Product Designer, Internship - US Government

Palantir Technologies•Palo Alto, CA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. 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

Experience designing and prototyping using tools such as Figma.
Active US Security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance.
Planning on graduating in 2028.
This should be your final internship before graduating.
A portfolio demonstrating at least one software interface design project.
If parts of your portfolio are password-protected, please include your portfolio password under 'Additional Questions' when applying.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Typescript is appreciated. You don't need to be an expert—just fluent enough to collaborate with engineers, and know what's possible with frontend technologies.
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. You validate your ideas early (with stakeholders and users) and are thoughtful and intentional in seeking and responding to feedback.
You move fast, listen, and adapt. You rapidly incorporate feedback, and prioritize collaboration.
You are adept at giving and receiving critiques.
Excitement for solving hard, complex problems. You are excited to design for technically complex and data dense interfaces.
You thrive in an environment where you can jump into deep subject matter expertise to define simple, approachable, yet still powerful product experiences.
Willingness to learn and make decisions independently, and the ability to ask questions when needed.

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 the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature, and executing on a crisp and effective visual design.
Conduct informal user research, being flexible with research processes and methodologies.
Visit customer offices to interview and learn from users.
Pair qualitative methods (e.g. scripted usability tests and contextual inquiry) with quantitative information, like product and usage metrics.
Collaborate closely with product and forward deployed engineers to realize design ideas, treating them as partners to prototype and build products.