Staff Product Designer

Staff Product Designer role at Gecko Robotics focused on turning spatial data into clear, useful experiences for field operators and industrial workers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with field operators, data analysts, and facility workers to understand tasks, constraints, and on-the-job decision-making
• Define workflows and interactions across desktop 3D applications and AR/XR devices, selecting the right medium for each task
• Create functional prototypes using representative spatial data, then test concepts with real users
• Collaborate directly on interface implementation with product engineers, leveraging their support for architecture, data integration, performance, and production reliability
• Design experiences that support understanding of robot activity, inspection coverage, findings, and exceptions within physical environments
• Set consistent interaction principles for spatial navigation, selection, annotation, information hierarchy, and feedback
• Measure what improves task completion, comprehension, and operator workload, and use findings to guide iteration
• Select a valuable field workflow, establish an initial interaction direction, and deliver a working experience in partnership with engineering for evaluation in a representative environment

Requirements

• Experience owning complex product experiences from discovery through delivery
• Strong spatial and interaction-design capability, evidenced by shipped products or substantial working prototypes
• Experience designing for AR/XR, 3D applications, robotics, technical tools, or similar demanding environments
• Ability to build interactive prototypes in code or a real-time development environment and collaborate on production implementation
• Judgment around attention, readability, input methods, hardware limitations, and how digital interfaces relate to physical surroundings
• Comfort setting direction in an emerging product area while working directly with users
• Experience with tools such as Unity, Unreal, Three.js, React, or native XR frameworks would be useful

Technologies

• Unity
• Unreal
• Three.js
• React
• Native XR frameworks

What success looks like

• Within the first 3 to 6 months: identify a valuable field workflow, establish initial interaction direction, and deliver a working experience with engineering for user evaluation in a representative environment
• Use user feedback to shape the next release
• Start as an individual contributor role with substantial ownership and the potential to grow into broader team leadership

Compensation & location

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Compensation range: USD 196,000 - 255,000 per year

Benefits

• Company equity
• 401(k) matching
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Mental health support
• Ongoing professional development
• Family planning assistance
• Flexible paid time off
• Competitive compensation packages