# Product Designer

**Company:** [Beacon AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/beacon-ai)
**Location:** San Carlos, CA
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $156k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Product Design, User Research, Usability Testing, Design Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, Motion Design, HTML, CSS, ai design
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> Design end-to-end experiences for Beacon AI's pilot assistant, translating complex AI data into clear, safety-critical cockpit interfaces. Requires strong product instincts, Figma fluency, and the ability to lead design from 0-to-1 in aviation or safety-critical domains.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end product design process for Beacon AI's pilot assistant, from discovery and user research through wireframes, prototypes, and final specs handed off to engineering.
- Conduct research and usability testing with pilots and aviation professionals to deeply understand workflows, mental models, and safety critical needs.
- Translate complex AI-driven data and alerts into interfaces that are instantly clear and actionable in high-pressure cockpit environments.
- Build and maintain a scalable design system that ensures consistency and speed across the product.
- Partner closely with engineering and strong product sense to ship polished, well-considered experiences iteratively.
- Contribute to brand and visual identity as a secondary responsibility, supporting marketing and web presence as needed.

## Requirements
- Experience as a sole or founding designer, leading design end to end, moving quickly from concept to execution, and driving products from 0 to 1 without the structure of a large design team.
- Strong product design instincts and can move fluidly from research and strategy to high-fidelity execution.
- Fluent in Figma and comfortable owning a design system end to end.
- Ask "why" before you ask "what does it look like" and push back when a brief is not solving the right problem.
- Energized by complexity and ambiguity, not intimidated by it.
- Genuine curiosity about aviation, aerospace, or safety critical industries.

## Nice-to-Haves
- 3+ years of experience in product design, ideally with complex, data-heavy or safety-critical products such as aviation, aerospace, defense, medical devices, or enterprise software.
- Proficiency in Figma or similar modern design tools with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work.
- Experience designing for AI-powered products and understanding how to make machine-generated insights feel trustworthy and intuitive to end users.
- Familiarity with motion design, micro-interactions, or basic HTML and CSS is a plus.

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