Product Designer - Contract

Pickle is on the hunt for a dynamic and driven Contract Product Designer to revolutionize the future of warehouse automation. In this role, you'll help build the end-to-end UX for our robotic truck-unloading system, translating complex hardware interactions into intuitive controls and touchscreen experiences.  From deeply understanding loading dock workflows to delivering polished, production-ready UI, you'll tackle meaningful design challenges that bridge the physical and digital worlds.  If you thrive on solving real-world design challenges in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and document user workflows, target use environments, and typical user profiles

• Maintain a UI design system compatible with the company's brand guidelines and culture

• Create high-fidelity wireframes for a touchscreen interfacesthat controls a robotic truck unloader

• Design reusable components, icons, and animations for our app

• Work with product management to develop clickthrough prototypes that can be used to test with new users

• Work closely with our frontend engineers to ensure proper implementation of designs

• Travel occasionally to customer warehouses to test new design ideas

Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience designing UI for mobile devices ,web applications, or touchscreen interfaces, including industrial or ruggedized display environments

• Proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, and delivering production-ready design specs

• Experience with design tools such as Sketch, Adobe XD, or other visual design and prototyping tools

• Experience using software tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, or After Effects to generate icons, illustrations, and animations in .png, .svg, and Lottie formats

• A portfolio demonstrating a solid understanding of data-driven and user-centric UX

• Strong understanding of UX design principles and methodologies

• Experience conducting user tests and leveraging qualitative and quantitative data to support design decisions

• Some experience with hardware-based products is preferred

• Some experience with robots or robotic hardware products is a plus

• Knowledge of warehouse operations is a plus