Position Overview
We’re building the command layer for a new generation of intelligent robots.
As our first UX/UI design hire, you will define how humans command, deploy, and collaborate with autonomous systems in the physical world. You will own the experience for fleet command of distributed, sensor-equipped robotic systems operating in real environments. This is mission-critical software that enables non-experts to operate intelligent machines, not a fleet dashboard with status icons. Customers will rely on what you design to monitor, deploy, coordinate, and intervene across their robot installations.
Beyond fleet command, you will architect a radically simplified deployment experience: a true “unbox, power on, connect, deploy” journey via app or tablet. Our ambition is to eliminate heavy pilots and prolonged engagements by making robot activation intuitive, guided, and production-ready from day one.
This is a zero-to-one role with expanding scope. You will set the design standard for the company and establish deployment and command UX as a strategic advantage for Skild AI.
Responsibilities
- Own UX/UI from concept through production.
- Translate complex robotics and AI capabilities into simplified, controllable systems.
- Design production workflows for distributed, moving, sensor-equipped assets.
- Lead customer interviews, usability studies, and rapidly prototyping.
- Raise the design craft, rigor, and systems-thinking bar across the applied AI team.
- End-to-end UX for fleet monitoring and control
- AI-assisted control surfaces (configure, automate, supervise, escalate)
- Self-service onboarding and training workflows
- Real-time telemetry and multimodal sensor visualization (camera + beyond)
- Alerting, incident response, and system health management
- Task orchestration and multi-robot coordination
Preferred Qualifications
- 2-4 years designing exceptional consumer hardware experiences and/or complex B2B operational systems.
- Proven experience building production workflows for distributed systems or moving assets.
- Strong background in data-heavy, real-time operational tools.
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, and multi-state workflows.
- Experience designing interfaces integrating multimodal data.
- Demonstrated systems thinking and high design craft.
- Comfort leading customer research and translating insight into product decisions.
Bonus
- Robotics, autonomous systems, security, or industrial experience.
- Experience designing control system consoles.
- Experience simplifying complex hardware setup flows.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted configuration and automation interfaces.
