Senior HMI/UX Designer for Ground Control

Therobotage; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a senior product designer to craft human-machine interfaces for ground control station software. You will shape displays, flows, and interaction patterns operators rely on to plan, command, and monitor autonomous aircraft under pressure.

This is a high-stakes robotics UX role, requiring clear state comprehension and collaboration with pilots, engineers, and human factors experts to ensure safe, efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Product design or HMI experience for complex technical systems.
• Strong prototyping and visual design ability for mission-critical interfaces.
• Comfort collaborating with operators, pilots, engineers, and human factors specialists.
• Ability to reason about safety, workload, and clarity under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Design HMI systems for UAV ground control station displays.
• Turn complex autonomy and aircraft requirements into operator-facing interfaces.
• Create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and Figma prototypes.
• Apply human factors principles around workload, usability, and situational awareness.

Skills

HMI design

Prototyping

Visual design

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a senior product designer to craft human-machine interfaces for ground control station software. You will shape displays, flows, and interaction patterns operators rely on to plan, command, and monitor autonomous aircraft under pressure.

This is a high-stakes robotics UX role, requiring clear state comprehension and collaboration with pilots, engineers, and human factors experts to ensure safe, efficient operations.