UIUX Design Intern, Internal Platforms
Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
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Job Summary
About Zoox
Zoox is transforming mobility with fully autonomous electric vehicles designed from the ground up for a driverless future. Our mission is to make transportation safer more sustainable and accessible to everyone. At Zoox innovation collaboration and a bold vision for the future drive everything we do.
About Our Internship Program
Zooxs internship program offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology mentorship from some of the industrys brightest minds and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to real projects. We seek interns who demonstrate strong academic performance engagement beyond the classroom intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in Zooxs mission.
Project Overview
We are looking for a sharp design-driven intern to reimagine the user experience of our internal platform the system our employees rely on every day. This is not a peripheral project. The work will ship be measured and directly impact how hundreds of internal users get their jobs done. You will own design problems end-to-end: research wireframes high-fidelity mockups prototypes and shipped UI.
If you believe great internal tools deserve the same craft as consumer products this role is for you.
- Audit the existing internal platform and identify friction points inconsistencies and opportunities for measurable improvement.
- Design clean modern minimalistic interfaces that prioritize clarity hierarchy and speed of use.
Systematize. Build and contribute to a reusable component library and design system to ensure consistency across the platform. - Partner with engineering product and end-users to validate ideas through interviews usability tests and rapid iteration.
- Translate complex internal workflows into simple intuitive UI patterns that follow industry best practices.
- Define and track UX metrics (task completion time error rate satisfaction) to demonstrate the impact of your work.
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Design HCI Computer Science or a related field or a self-taught designer with a strong portfolio
- Good academic standing
- Able to commit to a 12-week internship during the following summer 2026 cohort: June 15th - September 4th
- Ability to relocate to the Bay Area CA for the duration of the internship
- Interns at Zoox may not use any proprietary information they are working on as part of their thesis any published work with their university or to be distributed to anyone outside of Zoox
- A portfolio that demonstrates a clear point of view: modern minimalistic and grounded in usability principles
- Fluency in Figma; comfort building components variants and auto-layout systems
- Solid understanding of UI fundamentals: typography spacing color theory contrast accessibility (WCAG basics) and responsive design
- Familiarity with design systems (Material Apple HIG Polaris or similar) and when to follow versus deviate from them
- Strong communication skills able to explain design decisions with reasoning not just aesthetics
- Self-directed and outcome-oriented. You can scope your own work in a 12-week window and ship
- Experience designing for B2B enterprise or internal tooling
- Working knowledge of HTML/CSS or front-end frameworks (React Tailwind) enough to prototype or pair with engineers
- Exposure to motion design micro-interactions or design tokens
About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
