Product Designer

Who we are

Picogrid is a leading venture-backed defense technology company founded to bridge the decades-long gap between modern technology and the critical demands of national security. Today, we're building the essential infrastructure to unify sensors, autonomy, and operators with our technology deployed in active operations around the world. Our mission is to deliver an operational advantage to secure the United States and its allies.

About the Role

As a Product Designer at Picogrid, you will help shape how operators interact with Picogrid’s software suite in mission-critical environments. Working closely with the Design Lead, software, and product, you will be a strategic partner, driving UX/UI vision and systems design across complex, data-rich applications. You will also contribute to visual design across marketing, graphics, and product surfaces.

This role is well-suited for a designer who enjoys working across multiple design surfaces in technically complex environments, collaborating closely with engineers, and maintaining high standards for clarity, usability, and visual quality.

Application Requirements

• Please submit either a URL or File of your Portfolio

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end UX/UI design for system-level product initiatives, from workflow definition through high-fidelity components and systems.

• Reinforce and extend Picogrid’s visual identity through thoughtful application of typography, motion, color, and interaction.

• Champion the user experience and help set and maintain experience quality standards across Picogrid’s software products.

• Translate technical requirements and user mental models into intuitive, efficient product experiences.

• Define and evolve Picogrid’s design system in collaboration with the design lead and software team, ensuring components are both visually consistent and technically scalable.

• Conduct implementation reviews and collaborate closely with engineering on high-quality execution.

• Reinforce and extend Picogrid’s visual identity through thoughtful application of typography, motion, color, and interaction details

• Contribute visual design support across product, graphics, and marketing initiatives as needed, ensuring Picogrid’s brand standards remain consistent across all surfaces.

• High-Level Deliverables:

  • Strategic collaboration with design lead and software engineers

  • Production-ready UI/UI specs for internal tools

  • Standards and technical documentation

  • Application and refinement of brand expression

  • Improve clarity and usability across complex, data-rich product interfaces.

  • Develop and Maintain of design systems

  • Visual design and brand applications across hardware and marketing

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional visual/product design experience delivering complex software applications.

• Strong UX systems thinking and ability to simplify technically complex workflows.

• Demonstrated experience designing and shipping data-rich or multi-surface interfaces.

• Strong visual craft and ability to produce polished UI and graphics that meet production standards.

• High proficiency in Figma, Adobe Suite, and modern UI design tools.

• Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams

• Familiarity with structured design processes and documentation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing for defense, aerospace, robotics, or other technically complex domains.

• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment.

• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system.

• Familiarity with hardware-integrated or edge-connected software platforms.

• Advanced degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.

• Experience with Industrial Design, hardware-integrated systems, or physical product environments.

• Experience applying brand systems within complex product environments, including motion, visual hierarchy, and interaction detail.

• Foundations in graphic/experience design beyond software, ex: marketing graphics, presentations, documentation, or brand applications.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $120,000- $140,000 per year. Base salary is just one part of your total compensation package at Picogrid.

• Significant stock options with a high potential upside as an early-stage company

• 401(k) with employer matching

• Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)

• Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)

• Unlimited PTO (two-week minimum) and 11 paid holidays per year

• Paid parental leave for both parents

• Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette

• Free EV charging at the HQ

• Unique office in El Segundo, CA stocked with quality coffee, snacks, and craft beer

Export Control Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.