Senior Product Designer, Space

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

You will join the central team as a mission product designer – deployed to support Anduril's Space organization alongside another designer focused in this domain.

Responsibilities

• Own spacecraft mission planning and command & control experiences from discovery to delivery – partnering with the Space team's existing designer to define Mission Planning, while progressively expanding into new features and workflows as programs launch as early as 2026.
• Contribute to defining design direction within your domain with guidance from a design lead – identifying opportunities to maximize reuse across programs while developing increasing autonomy in executing your specific feature areas.
• Lead discovery and validation through problem decomposition sessions with internal operators and collaborative workshops with stakeholders; synthesize findings into design decisions for critical operator workflows.
• Familiarize yourself with existing variants of Mission Planning across Anduril including Maritime and Aerial Autonomy to identify opportunities for strategic reuse and adaptation – leveraging Anduril's existing design system originally developed for ground, maritime, and air to extend and adapt it to unique requirements for the space domain.
• Shape how product design integrates with engineering & product management through close collaboration, iterative prototyping, and hands-on implementation guidance.
• Ensure your work is easy to follow through strong narrative skills, journey maps, user workflows, high fidelity mockups, and documentation rigor.
• Share and participate in team critique to learn Anduril-wide implementations of Lattice and features specific to the space domain.
• Partner with our design systems team to evolve the underlying platform through your work at the edge.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product design, UX, or HCI, with a proven ability to execute high-craft, technically informed solutions.
• Developing autonomy in design execution with ability to work independently on feature-level work while seeking guidance on complex ambiguities.
• Deep expertise in visual and interaction design with proven ability to design complex technical workflows where precision, clarity, and attention to detail are critical; portfolio demonstrating elegant solutions and high craft quality.
• Systems thinking mindset with ability to map user journeys across multiple user types and operational contexts.
• Strong prototyping skills to drive clarity in decision-making.
• Ability to communicate the "why" behind design decisions; work demonstrating having navigated complex stakeholder requirements across engineering, product, and business teams.
• No prior defense experience necessary – we are looking for designers who can bring diverse perspectives to hard problems.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance with SCI eligibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing for technical operator-focused software in domains such as aerospace, industrial control systems, logistics, robotics, or similar complex operational contexts.
• Familiarity with workflows involving planning, commanding, visualization, or monitoring of distributed systems.
• Track record of delivering high-quality design work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments with shifting priorities and ambiguity.
• Experience working within established design systems while contributing thoughtful extensions for domain-specific needs.
• Experience leading user research sessions including customer discovery, usability testing, and synthesis of complex feedback loops.
• Facilitation skills to lead workshops, guide cross-functional alignment, and strategic decision-making.
• Familiarity with designing for constrained or high-stakes / safety critical environments.