Senior Product Designer

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Family Health Coverage

16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Mental Health Resources

Professional Development

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Designer in Costa Mesa, California, to drive user experience across software products. This role involves owning the design lifecycle, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and engaging with users to ensure that products are both usable and engaging.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in product design, strong prototyping skills, and the capacity to work in high-stakes environments. Benefits include full family health coverage, paid parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product design, UX, or HCI.
• Portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and interaction details.
• Experience leading user research sessions.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire lifecycle of design working closely with cross‑functional partners.
• Drive the end‑to‑end user experience for platform and product investments.
• Engage with end users and facilitate collaborative workshops.

Skills

Strong prototyping skills

Systems thinking mindset

Deep expertise in visual and interaction design

Leadership in scaling design operations

Job description

Responsibilities

• The centralized Software Product Design & Research team serves as the connective tissue across Anduril’s ecosystem of software experiences – ensuring that products and workflows scale thoughtfully across platforms, mission types, and domains
• As a Product Designer, you will own the entire lifecycle of design working closely with cross‑functional partners through discovery, ideation, validation, and delivery
• You will work alongside a team of designers and researchers while developing a deep understanding of Anduril customers, and design solutions to support highly technical and complex scenarios
• You will have an immediate impact on real-world operations as you design novel interactions that explore the boundaries of human-to-machine control
• Drive the end‑to‑end user experience for platform, internal R&D, or vertical product investments; proactively balancing near‑term experiments with long‑term strategy & vision
• Shape how product design integrates with engineering & product management through close collaboration, iterative prototyping, and hands‑on implementation guidance
• Lead the definition of high‑impact product experiences. From problem decomposition and discovery to defining experience requirements, crafting workflows, and delivery high‑fidelity designs
• Engage with end users and facilitate collaborative workshops with stakeholders to align on user needs, generate ideas, and define concepts or experiments
• Ensure your work is easy to follow through strong narrative skills, journey maps, user workflows, high fidelity mockups, and documentation rigor
• Mentor and elevate design peers, contribute in design critiques, champion knowledge sharing, and model productive cross‑functional collaboration
• Partner with our design systems team to evolve the underlying platform through your work at the edge

Benefits

• Full Family Health Coverage
• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
• Family Planning & Support
• Incentivized Time Off
• Mental Health Resources
• Financial Planning
• Unlimited Provisions
• Professional Development

Qualifications

• Strong prototyping skills to drive clarity in decision‑making
• Systems thinking mindset, capable of mapping workflows across multiple user types and operational contexts
• Deep expertise in visual and interaction design, with the ability to craft elegant solutions for complex workflows
• Portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and interaction details
• 5+ years of experience in product design, UX, or HCI, with a proven ability to execute high‑craft, technically informed solutions
• No prior defense experience necessary – we are looking for designers who can bring diverse perspectives to hard problems
• Ability to communicate the “why” behind design decisions; work demonstrating navigating complex stakeholder requirements across engineering, product, and business teams
• Experience leading user research sessions including customer discovery, usability testing, and synthesis of complex feedback loops
• Facilitation skills to lead workshops, guide cross‑functional alignment, and strategic decision‑making
• Comfort operating in ambiguity with a proactive approach to problem‑solving in mission‑critical, time‑sensitive environments
• Familiarity with designing for constrained or high‑stakes / safety‑critical environments (e.g., industrial, aerospace, or defense systems)
• Demonstrated leadership in scaling design operations, mentorship, and improving team efficiency
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance