Product Designer

Picogrid • El Segundo, CA

2d • $120,000 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed