Senior Product Designer
About The Position
As a Senior or Staff Product Designer on Joby’s Factory Systems team, you will design tools used by people who build, inspect, maintain, and support Joby aircraft. The work supports aircraft certification and the launch of Joby’s Urban Air Mobility service, with the goal of making operational work faster, safer, more intuitive, and more traceable. You will lead product discovery, design, and delivery from problem framing through implementation, and help translate complex operational and technical workflows into simple, reliable, scalable internal software. The role works closely with product managers, engineers, data teams, and operational stakeholders.
Requirements
- BA/BS in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Product Management, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of product design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating complex systems, enterprise tools, technical workflows, or operational software.
- Strong skills in interaction design, systems thinking, information architecture, visual design, prototyping, and product judgment.
- Experience contributing to product management activities such as discovery, requirements writing, prioritization, roadmap planning, stakeholder alignment, or delivery support.
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain product and design decisions to engineering, operations, business stakeholders, and leadership.
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with complex technical and operational constraints.
Nice To Haves
- AI experience.
- Experience designing or managing enterprise systems such as MES, ERP, PLM, QMS, MRP, HRMS, inventory, procurement, quality, manufacturing, maintenance, or configuration management tools.
- Background in aviation, aerospace, manufacturing, automotive, medical devices, robotics, defense, or another regulated or safety-critical industry.
- Experience designing AI-enabled workflows, copilots, conversational interfaces, intelligent search, recommendation systems, or decision-support tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead product discovery, design, and delivery from problem framing through implementation, including research, workflow mapping, prototyping, usability testing, visual design, and final design specifications or working prototypes.
- Translate complex manufacturing, quality, supply chain, engineering, HR, and certification workflows into simple, reliable, and scalable internal software.
- Partner with product managers, engineers, data teams, and operational stakeholders to define strategy, clarify requirements, prioritize scope, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver iterative outcomes.
- Write and refine product artifacts such as PRDs, user stories, workflows, acceptance criteria, launch plans, decision records, and stakeholder-ready documentation.
- Communicate product direction, design rationale, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
- Paid time off.
- Healthcare benefits.
- 401(k) plan with a company match.
- Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
