Head of AI-Driven Product Design

Taswiq4me; Washington; On-site; USD 230,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI in San Diego, CA and Washington, D.C. seeks a Head of Product Design to define and lead the user experience vision for Hivemind, Shield AI’s autonomy development platform.

This leader transforms AI, robotics, and developer workflows into intuitive experiences for engineers, operators, and organizations to deploy autonomous systems at scale. The role is hands-on, managing a small design team, conducting user research, prototyping concepts, and partnering with Product and Engineering to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, Human Factors, or related fields.
• Proven track record designing and shipping complex technical products, developer tools, platforms, or enterprise systems.
• Deep technical fluency and ability to collaborate with senior engineering leaders on architecture and workflows.
• Strong experience conducting user research and translating insights into strategy and design solutions.
• Proven ability to influence product direction and organizational decisions without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of AI-powered product experiences, including AI agents and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer research across product development and solutions teams to identify pain points and opportunities.
• Translate feedback into actionable product requirements and design initiatives.
• Design end-to-end workflows across autonomy development, simulation, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Create intuitive experiences for highly technical users including engineers, developers, operators, and planners.
• Own the end-to-end product experience, including training, docs, tutorials, and workflows.
• Partner with Product Managers to shape vision, roadmap priorities, and go-to-market strategies.
• Grow the design function by mentoring a team of designers and elevating design standards.

Skills

Product design

UX design

Leadership

AI product experiences

Developer tools / platforms

User research

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical fluency

Portfolio

Job description

Shield AI in San Diego, CA and Washington, D.C. seeks a Head of Product Design to define and lead the user experience vision for Hivemind, Shield AI’s autonomy development platform.

This leader transforms AI, robotics, and developer workflows into intuitive experiences for engineers, operators, and organizations to deploy autonomous systems at scale. The role is hands-on, managing a small design team, conducting user research, prototyping concepts, and partnering with Product and Engineering to