Senior Product Designer

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs builds and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial environmental and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planets data to develop new technologies drive revenue power research and solve our worlds toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design manufacturing data processing and software engineering our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco Washington DC Germany Austria Slovenia and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

The core mission of this role is to design prototype and launch groundbreaking AI-powered features and products. You will be at the forefront of creating tools that significantly lower the barrier to entry for geospatial analysis. Your designs will enable a broad and diverse range of users to utilize sophisticated AI capabilities to make informed critical decisions rapidly.

We are seeking an exceptionally skilled and motivated Senior Product Designer to take ownership of the user experience for our Geospatial Analysis AI assistant features. This is a pivotal role that offers the opportunity to define a disruptive new way for users to interact with and derive insights from Planets satellite Earth Observation (EO) data.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in designing sophisticated data-heavy applications ideally with experience in AI-powered tools or complex data visualization in an enterprise environment. Your work will directly contribute to Planets mission of providing daily globally consistent information to make life on Earth more sustainable and secure.

This is a full-time hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.

Impact Youll Own:

• Product Design Ownership: Lead the end-to-end design process (research conceptualization wireframing prototyping user testing high-fidelity visual design) for Geospatial AI interfaces
• Hybrid LLM Interface Design: Focus specifically on designing intuitive and powerful Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces that translate complex user questions into actionable geospatial queries and clear summarized insights all without requiring deep pre-existing knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Design for Explainability - define patterns for enabling verification of LLM outputs
• Strategic Development: Identify opportunities to integrate AI/ML models into Planets platform translating technical capabilities into compelling human-centered product features.
• Collaboration: Work closely with a cross-functional team of AI researchers data scientists product managers and software engineers to ensure technical feasibility and design excellence.
• Disruptive Innovation: Champion a vision for how AI can fundamentally change how users interact with satellite imagery moving beyond traditional map-based tools to conversational insight-driven experiences.
• Gather feedback and conducting user interviews in collaboration with product partners
• Architect the interaction model for Planets AI-native interface
• Partner with product management and engineering teams to ensure that the design work meets the highest quality standards
• Be a part of building our design culture at Planet

What You Bring:

• 10 years of professional experience designing complex digital products - especially bringing new products to market
• Bachelors degree in design or an equivalent field
• Expertise in designing for technical SaaS or B2B products collaborating closely with product and engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Experience working with Figma/Adobe and design systems
• A design portfolio demonstrating examples of professional projects: the results and how you got there
• Experience conducting usability testing and lightweight user research synthesizing findings into actionable design improvements
• End to end design experience: youve taken projects from early ideation to live software gathered feedback and improved upon previous iterations
• Experience overcoming design roadblocks and challenges
• Standard industry design skillset in:
• UX/UI-Design
• Interaction Design and rapid prototyping
• Usability and accessibility
• Visual design principles
• User-centricity

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Previous experience with GIS geospatial data and/or remote sensing OK if its only tangential
• AI native mindset experience with using AI tools for creative ideation and design/code generation
• Experience in developing speculative or future-state products interactions and concept models.
• Experience solving complex problems where you have made contributions communicated the problem and taken ownership of existing problems
• Experience working on teams where growth was a common goal
• Experience balancing empathy for others when it comes to product design and UX (both end users and stakeholder)

Application Deadline:

May 10 2026 at 11:59p PT

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Comprehensive Medical Dental and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Compensation:

The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Why we care so much about Belonging.
Were dedicated to helping the whole Planet and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. Thats why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belongingdreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you but youre thinking you might not have all the qualifications please... do apply! At Planet we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description. We dont just fill positions we aspire to fulfill peoples careers most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts. We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be so we hope youre excited to come along for the ride.

EEO statement:
Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race religious creed color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and breastfeeding age sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. Know Your Rights.

Accommodations:
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