Navi is building the future of aviation intelligence — the software, the hardware, and the brand. The way our platform looks, the way our Wave 2.0 device looks, the way it all communicates to a student pilot and a squadron commander and an Airline executive — that's on you.
About the role
This is a founding design role — and founding means everything. Product UI. Brand identity. Website. Marketing pages. Social media. Pitch decks. Merch. Swag. The investor deck, the fighter pilot interface at Mach 1.6, and the industrial design of the hardware that goes in the aircraft. You own every pixel — and every physical surface — that leaves this company.
If you're unsure how one person does all of that at the same time, this role isn't for you.
You wield Midjourney, Cursor, Figma like a pro — fast, instinctive, and devastating.
You're not joining a design team. You are the design team.
Navi is deployed at flight schools and the U.S. Air Force. Your work ships to real operators in real aircraft.
What you'll do
Own end-to-end product design — information architecture, interaction design, and final UI across web and mobile
Own the industrial and product design of Navi's Wave hardware — the device that lives in the cockpit, captures flight data, and has to look and feel like it belongs in an aircraft
Design complex data-rich interfaces — sortie timelines, maneuver analysis, fleet safety dashboards, instructor performance views
Build and maintain Navi's design system — components, patterns, and standards that scale across products and platforms
Own Navi's brand — the website, pitch materials, marketing, social, merch, event presence, and everything the outside world sees
Use AI design tools aggressively — image generation, layout prototyping, copywriting, asset creation — to move at a pace that would be impossible without them
Work directly with pilots, instructors, and military operators to understand real workflows and design for operational environments
Collaborate with engineering to ship — not hand off comps, but build alongside the team and iterate in production
About you
10+ years of professional design experience spanning product UI, brand, and visual design — you've done it all and the portfolio proves it
You are fluent in AI design tools and already use them daily to multiply your output — not as a novelty, but as core infrastructure in your workflow
You can design a dense, data-heavy operational dashboard and a clean marketing landing page — and both feel like they came from the same hand
Deep proficiency in Figma and modern design tooling
Strong information design instincts — you know how to make complex data legible, scannable, and actionable
You think in systems, not screens. You build components and patterns, not one-off layouts
High bar for craft. Typography, spacing, hierarchy, motion — the details matter and it shows
You've shipped real products and know what it takes to go from concept to production
You're comfortable being the only designer in the room, owning every decision, and moving fast without a committee or a creative director
Nice to have
Experience designing for aviation, defense, or other safety-critical operational environments
Industrial or hardware product design experience — you've shaped a physical product, not just screens
Motion design or prototyping skills — animation, interaction prototypes, micro-interactions
Front-end fluency — you can read and occasionally write HTML/CSS/React, enough to build and not just design
Why this role matters
Aviation is an industry where design has life-or-death consequences — cockpit interfaces, instrument layouts, warning systems. Navi is bringing that same rigor to the intelligence layer. The way a debrief is presented changes whether a student learns from it. The way a safety dashboard surfaces risk changes whether a fleet operator catches it in time. The way a device looks in a cockpit changes whether a pilot trusts it. You're not making things pretty. You're making critical information clear — and you're doing it faster than anyone thinks is possible.
What you'll get
Flight training — earn your pilot's license and design with true domain expertise
Impact you can see — your work will be used by pilots, flight schools, airlines, and the U.S. Air Force
A role that scales into design leadership as we grow
How we work
Find a way. We don't wait for permission or perfect information. Ideas come from anywhere regardless of title. Figure it out, ship it, iterate.
Creativity over control. First principles over process. We'd rather have a creative solution that's 80% right today than a perfect one next quarter.
Update fast. Come in with a hypothesis, throw it away when the data says otherwise. Ego has no place here.
Intensity with focus. We work hard because the mission demands it. Clarity on what matters is how we make that sustainable.