Product Designer, Arondite

• We don’t have a strict YOE requirement. Instead, we’re looking for somebody who can demonstrate they’ve shipped world-class interfaces which have solved real user problems, whether that’s by working in big tech or from launching your own side project
• You’re a designer who uses AI to move beyond a Figma handoff. You’re comfortable jumping into the frontend to tweak and polish the final 10%
• You have an eye for craft. You understand how to create a high-quality, lovable product while balancing speed
• You'll have the courage to ask questions, experiment, and advocate for what you feel is right for the user
• You can voice a design perspective with high conviction but open-mindedness
• You’re an empathetic, collaborative teammate who can provide and take constructive feedback with no ego
• You’re comfortable working in fast-moving environments where priorities may change and engineering ships quickly
• Experience conducting user interviews
• Experience of handling and contributing to a design system
• Experience designing enterprise-grade software for both desktop and mobile environments
• Skill in UI prototyping tools such as Figma and/or Adobe XD
• Note: We want Arondite to bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We don't expect everyone to have experience across each of these areas. Please apply even if you only partially fulfil this list

Desirable

• Unlike most defence tech, design is a first-class citizen at Arondite
• To accomplish our vision, we believe it's crucial our software is unmistakable in mission-critical scenarios, governed by careful design decisions and rigorous safeguarding along the way
• As the third design member, you’ll have a direct impact on the future of human-machine teaming in this industry, alongside strong influence on the product vision, visual direction, and design culture at Arondite
• You’ll be working on our flagship product, Cobalt
• Cobalt is an operating system for connected defence
• It provides users with a wide range of capabilities, from geospatial terrain analysis and annotation to complex mission planning, where users have to coordinate the actions of humans and autonomous devices working in the same environment
• The work you’ll be doing here will be in entirely new and unexplored problem spaces
• Your work will have direct relevance to mission-critical environments and to the national security priorities of the UK and NATO
• You will be expected to move quickly, think rigorously, and collaborate closely with users and internal teams to ensure Arondite builds software that solves the right problems in the right way
• Ship the best design work of your career, raising the bar for visual design and craft in a way that showcases Arondite as a leader in the space
• Design tailored interfaces that provide the correct level of technical clarity for different user personas and stakeholders
• Carefully curate the product’s architecture and general user experience as Cobalt grows
• Understand and empathise with our users to create a solution that best solves the problems they face. This may mean having to define and communicate the ‘new’ way of doing things
• Develop an AI-native design process that produces the right artefacts at the right time: from running in-person workshops to prototyping with Cursor & Claude Code

• Stage 1: Application and Portfolio. Fill in the application form and respond to each of the questions. We value thoughtful, considered responses - it really helps us understand more about you before we meet you. As part of this, please share a link to your portfolio - if there is a password then please share this as well
• Stage 2: Initial Phone Screen (30min)
• Stage 3: Portfolio Review and Problem Solving Exercise (2hr) If selected, you will then be invited for an interview at our office in Farringdon, London. The first half will be a case study review where we'll walk through some of your past work. The second half is a problem solving exercise to help us understand your design process. For the problem solving exercise, there's no need to prepare anything. You will also have the opportunity to meet more of the team when you visit
• Stage 3: Final Interview (30min) You will speak with one of our Founders who can answer any questions you might have about the company and discuss more about your motivations for joining a fast growing defence technology startup
• Stage 4: Offer