Product Designer

SteerBridge seeks a Product Designer to join our Experience Design team supporting our Aviation Tech team and the continued development and expansion of AIRES, our aviation readiness capability.

In this role, you will create high-fidelity UI prototypes in Figma, help maintain and extend our design system, and translate research findings, operational workflows, and technical requirements into clear, production-ready product experiences.

You will work as part of a small product design team, collaborating closely with a senior product designer who will provide day-to-day direction, design critique, and mentorship. You will also work with UX researchers, engineers, data teams, product stakeholders, and aviation subject-matter experts.

Ideal candidates are strong UI craftspeople who understand how design systems work in practice, are comfortable designing complex data-rich interfaces, are eager to learn, and thrive on clear direction and regular feedback. Over time, this role is expected to grow from executing defined design work to taking greater ownership of product workflows and features.

In data and software engineering, a design pattern is a battle-tested blueprint for solving a recurring problem. It is not a specific piece of code, but a standardized mental model that allows teams to skip the trial-and-error phase of architecture.

SteerBridge applies proven patterns such as Medallion Architecture to structure, validate, and operationalize data within mission-critical aviation analytics platforms.

Product designers work within this architectural context to translate complex data, workflows, and system behavior into clear, usable, and decision-ready experiences for operators working in high-consequence environments.

The platform supports aviation readiness and sustainment operations including:

• Fleet readiness monitoring
• Maintenance planning
• Supply chain coordination
• Logistics forecasting
• Operational planning support

Primary users include aviation maintainers, logisticians, planners, and senior decision-makers operating under time pressure and incomplete information.

The work involves complex, data-rich interfaces that help users understand aircraft status, maintenance requirements, supply constraints, readiness risk, and potential courses of action.

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  Design high-fidelity prototypes and production-ready interfaces in Figma, translating wireframes, user flows, UX research, operational requirements, and technical constraints into polished product experiences.

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  Design complex, data-driven workflows and interfaces supporting aviation readiness, maintenance, logistics, and operational planning.

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  Partner with UX researchers and aviation subject-matter experts to translate validated user needs, research findings, and operational workflows into wireframes, interaction models, prototypes, and product designs.

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  Support and maintain the team’s design system by applying established components, tokens, visual standards, and interaction patterns consistently and identifying opportunities for new or improved patterns.

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  Collaborate with engineers, product stakeholders, researchers, and data teams to evaluate design feasibility, refine solutions, and iterate based on usability testing, stakeholder feedback, technical constraints, and evolving requirements.

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  Prepare detailed design handoffs, including states, edge cases, interactions, and expected behaviors, and perform design QA to ensure implemented features align with Figma specifications.

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  Manage multiple design tasks and Jira tickets across sprints, working within established priorities, estimating work, tracking progress, and proactively communicating blockers.

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  Participate in design reviews and critiques, incorporate feedback into subsequent iterations, and clearly communicate design rationale to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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Aviation analytics platforms succeed when multidisciplinary teams design, build, secure, and refine them with operational intent. SteerBridge’s aviation technology organization brings together software developers, data architects, data scientists, product and UI/UX designers, UX researchers, and aviation subject-matter experts.

Product designers work across these disciplines to translate complex operational requirements, user research, and data into intuitive product experiences. This collaboration is especially important in environments where time pressure, operational risk, and accountability matter.

• Figma
• Jira
• AI-assisted design, prototyping, and development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, or comparable platforms
• Microsoft Office and collaboration tools

• Designs accurately reflect validated user workflows and operational requirements while making complex aviation data clear and actionable.

• Figma prototypes and design documentation provide engineers with clear, implementation-ready specifications and minimize ambiguity during development.

• New features consistently apply and strengthen the AIRES design system, with design QA identifying implementation issues before they negatively affect the user experience.

• Product decisions effectively balance user research, technical constraints, aviation domain expertise, and operational needs.

• The designer collaborates effectively across design, engineering, research, and product teams while progressing from executing defined work to owning increasingly complex workflows and product features.