Product Designer, Defense

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale is hiring a product designer for developer tools and defense products that support autonomy development, testing, deployment, and command-and-control workflows. This full-stack design role covers research, prototyping, user testing, visual design, and design system work.

You will lead design from concept through launch for complex autonomy software, translate technical constraints into usable interfaces, and build high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes

Qualifications

• Product design or UX design experience on complex software applications.
• Ability to handle real-time, interactive, or operationally demanding product surfaces.
• Comfort translating technical constraints into clear user experiences.
• User research and prototyping strength for workflows where reliability matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead design from concept through launch for complex autonomy software applications.
• Translate technical and operational requirements into usable interfaces.
• Build high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes for cross-functional review.
• Conduct user research with commercial and defense personnel to understand real workflows.
• Work with product managers, engineers, and defense subject matter experts to refine designs.

Skills

Product design

UX design

Prototyping

Design systems

Job description

What the role actually is

Applied Intuition is hiring a product designer for developer tools and defense products that support autonomy development, testing, deployment, and command-and-control workflows. The work sits at the intersection of autonomy, hardware, software, and operational environments.

This is a full-stack product design role with research, prototyping, user testing, visual design, and design-system responsibilities.

What you would work on

• Lead design from concept through launch for complex autonomy software applications
• Translate technical and operational requirements into usable interfaces
• Build high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes for cross-functional review
• Conduct user research with commercial and defense personnel to understand real workflows
• Work with product managers, engineers, and defense subject matter experts to refine designs
• Advocate for testing and research methods that prove products meet user needs

What they are asking for

• Product design or UX design experience on complex software applications
• Ability to handle real-time, interactive, or operationally demanding product surfaces
• Comfort translating technical constraints into clear user experiences
• User research and prototyping strength for workflows where reliability matters

Why this one is worth a look

The listing is notable because it treats defense autonomy software as a design problem, not only an engineering problem. It is a good match for designers who want dense, high-consequence interfaces and can handle the domain constraints.