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.

Location: Seattle, WA

Your Impact:

Our Digital Evidence Management System (DEMS) team is solving difficult cloud and on-premises storage challenges. Axon manages massive amounts of digital files – tens of petabytes from thousands of first responders worldwide. The DEMS team works on improving workflows for the ingestion, playback, management, searching, and confidential sharing of files of case related documents, increasing efficiency within the justice system. If you’re looking for ownership and autonomy while collaborating across project teams, this role is for you.

Check out our future vision for Axon products here: https://vimeo.com/333871354
Check out our future vision for our records product here: https://vimeo.com/221924983
Read about our ethics board: https://www.axon.com/info/ai-ethics

Your Day-to-Day:

• Partner closely with Product Managers on initial product definition and ongoing product evolution and execution. Shape strategy and direction for the highest priority product investments.
• Build alignment and articulate vision through strong storytelling and presentations skills
• Own the product experience for enterprise web and mobile applications for an agency’s evidence management. You'll own the full design process, from initial research and discovery through concepting, detailed designs, prototyping, testing and working with Engineering on implementation.
• Turn complex interactions involving a diverse set of users, a complex physical environment, social interactions, regional differences, and an ecosystem of hardware devices and software applications, into simple experience solutions.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and UX Researchers to initiate, execute, and extract insights using a variety of research methods: observational, interviews, participatory, usability testing, competitive analysis, etc.
• Collaborate with other designers across product teams to ensure great user experiences across all of our products.
• Participate in hiring across the larger product design and product management & engineering organizations keeping a high bar.
• Think in terms of broad platform and systems strategy rather than siloed features.
• Contribute to defining global design patterns, vision, and processes for Axon products.
• Contribute to defining the general product design vision and process at Axon.
• Be an ambassador, mentor other designers and champion for the design culture at Axon.
• Present products and feature ideas and execution up to executive level.

Basic Qualifications: 

• 6+ years of product design experience with at least 2 years of owning major product design initiatives
• At least 5 years experience researching, designing and shipping complete web and mobile applications with a moderate to high level of complexity (enterprise or complex consumer workflows rather than simple consumer flows).
• Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, HCI or related field.
• A proven track record of applying user-centered design processes and methodology to product definition, design, and development. You have experience with every stage of the design process, including: research, sketches, wireframes, high fidelity mock-ups, prototyping, and usability testing.
• You enjoy collaborating on early product definition as much as you enjoy working with the larger product and engineering teams on implementation.
• Able to function both independently and in a collaborative team environment. Comfortable in both leader and follower roles.
• Strong conceptual skills and proven ability to rapidly prototype and design to communicate ideas to others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain your ideas and decisions in a way that anyone can understand.
• A broad skillset with deep specialization in at least one area (IA, UX, visual, etc).
• Highly knowledgeable of the latest design tools and proficient at quickly learning new ones. We currently use Figma, but are always evaluating new tools.
• A great portfolio available for review.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• A master's degree is considered a plus, but not required.
• Experience with mobile product design is considered a big plus.
• Strong visual design skills.
• Quantitative research experience

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 police officers to see them use our technology and get inspired
• And more...

NOTE: The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

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.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additionally, if you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.