Product Designer - Contract
About this role:
Pickle is on the hunt for a dynamic and driven Contract Product Designer to revolutionize the future of warehouse automation. In this role, you'll help build the end-to-end UX for our robotic truck-unloading system, translating complex hardware interactions into intuitive controls and touchscreen experiences. From deeply understanding loading dock workflows to delivering polished, production-ready UI, you'll tackle meaningful design challenges that bridge the physical and digital worlds. If you thrive on solving real-world design challenges in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
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Understand and document user workflows, target use environments, and typical user profiles
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Maintain a UI design system compatible with the company's brand guidelines and culture
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Create high-fidelity wireframes for a touchscreen interfacesthat controls a robotic truck unloader
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Design reusable components, icons, and animations for our app
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Work with product management to develop clickthrough prototypes that can be used to test with new users
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Work closely with our frontend engineers to ensure proper implementation of designs
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Travel occasionally to customer warehouses to test new design ideas
Skills and Experience:
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5+ years of experience designing UI for mobile devices ,web applications, or touchscreen interfaces, including industrial or ruggedized display environments
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Proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and delivering production-ready design specs
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Experience with design tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, or other visual design and prototyping tools
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Experience using software tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, or After Effects to generate icons, illustrations, and animations in .png, .svg, and Lottie formats
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A portfolio demonstrating a solid understanding of data-driven and user-centric UX
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Strong understanding of UX design principles and methodologies
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Experience conducting user tests and leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to support design decisions
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Some experience with hardware-based products is preferred
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Some experience with robots or robotic hardware products is a plus
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Knowledge of warehouse operations is a plus
Pay at Pickle
At Pickle Robot Company, we believe transparency builds trust. The salary range listed here is provided in accordance with Massachusetts law and reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to offer for this role. We often consider candidates at different levels of seniority, and final compensation will reflect the level at which a candidate is hired, along with factors like experience and location.
About Pickle Robot
Want to get in on the ground floor of a fast-growing, VC-backed robotics company? Join Pickle Robot! We build systems that companies and their teams love.
Pickle robots unload trucks. Every day, millions of trucks and containers are loaded and unloaded, often requiring manual labor—tough, dirty, dangerous, and hard to staff. Pickle automates this process using AI, machine learning, and robotics to deliver reliable products. Our Unload Systems work with teams on loading docks to make the job safer, faster, and more efficient.
Pickle provides best-in-class benefits including health, dental, & vision insurance; unlimited vacation, along with all federal and state holidays; 401K contributions of 5% your salary, travel supplies, and other items to make your working life more fun, comfortable, and productive.