Immersive VR UX Designer for Human-Robot Interfaces

Walden Robotics; Cambridge (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total compensation

Annual cash bonus

Company equity

Company-subsidized insurance programs

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Daily lunch

Other benefits

Job summary

Walden Robotics is seeking a hands-on UX designer to shape immersive VR interfaces that show what a robot is doing and guide operator actions. You will own the design from discovery through prototyping to validation, shaping surfaces from spatial interfaces to fleet management tools.

In this early-hire role you will wear multiple hats, push craft and systems thinking, run discovery and usability tests with operations, and help build a design culture as the team grows.

Qualifications

• Deep interaction and visual craft, with a portfolio showing clarity and usability in complex, data-rich, or real-time experiences.
• Strong systems and service thinking, with an ability to design a coherent journey across multiple touchpoints and handoffs.
• Comfort running your own discovery and usability testing, and turning findings into design decisions.
• A track record of thriving in ambiguity, wearing multiple hats, and moving from vague problem to shipped solution with a high level of autonomy.
• A bias toward prototyping (in Figma, low-fi mockups, code, etc.) to learn and iterate quickly.
• Expertise or interest in human factors and human-robot interaction (HRI): latency, presence, situational awareness, and operator trust and fatigue.

Responsibilities

• Design the immersive VR-based interface used to understand what a robot is doing and direct it with confidence and comfort.
• Own end-to-end service design: map how work flows across people, robots, and tools, and design the connective tissue needed for a seamless experience.
• Collaborate with our engineering and ops teams to bring interfaces to life and deploy them with quality.
• Run discovery and usability testing with our operations team, and iterate quickly on what you learn.
• Help lay the foundations of our design practice—craft, design system, standards, and culture—as one of the earliest members of a growing team.

Job description

Walden Robotics is seeking a hands-on UX designer to shape immersive VR interfaces that show what a robot is doing and guide operator actions. You will own the design from discovery through prototyping to validation, shaping surfaces from spatial interfaces to fleet management tools.

In this early-hire role you will wear multiple hats, push craft and systems thinking, run discovery and usability tests with operations, and help build a design culture as the team grows.