Senior UI/UX Designer

Turion Space is hiring a Senior UI/UX Designer to shape the user experience and visual direction of its Mission Control software suite. Embedded with the Mission Control Software team, you will lead discovery through design delivery and iteration, translating complex aerospace workflows into intuitive, scalable interfaces.

Role Overview

As a Senior UI/UX Designer, you will drive UI/UX work across a set of Mission Control applications used by mission operators, customers, and internal teams. The role focuses on research synthesis, interaction design in Figma, and building cohesive experiences through strong information architecture and evolving design systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive UI/UX design for a suite of Mission Control applications used by mission operators, customers, and internal teams.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, operators, and customers to understand workflows, pain points, operational constraints, and success criteria.
• Conduct and synthesize UX research, including user interviews, workflow analysis, usability testing, heuristic reviews, and feedback sessions.
• Translate complex aerospace and mission operations workflows into clear, usable, and scalable product experiences.
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, and interaction specifications in Figma.
• Establish and maintain strong information architecture across related applications and workflows.
• Contribute to and evolve design systems, component libraries, interaction patterns, and visual standards.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure designs are clearly specified, feasible, and well understood during implementation.
• Participate in product planning by identifying user needs, design risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide design QA feedback during implementation to help preserve design intent, usability, and consistency.
• Mentor other designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners on UX best practices, design critique, and user-centered product development.
• Build and maintain active feedback loops with mission operators and customers to continuously improve the product experience.

Requirements

• Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work for complex software applications.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma, including components, variants, prototyping, design systems, and developer handoff.
• Strong UI design fundamentals, including layout, typography, hierarchy, interaction design, accessibility, and visual consistency.
• Strong UX research skills, including user interviews, usability testing, workflow mapping, heuristic evaluation, and research synthesis.
• Experience designing scalable, consistent, and user-friendly interfaces for complex workflows.
• Strong understanding of design systems and how to apply them across multiple applications or product surfaces.
• Strong information architecture and systems thinking skills.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous, technical, or highly specialized domains.
• Experience collaborating closely with frontend engineers and product stakeholders.
• Ability to clearly communicate design rationale, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience taking products or major features from discovery through implementation and iteration.

Technologies

• Figma

Location and Employment

• Work arrangement: Full-time, exempt
• Location: On-site at Irvine, California headquarters

Compensation

• Senior UI/UX Designer salary range: USD 140,000 - 180,000 per year
• Compensation range: $140K - $180K

Benefits

• Equity: Receive equity in Turion Space, letting you benefit from the company's success
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
• Retirement Plans: Access to a 401(k) plan with a 3% Employer Direct Contribution
• Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, personal days, sick days, and holidays
• Parental Leave: Paid parental leave following the birth of a newborn or adoption
• Emotional Wellbeing: A no-cost Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your household’s emotional health and wellbeing
• Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing internal training, workshops, and courses to advance your skills and career growth
• Team Building Activities: Regular social events, team outings, and company-sponsored activities to foster a positive work environment

Nice to Have

• Experience designing for aerospace, defense, mission operations, industrial software, data-heavy tools, command-and-control systems, or other complex technical domains.
• Experience with responsive design across desktop, tablet, and varied operational environments.
• Experience growing or formalizing design systems within an engineering-led organization.
• Experience mentoring designers or helping raise design maturity across a team.
• Experience incorporating AI tools into research, design exploration, prototyping, or design operations workflows.
• Familiarity with component-based frontend development concepts, such as reusable UI components, responsive behavior, and engineering handoff constraints.

Other Requirements

• Employees may be asked to support alternate shifts, extended shifts, and/or travel during peak work periods.
• ITAR Requirements: This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls.
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

What Success Looks Like

A successful Senior UI/UX Designer in this role helps the team shift from building interfaces to creating coherent, operator-centered product experiences. You will improve how the team discovers user needs, validates design decisions, communicates product workflows, and delivers software that mission operators can trust in high-consequence environments. The role emphasizes design craft, but your larger impact will come from earlier decision-making, reduced ambiguity, and scalable systems across Turion Space’s Mission Control software ecosystem.