Senior Product Designer
FORT Robotics
WorldwideremotePosted 2 months ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- First full-time designer
- 5+ years interaction design experience
- 2+ years robotics/IoT experience
- Field research experience required
- AI-first workflow approach
- Build design systems from scratch
Role overview
You will be FORT’s first full-time designer, responsible for building the design platform from 0→1 across hardware interaction, operator-facing software, and AI-assisted workflows. This role spans all three product pillars: Control, Intelligence, and Ecosystem. You will not be decorating screens; you will define how people interact with our hardware, software, and the autonomous systems that run on both.
Responsibilities
- Build FORT’s design foundation from scratch: design system, interaction model, and component library across FORT Manager and future platform surfaces.
- Design the physical interaction layer of FORT hardware, how operators read device state, safety status, and control affordances through button layout, LED signaling, and tactile feedback.
- Define human-robot interaction (HRI) patterns: how operators monitor, trust, intervene in, and recover autonomous systems, across both hardware and software surfaces.
- Design AI-forward workflows: AI Assistant interface, fleet observability dashboards, anomaly surfacing, and operator guidance experiences. Use AI tools actively to prototype and iterate faster.
- Conduct field research with industrial operators and OEM engineers in real deployment environments; run usability testing and translate findings directly into design decisions.
- Map end-to-end platform journeys across all user types: floor operators, OEM integration engineers, fleet administrators, and safety stakeholders.
- Partner daily with Product, Firmware, Software, Hardware, and Operations; translate technical constraints into design decisions without sacrificing usability.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product or interaction design experience, including at least 2 years in hardware-software combined environments, robotics, IoT, industrial automation, automotive, or similar.
- Built a design system or component library from scratch, not inherited one.
- Physical interaction design experience: designed how a hardware product communicates state, intent, or safety status to a human.
- Field research experience: contextual inquiry, operator shadowing, or usability testing in real-world environments.
- Proficient in Figma or equivalent, Claude; prototypes complex, multi-step workflows at high fidelity.
- AI-first approach: uses AI tools to accelerate design, prototyping, and research synthesis as a standard workflow, not a novelty.
Nice to have
- Experience in safety-critical or regulated product environments (human factors, IEC 62366, or equivalent).
- Background in human-robot interaction, autonomous systems, or physical AI platforms.
- Familiarity with front-end basics (HTML/CSS) for tighter design-engineering handoff.
Additional details
- In today's dynamic worksites, seamless collaboration between people and machines is essential. FORT's platform ensures safe, secure, and dynamic control that surpasses legacy systems and next-generation AI capabilities.
- While autonomous machines offer significant advantages, they also introduce new safety challenges. FORT addresses these concerns by providing solutions such as the Wireless E-Stop, which allows operators to instantly stop any machine from a safe distance, enhancing safety during emergencies.
- Additionally, FORT's Safe Remote Control enables operators to manage heavy machinery remotely, reducing the risk of accidents and improving visibility.
- By ensuring communications integrity across any network, FORT empowers customers to protect their most valuable assets—people, data, and machines—ensuring they remain safe and secure.
- Originally posted on Himalayas