Senior Product Designer, Planet

• 10+ years of professional experience designing complex digital products - especially bringing new products to market
• Bachelors’ degree in design or an equivalent field
• Expertise in designing for technical, SaaS, or B2B products, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle
• Experience working with Figma/Adobe and design systems
• A design portfolio demonstrating examples of professional projects: the results and how you got there
• Experience conducting usability testing and lightweight user research, synthesizing findings into actionable design improvements
• End to end design experience: you’ve taken projects from early ideation to live software, gathered feedback and improved upon previous iterations
• Experience overcoming design roadblocks and challenges
• Standard industry design skillset in:
• UX/UI-Design
• Interaction Design and rapid prototyping
• Usability and accessibility
• Visual design principles
• User-centricity
• If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply!

Desirable

• The core mission of this role is to design, prototype, and launch groundbreaking AI-powered features and products. You will be at the forefront of creating tools that significantly lower the barrier to entry for geospatial analysis. Your designs will enable a broad and diverse range of users to utilize sophisticated AI capabilities to make informed, critical decisions rapidly
• We are seeking an exceptionally skilled and motivated Senior Product Designer to take ownership of the user experience for our Geospatial Analysis AI assistant features. This is a pivotal role that offers the opportunity to define a disruptive new way for users to interact with and derive insights from Planet’s satellite Earth Observation (EO) data
• The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in designing sophisticated, data-heavy applications, ideally with experience in AI-powered tools or complex data visualization in an enterprise environment. Your work will directly contribute to Planet's mission of providing daily, globally consistent information to make life on Earth more sustainable and secure
• Product Design Ownership: Lead the end-to-end design process (research, conceptualization, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, high-fidelity visual design) for Geospatial AI interfaces
• Hybrid LLM Interface Design: Focus specifically on designing intuitive and powerful Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces that translate complex user questions into actionable geospatial queries and clear, summarized insights, all without requiring deep pre-existing knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Design for Explainability - define patterns for enabling verification of LLM outputs
• Strategic Development: Identify opportunities to integrate AI/ML models into Planet’s platform, translating technical capabilities into compelling, human-centered product features
• Collaboration: Work closely with a cross-functional team of AI researchers, data scientists, product managers, and software engineers to ensure technical feasibility and design excellence
• Disruptive Innovation: Champion a vision for how AI can fundamentally change how users interact with satellite imagery, moving beyond traditional map-based tools to conversational, insight-driven experiences
• Gather feedback and conducting user interviews in collaboration with product partners
• Architect the interaction model for Planet’s AI-native interface
• Partner with product management and engineering teams to ensure that the design work meets the highest quality standards
• Be a part of building our design culture at Planet

• Application Deadline: May 10, 2026 at 11:59p PT