UX Designer

FORT Robotics•Philadelphia, PA

4h•Remote

About The Position

In today's dynamic worksites, seamless collaboration between people and machines is essential. FORT's platform ensures safe, secure, and dynamic control that surpasses legacy systems and next-generation AI capabilities. While autonomous machines offer significant advantages, they also introduce new safety challenges. FORT addresses these concerns by providing solutions such as the Wireless E-Stop, which allows operators to instantly stop any machine from a safe distance, enhancing safety during emergencies. Additionally, FORT's Safe Remote Control enables operators to manage heavy machinery remotely, reducing the risk of accidents and improving visibility. By ensuring communications integrity across any network, FORT empowers customers to protect their most valuable assets—people, data, and machines—ensuring they remain safe and secure. This is a 3-month contract to start-remote position We’re looking for a UX Designer focused on Platform Experience to design scalable user experiences across our entire ecosystem — not just software screens, but workflows that span hardware, operators, safety systems, APIs, and internal tools. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering, operations, and safety. You will design systems that power how our platform works end-to-end — from configuration and monitoring to diagnostics, alerts, and real-world operator workflows.

Requirements

4+ years of UX or Product Design experience
Experience designing platform tools, enterprise software, technical dashboards, or complex systems
Strong systems thinking — able to design beyond single screens
Experience working in cross-functional technical environments
Experience in robotics, hardware-enabled products, mobility, IoT, or industrial systems
Experience designing for operational tools or safety-critical workflows
Comfort reading technical documentation or collaborating deeply with engineering
User journey mapping across multi-surface systems
Complex workflow design
Information architecture
Interaction design for data-heavy interfaces
Prototyping (Figma or similar)
Facilitating collaborative design sessions

Responsibilities

Design user experiences that span hardware, software, APIs, and operational workflows
Translate complex technical systems into intuitive, usable interfaces
Map end-to-end platform journeys across multiple user types (operators, engineers, customers, internal teams)
Design configuration flows, monitoring dashboards, alert systems, and control interfaces
Design for high-stakes environments where usability impacts safety and performance
Partner closely with Product, Firmware, Software, Hardware, and Operations
Participate in technical discussions and translate constraints into thoughtful UX solutions
Contribute to or build scalable design systems for platform components
Conduct user research with operators, engineers, and customers
Rapidly prototype and test complex flows