Product Designer, Internship - US Government

The role

You will work as a Product Design intern on product teams, owning end-to-end execution of real product features with minimal supervision. You will work on interaction and visual design, user research, and collaboration with engineers and product managers to refine Palantir products.

What you will do

• Define early product concepts and flesh out high-level workflows and micro-interactions for features
• Execute crisp and effective visual design
• Conduct user research, including scripted usability tests, contextual inquiry, and visits to customer offices
• Pair qualitative research with product and usage metrics
• Collaborate closely with product managers and forward deployed engineers to prototype and build products
• Take ownership of end-to-end execution of real product features

Required qualifications

• Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
• Planning to graduate in 2028, with this as the final internship before graduating
• A portfolio demonstrating at least one software interface design project
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• High empathy and dedication to the user
• An iterative design process, with willingness to give and receive critique
• Excitement for solving hard, complex problems and designing for technically complex, data-dense interfaces
• Willingness to learn, make decisions independently, and ask questions when needed
• Experience designing and prototyping using tools such as Figma

Nice to have

• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript

Benefits

• Mentorship from an established tech company
• Health and well-being support across all areas of life

Before you apply

• Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one is required
• If parts of your portfolio are password-protected, include the password under 'Additional Questions' when applying

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, helping partners develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, and locate missing children. The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.