Shield AI
Head of Product Design (R5776)
$230K–$420K
San Diego, California +2 · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 26, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
San Mateo, California
Washington, D.C. - Experience
- 10+ years.
About the job
Leads the product design vision and hands-on design work for Hivemind, creating intuitive workflows for autonomy development and AI-assisted operations while managing and growing the design team.
What you'll do
- Conduct user research and translate findings into product recommendations, strategy, and design initiatives.
- Design end-to-end workflows for autonomy development, simulation, testing, deployment, and operations, including AI-agent interactions.
- Set design standards and lead the design team while partnering with Product, Engineering, AI Research, and executives.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, Human Factors, or related fields.
- Track record designing and shipping complex technical products, platforms, developer tools, or enterprise systems.
- Strong technical fluency, user research skills, and ability to influence product and organizational decisions.
- Experience with AI-powered product experiences and building high-performing design teams; strong portfolio of strategic and hands-on work.
Nice to have
- Background in developer platforms, SDKs, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or engineering productivity tools; direct work on AI/ML platforms or agentic systems.
- Familiarity with autonomy, robotics, simulation, mission systems, or defense, aerospace, and other high-consequence environments.
Pay
USD 230,000–420,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Hivemind, SDKs, MLOps
AI focus
Define AI-native and agent-driven workflows for autonomy development, simulation, testing, deployment, and operations; design human-AI collaboration, agent orchestration, and frameworks for trust, transparency, explainability, and human oversight.
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