Product Designer

Arondite; London; On-site; NOK 887,000 - 1,395,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Equity options (EMI)

Free meals and snacks

Health and dental insurance

7% employer pension contribution

Unlimited holiday

Relocation support to London

Job summary

Arondite is seeking a third design member to shape the future of human‑machine teaming within a defence tech platform. You will influence product vision, visual direction, and design culture while crafting interfaces for Cobalt, an OS for connected defence.

You’ll work on mission‑critical features, collaborate with users and internal teams, and push the boundaries of visual design within a fast moving environment. London relocation support is offered.

Qualifications

• Ship world‑class interfaces that solve real user problems.
• Experience designing enterprise‑grade software for desktop and mobile.
• Experience conducting user interviews.
• Experience handling and contributing to a design system.
• Familiarity with AI in design workflows is a plus.
• Ability to thrive in fast‑moving environments with collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design tailored interfaces for different user personas and stakeholders.
• Carefully curate the product’s architecture and user experience as Cobalt grows.
• Empathise with users to define the best way to solve their problems.
• Develop an AI‑native design process, prototyping with Cursor & Claude Code.
• Collaborate closely with users and internal teams to ship great design.

Skills

User empathy

Craft

Collaboration

Feedback culture

Design systems

AI‑assisted design

Frontend familiarity

Communication

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

React

HTML/CSS

Typescript

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

• Unlike most defence tech, design is a first-class citizen at Arondite
• To accomplish our vision, we believe it’s crucial our software is unmistakable in mission-critical scenarios, governed by careful design decisions and rigorous safeguarding along the way
• As the third design member, you’ll have a direct impact on the future of human-machine teaming in this industry, alongside strong influence on the product vision, visual direction, and design culture at Arondite
• You’ll be working on our flagship product, Cobalt
• Cobalt is an operating system for connected defence
• It provides users with a wide range of capabilities, from geospatial terrain analysis and annotation to complex mission planning, where users have to coordinate the actions of humans and autonomous devices working in the same environment
• The work you’ll be doing here will be in entirely new and unexplored problem spaces
• Your work will have direct relevance to mission-critical environments and to the national security priorities of the UK and NATO
• You will be expected to move quickly, think rigorously, and collaborate closely with users and internal teams to ensure Arondite builds software that solves the right problems in the right way
• Ship the best design work of your career, raising the bar for visual design and craft in a way that showcases Arondite as a leader in the space
• Design tailored interfaces that provide the correct level of technical clarity for different user personas and stakeholders
• Carefully curate the product’s architecture and general user experience as Cobalt grows
• Understand and empathise with our users to create a solution that best solves the problems they face. This may mean having to define and communicate the ‘new’ way of doing things
• Develop an AI-native design process that produces the right artefacts at the right time: from running in-person workshops to prototyping with Cursor & Claude Code

Benefits

• Highly competitive base salary and generous equity in tax-efficient EMI options.
• Free meals provided every day in the office, along with snacks and drinks
• Comprehensive health and dental insurance, and opt-in cover for dependants.
• 7 % employer pension contribution from day one.
• Unlimited, “Take What You Need” holiday policy.
• Relocation support if you’re moving to London from elsewhere.

Note: We want Arondite to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We don’t expect everyone to have experience across each of these areas. We don’t have a strict YOE requirement. Instead, we’re looking for somebody who can demonstrate they’ve shipped world‑class interfaces which have solved real user problems, whether that’s by working in big tech or from launching your own side project

• Instead, we’re looking for somebody who can demonstrate they’ve shipped world‑class interfaces which have solved real user problems, whether that’s by working in big tech or from launching your own side projectYou have an eye for craft.
• You understand how to create a high-quality, lovable product while balancing speedYou’ll have the courage to ask questions, experiment, and advocate for what you feel is right for the userYou’re a designer who uses AI to move beyond a Figma handoff.
• You’re comfortable jumping into the frontend to tweak and polish the final 10%
• You’re an empathetic, collaborative teammate who can provide and take constructive feedback with no ego
• You can voice a design perspective with high conviction but open-mindedness
• You’re comfortable working in fast-moving environments where priorities may change and engineering ships quickly
• Experience of handling and contributing to a design system
• Experience designing enterprise-grade software for both desktop and mobile environments
• Experience conducting user interviews
• Skill in UI prototyping tools such as Figma and/or Adobe XD
• Ability to create or modify designs in frontend frameworks such as React
• Experience designing geospatial applications for both desktop and mobile applications
• Understanding of interfaces for controlling robotic systems
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript