Staff UX/UI Designer

San Francisco, California, United States. Posted 11 days ago

The role

You will establish and lead the UX function from the ground up. You will design key products and internal tools while building UX processes, standards, and research practices.

What you will do

Lead UX design for key products and internal tools
Partner with engineering to design interfaces, workflows, and interactions
Introduce and establish user research practices
Define and advocate for UX best practices, standards, and processes
Build the foundation for a growing UX function
Translate complex, technical, or novel workflows into intuitive user experiences
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align on priorities
Create and maintain design systems/UX standards
Communicate design rationale and research findings to audiences

Required qualifications

10+ years of UX design experience
Experience conducting or overseeing user research
Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end UX work
Experience working closely with engineering teams
Proficiency in Figma and standard UX/prototyping tools
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influence skills
Ability to operate independently with high ownership and ambiguity

Nice to have

Experience designing for technical, engineering-heavy, or hardware-adjacent products
Experience designing map-based, geospatial, or location-based interfaces
Experience in defense or government, especially with command and control (C2) systems
Experience establishing design systems from scratch
Bachelor's degree in design, HCI, psychology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
U.S. Citizen

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
401k with 50% company match up to 6% of pay
FSA
HSA
life insurance
Free daily lunch while working onsite
fully-stocked kitchen
unlimited PTO
casual dress code
pre-IPO stock option grants
relocation assistance

Before you apply

CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach

About the company

CHAOS Industries is a modern defense company with a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™). Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles.