Product Designer, Virtual/Augmented Reality
Our mission is to protect life.
We’re out to make the world a safer place by solving big problems and taking on the public safety challenges of our time. From our company's inception building the TASER device to a full suite of hardware and software solutions, we are focused on providing police agencies with state-of-the-art devices and services they need to successfully serve and protect us. In the next few years, we're going to eliminate the burden of paperwork in policing, so officers can increase the time they spend building relationships and serving in their communities. We’ll put video at the heart of police records so our justice system can get to the truth faster. And we won't stop innovating until the bullet is rendered obsolete.
It’s a big mission, but it’s one we’ll pursue relentlessly every single day.
Our mission is to protect life
It’s a big mission, but it’s one we’ll pursue relentlessly every single day.
Your ImpactBuild AR and VR Solutions for Social Good:
We are working with cutting edge technology and need your help to make it all come together. You will join an interdisciplinary team tackling the biggest challenges in public safety training head-on, including immersive VR based empathy, coping and de-escalation training to help officers engage with the communities they serve, with greater awareness and safety.
As one of the expanding members of the Axon’s AR/VR team, the XR Product Designer will be responsible for driving the user experience of both 2D and 3D experiences; tablet app, mobile app, web-based UI, along with collaborating on the 3D UX of the products. This role will partner with engineering, content, UX and user research to create the best immersive experiences for our VR trainings.
Our AR/VR TeamWe believe that happy teams make the best products, so we foster a friendly, open, introspective team culture that encourages everyone to speak their mind, collaborate together, and have fun. (The team has weekly VR happy hours in headset.)
We believe we can only succeed if we deeply understand our customers and get to know them. We spend a lot of time with law enforcement officers to learn about their needs, watch their experience and see the real impact of our work. We also work closely with our Axon Community Impact team, along with other community subject experts to create our content and curriculum to reflect the needs of both law enforcement + community.
What about the day-to-day?You will help drive the UX of all 2D interfaces as well as collaborating on the UX of 3D experiences, and be a strategic partner to the Technical Art team, Product Management and Engineering. On any given day you may find yourself:
- Updating Figma files with any UX/UI changes coming from customer feedback
- Presenting your latest designs to the XR team for review and feedback
- Following the AR/VR visual guidelines for both 2D UI & 3D art
- Getting into headset and reviewing the latest AR/VR build, talking to an engineer about a bug you found
- Collaborating with the other UX Designers, learning 3D tools to help you share your ideas with the team
- Answering a question from a Product Manager about user flow in the tablet app
- Assisting the Instructional Designers with assets for our web based trainings
- Learning more about your customers by assisting User Research with an upcoming study and customer visit
- Juggling the priority of multiple projects with your Project Managers
- Attending stand-up in VR and sharing with the XR team (standing around you as avatars) your daily update
- Partnering with engineers on the user experience of the latest login experience and user flow
- Researching the latest trends/experiences in AR/VR —trying them out for yourself in headset
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years experience as a Product Designer, ideally with some work in the field of XR
- A portfolio showcasing how you frame problems, act on insights, and ultimately design product experiences
- Experience showcasing your end-to-end design process across multiple projects, that include interaction and visual design, multiple iterations, high-fidelity prototypes, and consideration of the impact and scale of work
- Skillfully gauge process and concept fidelity for proposed solutions to meet customer needs. Including: early vision, conceptual work, information architecture, low fidelity wireframes / prototypes, and detailed visual design.
- The ability to break down problems and work within constraints
- Able to articulate design rationale and how we can add value to the product
- Can brainstorm with a group, articulate ideas, and tease out feedback from colleagues
- Works effectively with cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing for XR platforms like Hololens, Oculus, HTC Vive, or PlayStation VR.
- Knowledge of XR design — technical constraints, optimization and asset implementation
- A constant desire to learn, improve, and share with your team
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and 401K with employer match.
- Discretionary paid time off.
- Robust parental leave policy.
- An award-winning office/working environment.
- Ride along with real police officers in real life situations, explore wide range of third-party VR content, get inspired.
- Get paid to play
- And more...
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.