Product Designer, Internship - US Government

Palantir Technologies•Palo Alto, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Palantir Design Team is responsible for the human experience of using our software. Our team is growing rapidly, but we're committed to creating a tight-knit team environment that fosters trust, integrity, empathy, and growth. We work together in realizing a shared product vision, and regularly give feedback and critique to each other. Designing at Palantir is a varied experience. On a given day, you might be: leading a design sprint for your product team; designing a micro-interaction to make a complex analytical task feel simple; and/or advocating for UX consistency by creating flexible, reusable UI components.

Requirements

Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
Must be planning on graduating in 2028. This should be your final internship before graduating.
A portfolio demonstrating at least one software interface design project.
Experience designing and prototyping using tools such as Figma.
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript is appreciated.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to build great relationships with engineers, PMs, and other stakeholders, and convey and debate design rationale.
High empathy and dedication to the user, striving to understand and empower them.
An iterative design process: validate ideas early, seek and respond to feedback, move fast, listen, adapt, rapidly incorporate feedback, prioritize collaboration, and be adept at giving and receiving critiques.
Excitement for solving hard, complex problems, especially for technically complex and data dense interfaces.
Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, and the ability to ask questions when needed.

Nice To Haves

Fluent enough in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript to collaborate with engineers and understand frontend technology possibilities.

Responsibilities

Work on product teams with minimal supervision and own end-to-end execution of real product features.
Work with fellow Designers, Product Managers, Developers, and Forward Deployed Engineers to refine and evolve the quality of Palantir products.
Be involved at every stage of design work, including defining early product concepts, fleshing out high-level workflow and micro-interactions, and executing on visual design.
Conduct informal user research, including visiting customer offices to interview users, pairing qualitative methods with quantitative information.
Deliver and communicate designs in close collaboration with product and forward deployed engineers.
Prototype and build out products in partnership with engineers and product managers.