Senior Product Designer

Secondmind is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fair equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process and beyond. We actively champion applications from all backgrounds because we believe the best work happens when people can bring their authentic original and best selves to the team. If you require accommodation or assistance throughout the interview process due to a disability please contact we are happy to help.

About Secondmind

Secondmind builds data-efficient engineering AI software that helps teams make better design and performance optimisation decisions faster. Our product reduces simulation and testing requirements without compromising quality accelerating development and enabling more sustainable engineering.

Our positive working culture is founded on a collaborative environment that encourages teamwork and innovation. We foster open communication and cross-functional collaboration enabling diverse teams to work together to solve complex challenges. Our flexible workplace plan ensures a healthy work-life balance accommodating various working styles and personal needs whether through remote work options or adaptable schedules.

We also prioritize personal and professional growth by offering development opportunities including training and mentorship. This nurturing environment empowers our employees to thrive continuously learn and contribute meaningfully to our mission of advancing system design and calibration with our data-efficient machine learning solutions.

Founded in 2016 and supported by investors such as Mazda Motor Corporation Amadeus Capital Atlantic Bridge and Cambridge Innovation Capital Secondmind was recently recognized with the Automotive Testing Technology International Alternative Powertrain Test Innovation of the Year Award 2024; selected for the Tech Nation Future Fifty scale-up program and named by Bloomberg as one of the UKs 25 Startups to Watch 2024.

About the role

You will join our UX Team working hand-in-hand with technical product managers software engineers ML researchers and domain experts on Secondminds AI-powered engineering platform. Our users are specialists - calibration engineers simulation experts - who use Secondmind to make high-stakes decisions faster. Your work will directly impact their ability to solve hard problems make confident decisions discover new solutions and ultimately deliver better products to consumers globally.

What will you be responsible for

• Leading design end-to-end across discovery delivery and launch
• Self-directed user research and translating findings into product decisions
• Owning the written layer: UI copy content guidelines user guides
• Shaping our design system and complex data visualisations as a team

What skills experience and qualifications do you need to succeed in this role

Essential

• Experience working end-to-end on complex B2B SaaS products (demonstrated in case studies showing problem process and impact)
• Strong visual and interaction design skills proven on data-heavy interfaces
• Practical experience working with data and data visualisation
• Experience running user research studies and translating insights into actions
• Strong writing and content design skills (demonstrated in case studies)
• Demonstrated experience translating empathy towards users into business value
  
  

Good to have

• Experience in a technically complex regulated or enterprise domain
• Professional or personal experience solving problems or building things (maker mindset)
• Ability to work across cultures (we work with users in Japan India Europe USA)
  
  

What will help you thrive in the UX Team

Our users are domain experts. They do not need things simplified - they need complexity made navigable. You will thrive here if you are genuinely curious about technology comfortable asking questions in a room full of specialists and capable of forming your own views without fear of being wrong.

We value people who broker thoughtful compromises hold their position when it matters and let go when it does not - who will take initiative direct without being dismissive influence using cognitive and emotional intelligence and bring positive energy even when the problems are hard.

We embrace AI tools as an accelerant and multiplier for our design process - we are looking for someone who shares our passion for new ways to design and collaborate.

Our culture - What we can offer you

We offer a working environment that is inclusive stimulates innovation and continuous learning and that thrives on growth and change.

Our culture is underpinned by our values; they are what we stand for part of our DNA. They help us to attract and retain the right talent and customers help us make the right decisions and clarify how we should all behave and treat one another they are:

• Delight every customer (Customers)
• No bar too high (Excellence)
• Give more than take (Sustainability)
• Make the impossible possible (Innovation)
• Celebrate differences act as one (Inclusion)
  
  

We also offer a number of benefits including:

• Competitive salary - reviewed annually
• 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays
• TGIF: The last Friday of every month is a half day for our employees
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance of 4x salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Eyecare Policy
• Dental Cash Plan
• Stock Options (where applicable)
• Free 24 hour access on-site gym
• Discount Shopping & Wellbeing Platform
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Values Award Scheme
• Cambridge Botanic Garden membership
• Social events game nights and sports groups

We are an equal opportunities employer and aim to ensure all candidates are treated equally and fairly through the application process and beyond. We actively encourage applicants from under-represented backgrounds and encourage our people to bring their authentic original and best selves to work. If you require assistance or an accommodation through the interview process due to a disability to apply for one of our roles please contact .

Required Experience:

Senior IC