Senior AI Product Designer

This role is located in Somerville MA - We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3 days/per week.

Tulip the leader in AI-native frontline operations is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable connected apps leading to higher quality work improved efficiency and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulips cloud-native no-code platform powered by embedded AI is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable human-centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category.

A spinoff out of MIT Tulip is headquartered in Somerville MA with offices in Germany Hungary Singapore and Israel. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner one of Energages Top Workplaces USA and one of Built In Bostons Best Places to Work and Best Midsize Places to Work.

Product design is in a fundamental shift. Generative AI is changingwhat designers do - execution (layouts assets variations) is increasingly augmented or automated - while making the strategic parts of design more valuable not less. The best product companies dont treat design as a handoff phase; they treat it as a full partner in discovery: figuring out what to build for whom and whether its valuable and usable. We believe the boundaries between product design and engineering are breaking down; and we believe the most impactful people combine deep craft in one domain with enough fluency in the others to collaborate in tight loops and ship real products.

About You:

Were looking for a Senior Product Designer who is built for this world: someone who leads on what to build and what good looks like not only how it looks on the screen; who thrives in this new environment and who will help define how design works at Tulip as we embrace AI and the changing landscape of product development.

Youll be a core member of the Tulip product team (product management design engineering) that owns problems end-to-end - from deciding what to work on and discovering solutions to building testing and shipping. Your job is not to wait for requirements or hand off specs; its to co-create with PM and engineering through prototyping critique and iteration so that the right thing gets built and it actually helps users.

Were optimizing for someone who will thrive as the role of design continues to evolve. These are the attributes that matter most.

• Full partner in the product team
• Design isnt a downstream phase for you - its how the team figures out what to build and why. You work in tight loops with product and engineering to shape direction early validate value before over-investing in build and bring clarity to ambiguity. You know when to prototype when to test and when to ship.
• You combine strong design craft with product judgment and technical fluency allowing you to weigh tradeoffs read a roadmap and collaborate with engineers as a true peer - not through handoffs. Youre someone wed trust on a small high-stakes team to tackle hard problems and define what great looks like.
• AI-augmented mindset
• You see AI as a tool to extend your craft: more time on strategy discovery and human impact; less time on repetitive execution. Youre curious about or already using AI-assisted design and workflow tools to prototype and/or ship (e.g. Cursor Claude code Figma Make Figma MCP Lovable V0).
• Youre open to learning and teaching: you use new tools to level up and you help others do the same.
• Design judgment and craft
• You have exceptional design judgment and a high bar for craft - interaction quality visual coherence systems thinking and usability at scale. You know what great looks like and youre willing to push back when the bar isnt met.
• Your fluency in product and engineering doesnt dilute your craft - it sharpens it. You make deliberate tradeoffs without compromising clarity or usability and you advocate for the user when it matters most.
• Coaching and raising the bar
• You mentor other designers and cross-functional teammates. You share knowledge give clear feedback and help the team get better at discovery critique and craft.
• You contribute to how design works at Tulip - including how we evolve in an AI-augmented future - and you help the rest of the company understand what great product design looks like

What skills do I need

• 5-7 years of experience shipping products in cross-functional empowered product teams (product design engineering owning problems together).
• Experience mentoring coaching and giving feedback to other designers and cross-functional peers.
• Fluency in modern design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma); strong interaction design and prototyping.
• Strong visual design skills: you can craft beautiful coherent experiences even when theres no design system in place - and you help build and evolve systems when they are.
• Experience with AI tools - whether AI-assisted design AI coding or other workflows - and a willingness to learn what helps you and the team move faster and focus on higher-impact work.
• Proficient in user research and information architecture; you use research to inform what we build not only to validate after the fact.
• A portfolio that shows end-to-end design thinking discovery (prototyping testing iteration) strong visual and interaction design decisions and impact on what shipped and why it mattered.
• Ability to structure document and communicate design decisions clearly so product and engineering can move with you.
• A strategic mindset with a bias for action.
• Working knowledge of front-end tech or willingness to learn enough to collaborate effectively with in coded prototypes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with product and engineering in discovery: prototype test and iterate to figure out what to build and whether its valuable and usable.
• Design thoughtful cohesive experiences across core workflows and emerging features.
• Help shape and scale Tulips design system to be code-integrated AI-readable and localization-ready.
• Lead and participate in user research usability testing and validation; use data and feedback to refine what we ship.
• Act as a design advocate across the company: coach others raise the bar and help define what great looks like.
• Mentor designers and cross-functional teammates through feedback pairing and critique.
• Contribute to how design works at Tulip as we embrace AI and the evolving product landscape.

Key Collaborators:

• Product Design
• Product
• Engineering
• Customer Team
• Marketing

Working at Tulip

We know even great candidates experience imposter syndrome. Even if you dont match every requirement applying gives you the opportunity to be considered.

Were building a strong diverse team that values hard work families and personal well-being.

Benefits of working with us include:

• Direct impact on product and culture
• Company equity
• Competitive benefits package including Health Dental Vision Short-term Disability Long-term Disability Life Insurance AD&D Insurance Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Commuter Benefits Parental Leave and 401(K)
• Flexible work schedule and unlimited vacation policy
• Virtual company events and happy hours
• Fitness subsidies

We are an equal opportunity employer. At Tulip we celebrate all. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. Help us build an inclusive community that will transform frontline operations.

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