Staff UI Designer

The Robot Age; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a staff UI designer to lead the design evolution of its website and related systems. The role spans corporate pages, product experiences, landing pages, campaigns, editorial content, and adaptable design-system foundations.

The candidate will turn complex autonomy narratives into usable information architecture, interface patterns, and web experiences, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact interfaces.

Qualifications

• Senior or staff UI design experience with strong visual judgement.
• Systems thinking for scalable web design and reusable foundations.
• Practical understanding of accessible, performant digital products.
• Experience with Figma, high-fidelity interfaces, interaction states, prototypes, and responsive layouts.
• Ability to collaborate with brand, marketing, product, content, and development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead UI design for Shield AI's website, product pages, campaigns, and microsites.
• Define visual and interaction standards across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
• Build Figma component libraries, tokens, responsive patterns, templates, and documentation.
• Create reusable page frameworks and modular content patterns.
• Partner with developers on implementation, design QA, accessibility, and launch polish.
• Translate autonomy and defense technology into clear user journeys and information hierarchies.

Skills

UI design

Systems thinking

Accessible design

Figma

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

What the role actually is

Shield AI is hiring a staff UI designer to lead the design evolution of its website and the systems behind it. The work spans corporate pages, product experiences, landing pages, campaigns, editorial content, responsive layouts, and reusable design-system foundations.

This is a digital-product design role for explaining autonomy products clearly, not a generic brand posting. The listing calls for turning complex technical narratives into usable information architecture, interface patterns, and web experiences.

What you would work on

• Lead UI design for Shield AI's website, product pages, campaigns, and microsites
• Define visual and interaction standards across desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Build Figma component libraries, tokens, responsive patterns, templates, and documentation
• Create reusable page frameworks and modular content patterns
• Partner with developers on implementation, design QA, accessibility, and launch polish
• Translate autonomy and defense technology into clear user journeys and information hierarchies

What they are asking for

• Senior or staff-level UI design experience with strong visual judgment
• Systems thinking for scalable web design and reusable interface foundations
• Practical understanding of accessible, performant digital products
• Experience with Figma, high-fidelity interfaces, interaction states, prototypes, and responsive layouts
• Ability to collaborate with brand, marketing, product, content, and development teams

Why this one is worth a look

Autonomy companies need more than striking visuals; they need interfaces that make complicated capabilities understandable without flattening the truth. This role is interesting because Shield AI is treating the public web experience as a real product surface for explaining autonomous aircraft, simulation, and defense systems.