Senior Product Designer, Mission Autonomy — Autonomous Systems

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Designer to own the design vision for unified command and control of autonomous vehicles. You will collaborate across teams to deliver field-ready interfaces and scalable workflows for air, ground, surface, and subsurface domains.

The role emphasizes on-site engagement with end users, strong storytelling, and rigorous design documentation to reduce cognitive load while ensuring safety and reliability in mission-critical operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product design, UX, or HCI with high craft
• Autonomy to lead feature- and system-level work in ambiguity
• Strong visual and interaction design for complex technical workflows
• Portfolio demonstrating high craft and precise solutions

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers to shape experiences from discovery to delivery
• Work on-site with soldiers and subject matter experts to build empathy
• Inspire development with narratives, journeys, user workflows, and detailed mockups
• Turn ambiguous design challenges into clear interfaces for operators
• Define delivery timelines with engineering and product
• Identify opportunities to reuse design system components for scale
• Contribute to design critiques, mentor peers, and share best practices

Skills

Product design

UX research

Prototyping

Systems thinking

Visual design

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Designer to own the design vision for unified command and control of autonomous vehicles. You will collaborate across teams to deliver field-ready interfaces and scalable workflows for air, ground, surface, and subsurface domains.

The role emphasizes on-site engagement with end users, strong storytelling, and rigorous design documentation to reduce cognitive load while ensuring safety and reliability in mission-critical operations.