Product Designer

🕒 May 7

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Defense Unicorns

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51 - 200 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 Seed Round on 2022-10

Defense • Software • Cybersecurity

Defense Unicorns is a cutting-edge technology company focused on transforming the way the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) procures and deploys mission-critical software capabilities. Through its Airgap App Store and Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), Defense Unicorns offers a centralized marketplace of trusted, pre-approved applications designed for rapid, secure, and compliant deployments in the most secure and complex DoD environments. The company emphasizes speed and reliability in software delivery, catering to various missions across domains such as Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force. Defense Unicorns meets the unique challenges of DevSecOps for defense systems, ensuring operational adaptability and security in mission-critical software deployments.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize and execute high-fidelity prototypes for mobile and tablet interfaces, translating concepts into user-friendly designs that align with our brand and business objectives. • Conduct comprehensive UX research and testing methodologies to gather user feedback, identify pain points, and iterate on UI design solutions for optimal user satisfaction on mobile, tablet, and desktop. • Help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and execute on an effective visual design for mobile and tablet applications. • Cultivate empathy for end-users across product teams & stakeholders by creating and maintaining user personas for mission operators. • Collaborate with developers to design and build data-centered tools with intuitive mobile and tablet interfaces that improve operator and user experience. • Create, collaborate, and iterate on user flows, user personas, user roles, user journeys, and other UXI design artifacts. • Plan iterative UI design improvements that improve the mission user experience. • Document UI solutions and contribute to the team's shared component library. • Work closely with other product teams and designers to ensure seamless cross-product integration with all other UDS platform tools. • Develop a deep understanding of disconnected operations, classification boundaries, and DoD operational constraints.

🎯 Requirements

• Portfolio requirement: Must demonstrate proven experience designing mobile and tablet versions of enterprise software with clear examples of: • Web-to-tablet responsive design with specific UX/UI decisions clearly articulated • Complex workflows adapted for smaller screens while maintaining functionality • Adaptive layouts that work across different device sizes and orientations • Information architecture optimized for mobile contexts • 3-5 years of product design experience with at least 1-2 years designing enterprise mobile/tablet applications • Strong domain knowledge of both Android (Material Design) and iOS (HIG) design patterns — demonstrated understanding of platform conventions and when to diverge • Solid proficiency across system design, UX/interaction design, and visual design • Proficiency in Figma — component libraries, auto-layout, variables, responsive design techniques, and developer handoff • Understanding of accessibility fundamentals (WCAG 2.1 AA minimum) with specific attention to mobile contexts: contrast for outdoor viewing, touch target sizing, one-handed operation • Ability to explore different solutions, identify trade-offs, and articulate a strong rationale for design decisions • Experience facilitating design critiques, user testing sessions, and stakeholder reviews • Proven experience designing mobile and tablet versions of enterprise software — you've solved the challenges of translating complex workflows to smaller screens • Experience with adaptive layouts across phones, tablets, and foldables • Understanding of responsive design principles and breakpoint strategies • Knowledge of mobile-specific interaction patterns: swipe gestures, pull-to-refresh, bottom sheets, floating action buttons • Experience designing for offline-first or disconnected scenarios • Familiarity with Tailwind CSS utility-first approach and constraints — enough to have informed conversations with engineers about feasibility and implementation • Understanding of progressive web apps (PWAs) or hybrid mobile development approaches • Basic understanding of Kubernetes concepts or willingness to learn (containers, clusters, pods, deployments) • Understanding of how operators interact with infrastructure management tools in field environments • Excellent visual and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences • Proven ability to work autonomously, know when to ask for help, and actively resolve dependencies • Strong facilitation skills for design workshops, user research sessions, and alignment meetings • Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and turning vague requirements into concrete designs • Experience working fully remote with distributed teams across time zones

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision • Premiums are 100% Company Paid • Health Reimbursement Account • Life Insurance • Disability Insurance • 401k Retirement Plan • Company Stock Options • Home Office Budget • Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s • Paid Parental Leave • Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)