Senior Product Designer

SkyGrid, a Wisk Company, exists to open the sky for autonomous flight. Based in Austin, Texas, SkyGrid builds ground-based high-assurance third-party services to enable the safe operations and airspace integration of highly automated and autonomous aircraft. SkyGrid also acts as a key operational nexus for advanced air mobility, integrating and managing data, infrastructure, access, and traffic to support seamless and efficient air traffic services.


SkyGrid is looking for a Senior Product Designer to implement novel aviation graphical user interfaces based on a holistic understanding of operational objectives, safety principles, and user workload. In this role, you will lead and evolve design systems to ensure a consistent user interface design for aviation products, ensuring cohesion and usability across all interfaces, and work with customers to develop and validate user requirements. This role will involve cross-functional collaboration and communication to inform design decisions and provide rationale of design changes to leadership and other stakeholders. This is a hybrid position based in Austin, TX and will report to the Head of Product.


Performance Objectives:

• Provide a strategy to evolve SkyGrid's design system, ensuring scalable patterns and interface consistency across operational tools.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of SkyGrid's product lines and develop a UX strategy that incorporates user-centered designs into the products.
• Facilitate design reviews, mentoring team members, and ensuring design efforts support broader product and engineering goals.
• Support usability tests and collect customer feedback to improve the product and refine the value proposition.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the UX strategy for the design system for software products.
• Lead the development of design artifacts to support the product lifecycle, including but not limited to high-fidelity mockups using Figma to deliver design implementation specifications.
• Collaborate with product managers and human factors in engagement with the customers to define product requirements, user-centered interface patterns, and detailed interaction models to communicate desired product workflow.
• Collaborate with product managers to ensure that the final user experience meets expectations and aligns with product requirements and value proposition.
• Support the development and continued refinement of the Product Roadmap based on user feedback and customer prioritization.
• Incorporate human factors principles into the design and turn low-fidelity wireframes into high-fidelity designs that lead to successful handoffs.
• Support the development of research interfaces to test prototype functionality.
• Guide the evolution and documentation of the SkyGrid design system, including tokens, shared components, and usage standards.
• Provide mentorship to junior designers and foster cross-functional collaboration within teams.
• Advocate for the user throughout the design and development process.
• Stay updated on UI design trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, actively seeking opportunities for professional development and growth.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in UX/UI design.
• 3+ years of experience in frontend implementation such as CSS, HTML JavaScript.
• BS in Human Computer Interaction, Visual Design, Human Factors Engineering, Psychology, or related disciplines.
• Excellent proficiency with Figma and conducting UI handoffs with software engineers.
• Experience working with engineers on release features and products.
• Highly motivated to build innovative products.
• Ability to conduct user study sessions with customers.
• Proficient in industry-standard design and prototyping such as Adobe Creative Suite Visual Design software (Illustrator, XD, Photoshop, or equivalent design software).
• Strong understanding of the design process, design methods, and design principles.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing graphical user interfaces for aviation applications.
• Working knowledge of human factors principles as applied to the design of aviation user interfaces.

Join Our Team and Enjoy Exceptional Benefits:

• Comprehensive Health Coverage from Day One : Enjoy immediate access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, including HSA and FSA options.
• Generous Retirement Contributions : Benefit from an automatic company 401k contribution program, with no match required, plus an additional company matching program to boost your retirement savings.
• Calm Annual Membership : Prioritize your mental health with complimentary access to mindfulness and meditation resources.
• Discounted ClassPass Membership : Stay active and healthy with access to thousands of fitness studios and gyms nationwide.
• Investment in Your Growth : Receive an annual stipend for learning and development to support your continuous education and skill development
• Engaging Team Activities : Participate in quarterly team-building events and celebrations organized by our dedicated culture committee.
• Fully Stocked Kitchen : Enjoy a variety of snacks and beverages to keep you fueled throughout the day.

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

An employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, if it does not pose undue hardship.


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