Product designer

SteerBridge is a modern technology company delivering innovative, mission‑focused solutions to the U.S. Government and private sector. Leveraging deep expertise in federal acquisition, digital transformation, and emerging technologies, we deliver agile, commercial‑grade capabilities that accelerate operational effectiveness and drive measurable mission success.

At the core of SteerBridge is our people—especially the veterans whose leadership, problem‑solving mindset, and commitment to excellence elevate every project we support. We don’t simply hire exceptional talent; we cultivate it, creating meaningful career pathways for veterans, military spouses, and professionals who share our passion for advancing technology and strengthening the missions we serve.

Position Overview

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.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and build high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, translating wireframes, user flows, research findings, and requirements into polished, production-ready interfaces.
• Design complex data-driven workflows and interfaces supporting aviation readiness, maintenance, logistics, and operational planning.
• Turn UX research findings, subject-matter expert input, operational workflows, and technical requirements into product concepts and production-ready designs.
• Support and help maintain the team’s design system, using existing components and tokens correctly and flagging or proposing new patterns as needs arise.
• Receive design direction and assigned work from the senior product designer, execute against established priorities, and track progress through Jira.
• Manage several concurrent design tasks and tickets in a fast-paced environment, prioritizing and estimating work across sprints.
• Annotate and document handoff specifications, including states, edge cases, interaction details, and expected behaviors, so engineers can build without guesswork.
• Perform design QA on shipped features, verifying that implementation matches Figma specifications, states, and interaction details.
• Collaborate with product stakeholders, engineers, UX researchers, data teams, and aviation subject-matter experts to ensure designs are feasible, consistent, and aligned to operational requirements.
• Participate actively in design reviews and critique sessions, incorporating feedback into iterations.
• Apply consistent visual and interaction design standards across screens, workflows, and features.
• Communicate design rationale clearly to designers, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Incorporate feedback and direction between check-ins and proactively escalate blockers.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• An active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one is required.
• 2–4 years of professional experience in UI or product design preferred. Exceptional early-career candidates with strong portfolios will also be considered.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong UI craft, design system work, and the ability to organize complex information and design multi-step user workflows.
• Strong proficiency in Figma, including components, variants, auto layout, and interactive prototyping.
• Solid understanding of design systems, including how components, tokens, and patterns fit together and should be used and extended.
• Strong foundational UI skills, including typography, visual hierarchy, layout, spacing, and color.
• Experience turning wireframes, workflows, or requirements into high-fidelity, developer-ready prototypes.
• Working knowledge of Section 508 compliance and WCAG accessibility standards as applied to UI design.
• Comfort working in Jira or a similar ticketing or Agile tool to manage and complete assigned work.
• Strong communication skills and openness to direction, critique, and mentorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing data-rich applications, dashboards, enterprise software, decision-support tools, or other complex interfaces.
• Experience presenting complex data, system states, dependencies, alerts, operational status, or similar information in a clear and usable way.
• Working knowledge of foundational UX principles, including usability heuristics, information architecture, and interaction design, sufficient to ask informed questions about user flows and flag usability concerns.
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS sufficient to understand implementation feasibility and communicate effectively with engineers.
• Experience contributing to or helping maintain a design system component library.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Prior experience supporting DoD, federal, aviation, logistics, fleet management, or other government clients.
• Basic motion or interaction design skills.
• Experience using AI-assisted design, prototyping, or development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, or comparable platforms.
• Ability to use rapid prototyping techniques to demonstrate interactions and product concepts beyond static screens.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Federal Holidays

$115,000 - $135,000 a year

SteerBridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants and employees are treated with respect and dignity—regardless of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require assistance during the application process, we encourage you to reach out so we can support your needs.