Applied Intuition

Product Designer Defense

  • United StatesSunnyvale
  • Full-time
  • USD 140,000 – 160,000 per year
  • Posted 5 Oct 2026
  • agentic aiprototypinguser research

You will own defense product design from research through shipped UI. You will conduct research with operators and partners, design real-time interfaces and enterprise autonomy tools, create approval patterns for agentic autonomy, extend the design system, and represent design at reviews and events. Responsibilities ---------------- * Own end-to-end design for Defense products * Conduct primary research with warfighters and partners * Design real-time operator interfaces for constrained environments * Design approval and escalation patterns for agentic autonomy * Design enterprise tools for building, simulating, validating, and shipping autonomy * Extend the Defense design system * Turn one-off program deliveries into repeatable products * Represent design at demos, program reviews, and industry events * Travel up to 25% to bases, ranges, and customer sites Requirements ------------ * 8+ years of product design experience across at least two different environments * Bachelor's degree in design or a relevant field * Experience shipping products from research through launch and iteration * User research skills * Experience designing complex technical systems * Collaboration skills with engineers and technical leads * Communication skills for design briefs and leadership presentations * Proficiency with modern prototyping tools * U.S. citizenship * Eligibility for a U.S. security clearance Benefits -------- * Equity * Medical insurance * Dental insurance * Vision insurance * Life insurance * Disability insurance * 401k retirement benefits with employer match * Learning stipend * Wellness stipend * Paid time off * Security-clearance sponsorship

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