff, and fleet operators in their actual environments to understand workflows and streamline processes
• Define human interactions with AI systems for fleet tracking, vehicle dispatch, remote assistance, and operational exception handling
• Build and extend Waabi's shared design system
• Contribute to production React codebases using AI-assisted tools such as Copilot and Cursor
• Collaborate with PMs, engineers, researchers, and operations teams to define requirements and develop design solutions
• Establish design culture, systems, and processes as the second product designer
• Grow to own the full human-to-robot experience, including fleet management software and autonomous vehicle interfaces

Requirements

• 5+ years experience designing for information dense, complex ecosystems (e.g., healthtech, dev tools, or logistics)
• Ability to break down messy problems and drive from discovery through delivery with clear user-centric thinking
• First-principles approach to solving design problems
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments
• Interest in logistics, hardware integrations, and autonomous technology
• Strong design craft and judgment, balancing visual polish with usability
• Experience designing in code and working with component libraries
• Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools
• Bonus: prior experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or logistics operations
• Bonus: experience designing real-time monitoring, dispatch, or command-and-control interfaces
• Bonus: background in industrial design, hardware interfaces, or physical operations environments
• Bonus: experience scaling products from prototype/internal usage to customer/external-facing products

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing complex ecosystems with a focus on user-centric solutions, particularly in fleet management and autonomous vehicle interfaces. Proficient in utilizing AI-assisted tools and coding within design systems to enhance operational workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 5+ Years Experience Designing Complex Ecosystems
• User-Centric Design Thinking
• Experience Designing in Code
• Strong Design Craft and Judgment
• Interest in Logistics and Autonomous Technology

Hard Skills

• User-Centric Design
• Information Dense Ecosystem Design
• Component Library Development
• AI-Assisted Coding
• Designing Real-Time Monitoring Interfaces
• Fleet Management Software Design
• Operational Procedure Design
• Dashboard Design
• Human-AI Interaction Design
• First-Principles Problem Solving

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication
• Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams
• Comfort in Ambiguous Environments
• Problem-Solving
• Judgment Balancing Visual Polish with Usability

Industry Keywords

• Logistics
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Robotics
• Healthtech
• Industrial Design

Tools & Technologies

• React
• AI-Assisted Tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor)
• Design Systems
• Dashboards
• Fleet Tracking Systems