# Product Designer
**Company:** [Beacon AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/beacon-ai)
**Location:** San Carlos, CA
**Salary:** $156K-$250K
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Figma, User Research, Usability Testing, Design Systems, Wireframing, Prototyping, High-Fidelity Design, Ai Product Design, Motion Design, HTML, CSS
**Posted:** 2026-06-27
> Product Designer shaping pilot interactions with AI cockpit systems. Own end-to-end design from research through specs, build design systems, and translate complex AI data into safety-critical interfaces.
## 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 product 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 "what does it look like" and push back when a brief is not solving the right problem
- Energized by complexity and ambiguity
- 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

## Perks & Benefits
- Healthcare: 100% of employee medical premiums covered; 25% for dependents
- Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 13+ paid company holidays
- Stipends: Monthly phone and wellness benefits
- 401(k): Offered (no current employer match)
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