Staff Product Designer, Robotics

Wonder Group, INC; United States; On-site; USD 162,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Wonder is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead experience design for our restaurant robotics products within the Robotics team (Spyce). This role focuses on R&D for 2-3 new automation products targeted for store pilots in 2027, and includes mentoring our Makeline designer while collaborating with product, software, robotics, and operations teams.

You will be extremely hands-on, rapidly prototyping, and running user testing to validate concepts directly on the kitchen floor, translating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field.
• 8+ years of product/interaction design experience, with hardware/software systems.
• Strong prototyping and user-testing capabilities.
• Experience mentoring and leading design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead R&D experience design for new robotic kitchen products for store pilots.
• Map end-to-end workflows marrying hardware with flexible software behaviors.
• Prototype rapidly and conduct user testing on-site to validate concepts.
• Provide clear design specs and guardrails to engineers and designers.
• Act as a design authority, guiding cross-functional teams from concept to deployment.

Skills

Product design

Interaction design

Workflow design

Mentoring

Rapid prototyping

User testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Job description

About Wonder

About Wonder Everything’s on the menu at Wonder. Except compromise. Wonder is the mealtime platform built to feed every craving in one order. With Wonder, you can mix and match hundreds of dishes from 20+ exclusive restaurants in a single order, so everyone gets exactly what they’re craving. Enjoy everything from tacos to Thai with $0 delivery fees, plus dine-in or pick up at a Wonder location near you. Each dish is made to order on-site by our culinary team and served hot. Behind the scenes, Wonder owns and operates every step of the dining experience, from recipe development to the technology that powers our experience, allowing us to deliver quality, variety, and consistency at scale. Join us as we work to make great food more accessible. Within Wonder, the Robotics team is a core pillar of our innovation strategy. We build the automation solutions that help make Wonder’s no-compromise promise possible at scale. Our mission is to use robotics to enable incredible variety and culinary authenticity. By reimagining the kitchen environment, we improve the daily experience of our team members and ensure every customer receives a perfect meal, every time. The best in the business are coming to Wonder, working every day to make us the destination for every mealtime moment. Join a team of technology, culinary, and logistics pioneers, backed by top-tier venture capitalists, and help us make great food more accessible.

About The Opportunity

We're looking for a Staff Product Designer to lead the experience design for our restaurant robotics products as part of Wonder’s Robotics team (Spyce). This role centers on R&D for 2-3 new automation products targeted for store pilots in 2027. You will also manage and mentor our existing Makeline designer, empowering them to drive the Infinite Makeline while partnering closely across our broader robotics portfolio. This is a deeply hands‑on design execution role focused on interaction craft, prototyping, and end‑to‑end workflow design for human-robot interactions. Partnering closely with Product Management, you will translate strategic roadmaps and priorities into intuitive, high-fidelity physical and digital experiences for store team members. While the hardware structures for these products are mostly established, the software interfaces and digital behavior remain highly flexible. You will leverage your understanding of hardware constraints to know what is feasible to adapt digitally and what requires physical workarounds. As the Staff Product Designer, you will set design direction, lead through influence, and provide clear, actionable specifications for front-end engineers and designers to build and test against. You are expected to be extremely hands‑on, rapidly creating prototypes and executing user testing to validate concepts directly on the kitchen floor.

The Impact You Will Make

• Lead R&D Experience Design: Define and establish the interaction model, software UI, and operational workflows for new robotic kitchen products targeted for store pilots in 2027.
• Hardware & Software Workflow Integration: Map out end‑to‑end user journeys that marry physical hardware constraints with flexible software behaviors to create intuitive, efficient staff workflows.
• Rapid Prototyping & Restaurant Testing: Design, build, and run quick, pragmatic user testing loops with prototype systems and operators to gather feedback fast.
• Direction & Technical Alignment: Provide clear, structured design specs, interaction patterns, and instructions to front-end engineers and designers to ensure high‑fidelity execution.
• Leadership & Systems Thinking: Serve as a design authority working cross‑functionally with product managers, engineers, and operations teams to balance ideal user experience with technical feasibility.

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Industrial Design, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in product design, interaction design, or UX design, with demonstrated experience designing for physical/digital (HMI or hardware-software) systems.
• Deep expertise in workflow design and interaction design involving physical products or environments—not strictly digital/screen‑only interfaces.
• Prior experience managing, mentoring, and leading direct reports.
• Proven track record of fast, effective user testing and rapid prototyping in real-world or simulated operational environments.
• High proficiency in Figma and prototyping tools (interactive digital prototypes, physical workflow mockups, or hardware/software simulation tools).
• Strong technical fluency to partner with product, software, robotics, and mechanical/hardware engineers, with a track record of handing off clear design direction to front-end developers.
• A self‑directed systems thinker who thrives in early‑stage ambiguity, expertly guiding cross‑functional partners from concept to deployment.

This role is based in our Boston office in Charlestown, MA Massachusetts: $162,000 - $170,000 per year.

Benefits

The benefits applicable to this role include a competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k). We also offer a choice of medical, dental, and vision plans, company paid short and long term disability coverage, paid time off including flexible time off for exempt employees, paid vacation for non‑exempt employees, and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law in addition to paid parental leave, discounted meals and exclusive perks across the Wonder family of brands. Eligibility, effective dates, and available plan options vary by employment classification and location. To learn more about benefits for this role, visit our Careers page here.

Final Note

At Wonder, we build the best teams by hiring with an objective lens — evaluating people for their potential while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. As part of our commitment to fair and compliant hiring practices, Wonder participates in the federal government's E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility. If you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know. We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy. Wonder is the mealtime platform built to feed every craving without compromise. With options including dine-in, delivery, pickup, and meal kits, Wonder makes every mealtime effortless. Through the Wonder app, customers can combine hundreds of dishes from exclusive, chef-developed concepts in a single order so everyone gets exactly what they’re craving. Wonder’s portfolio of brands includes meal-kit pioneer Blue Apron, leading online food marketplaces Grubhub and Seamless, and Emmy-winning media company Tastemade. Together, we're united by a single mission: to make great food more accessible. There has never been a more exciting time to join our world‑class team. We've brought together people who are changing the way the world eats — with grit, optimism, care, and a little bit of salt, and pepper. And we're just getting started.