Permanent
Dallas, Ashington, Boston, San Mateo, CA, San Diego
Remote: Not specified
117K to 204K $ a year
> 5 years
Skills we're looking for
Visual design
Data visualization
Communication skills
UX design
Motion design
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You'll be part of
Dallas, Ashington, Boston, San Mateo, CA, San Diego
1156 employees
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Our take
Self-driving vehicles present enormous benefits for the transportation industry, with the potential to increase the safety and efficiency of cars, trucks, and commercial airlines. However, such technological innovation is less present within the military transportation sector, despite the benefits that AI piloting would produce for the operation of drones and aircraft. Shield AI is developing Hivemind, an AI-driven pilot that can operate drones and aircraft autonomously, without needing GPS, communications, or pilots. In addition to navigation, the technology is also designed to facilitate indoor building clearance, integrated defense breaching, and has the ability to learn and autonomously execute aircraft missions. Whilst similar AI-driven pilot software has begun to appear in Chinese military research programs, Shield AI's target is the US. By developing fully autonomous piloting integrations for any type of aircraft, the company aims to future-proof the US military without the need for bespoke aircraft design. It has generated massive amounts of funding to support continued scaling and R&D efforts.
You'll be working on
- Shield AI is hiring a Senior UI Designer to lead the design evolution of the Shield AI website and establish the foundational systems that support it
- This role owns the digital experience from interface strategy through high-fidelity execution, creating clear, scalable, and cohesive experiences across corporate, product, campaign, and editorial content
- You will partner closely with brand, marketing, product, and development teams to translate complex autonomy and defense technology into intuitive web experiences
- Lead UI design for the Shield AI website across core pages, product experiences, landing pages, campaign content, and microsites
- Define the website’s visual and interaction standards, ensuring a cohesive experience across desktop, tablet, and mobile
- Create foundational design systems in Figma, including component libraries, design tokens, responsive patterns, templates, and documentation
- Establish reusable page frameworks and modular content patterns that enable teams to build new web experiences efficiently and consistently
- Design high-fidelity user interfaces, interaction states, prototypes, and responsive layouts for new and existing site experiences
- Partner with developers to ensure accurate implementation, provide design QA, and refine interfaces through launch
- Collaborate with brand and content teams to translate complex technical narratives into clear information hierarchies, visual storytelling, and user journeys
- Improve the usability, accessibility, navigation, and overall clarity of the Shield AI web experience
- Support the design of interactive content, data visualizations, motion concepts, and product storytelling in collaboration with creative and development partners
- Audit existing website experiences and identify opportunities to improve consistency, component reuse, accessibility, and visual quality
- Maintain and evolve design documentation, file organization, naming conventions, and workflows that support a scalable design practice
- Advise stakeholders on UI best practices, responsive design, accessibility, technical feasibility, and system-level design decisions
Benefits
- Excellent Medical Coverage
- Mental Health Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Flexible Work Hours
- Onsite Gym (DC)
- Gym Discount (San Diego)
- Free Parking
- Competitive Compensation
- Stock Benefits
- 401K Services and Match
We're looking for
- The ideal candidate brings strong visual design judgment, systems thinking, and a practical understanding of how design decisions translate into performant, accessible digital products
- Experience designing complex marketing, corporate, product, or editorial websites with multiple content types and stakeholder needs
- Experience creating and maintaining scalable design systems, component libraries, templates, and reusable interface patterns
- Experience designing for WordPress, WP Engine, or other CMS-driven website environments
- Ability to simplify complex information into clear page structures, navigation systems, and user flows
- Ability to balance brand expression, user needs, technical constraints, and business priorities
- Experience collaborating closely with developers and conducting design QA through implementation
- Familiarity with accessibility standards, including WCAG principles, semantic hierarchy, contrast, focus states, and inclusive interaction patterns
- A portfolio demonstrating strong visual design, interface design, responsive web design, and design-system thinking
- Strong understanding of typography, layout, hierarchy, grids, interaction design, and responsive behavior across screen sizes
- 5–8 years of experience in UI, web, or digital product design, with experience leading major website or digital-platform initiatives
- Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, auto layout, variables, prototyping, libraries, and developer handoff workflows
- Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder-management, and project-management skills
- Practical knowledge of front-end implementation, including HTML, CSS, responsive frameworks, CMS constraints, and browser behavior
- Experience designing digital experiences for enterprise SaaS, defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomy, or other complex technology sectors
- Familiarity with front-end frameworks and development workflows, including component-based architectures and design-to-code handoff
- Experience working with design tokens and systemized theming across design and engineering teams
- Experience developing motion and interaction concepts for the web using tools such as After Effects, Lottie, GSAP, Principle, ProtoPie, or Figma prototypes
- Experience with data visualization, technical diagrams, product interfaces, or interactive storytelling
- Experience designing localized or region-specific web experiences
- Familiarity with analytics, experimentation, conversion-oriented design, and iterative optimization
- Experience establishing design operations, governance models, or contribution workflows for shared design systems