Embedded Product Designer: Rapid Prototyping & Data Viz

Nicedesignjobs; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Air is seeking a highly experienced Product Designer to grow our Design team and shape the Air Enterprise Readiness Platform. You will work directly with forward-deployed engineers and end-users, prioritizing speed of delivery and rapid iteration to turn ambiguous objectives into usable features.

You will join a collaborative product team, contribute to design systems, and lead UX research in defense-related data visualization contexts. US citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HCD, HCI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, or related field.
• 3-5+ years of experience designing and shipping complex, intuitive, and successful web-based products - ideally with a data component.
• Proven experience working in a highly agile, embedded development process, demonstrating an ability to prioritize speed of delivery and rapid iteration while ensuring quality.
• Portfolio with revenue-generating case studies.
• Interest in defense tech, analysis, and data visualization.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to solve problems creatively, effectively, and at multiple fidelities.

Responsibilities

• Act as an embedded UX expert, collaborating closely with forward-deployed engineers, data analysts, go-to-market teams, and end-users to rapidly understand user needs and apply UX best practices to translate them into validated product features and user experiences.
• Execute rapid prototyping cycles by quickly designing and documenting user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes, prioritizing speed and iterative testing to optimize data visualization and facilitate data exploration.
• Collaborate directly with embedded product and engineering teams to support design implementation, engaging in productive cost-benefit discussions that balance speed and delivery with design integrity for future iteration.
• Present designs and key milestones to clients, peers, and executive-level stakeholders, grounding all decisions in UX research best practices and validated user needs.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of an established design system and UI component library.
• Become an expert on Air.ai itself and the commercial and publicly sourced data it contains.

Skills

UX design

Rapid iteration

Independent work

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in HCD/HCI/Graphic Design/Interaction Design

Master's degree in related field (preferred)

Job description

Air is seeking a highly experienced Product Designer to grow our Design team and shape the Air Enterprise Readiness Platform. You will work directly with forward-deployed engineers and end-users, prioritizing speed of delivery and rapid iteration to turn ambiguous objectives into usable features.

You will join a collaborative product team, contribute to design systems, and lead UX research in defense-related data visualization contexts. US citizenship is required.