Principal Product Designer, Devices

3 weeks, 1 day ago
Full-time
Lead
IoT and Embedded Systems
Life360

Life360

Life360 is the top family location safety app, offering advanced safety features to connect and protect millions of families worldwide.

Family Services
251-1K
Founded 2008
$140M raised

Description

  • Lead end-to-end product design for Life360’s connected devices portfolio, including Tile, Pet GPS, and future hardware products.
  • Translate insights and strategy into scalable experiences across physical and digital touchpoints.
  • Own the in-app experience for device setup, management, and ongoing value delivery.
  • Deeply understand hardware constraints, companion app interactions, and user mental models to create seamless experiences across app, web, and device.
  • Rapidly prototype hardware-software interaction concepts to explore and validate new experiences.
  • Map and storyboard end-to-end user journeys from unboxing through daily use and present visual artifacts for stakeholder feedback.
  • Design frameworks and interaction models that reduce friction in setup, management, and troubleshooting flows.
  • Develop scalable design patterns that unify the devices experience across form factors and surfaces.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Brand, Research, Hardware, and Industrial Design to influence strategy and deliver high-quality outcomes.
  • Mentor and guide other designers while helping shape design culture and innovation across the team.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience designing mobile-first, consumer-facing products, ideally in hardware companion apps, IoT, or connected device ecosystems.
  • Experience designing across physical and digital touchpoints.
  • Strong understanding of how hardware constraints influence software UX decisions.
  • Familiarity with device lifecycle moments such as unboxing, onboarding, setup, troubleshooting, and ongoing engagement.
  • Strong UI/UX craft with a portfolio showing elegant, data-informed solutions to complex cross-platform or hardware-software problems.
  • Experience designing AI-enhanced experiences, especially for ambient, location-aware, or sensor-driven products.
  • Skilled in rapid prototyping with a bias toward exploration and iteration.
  • Experience with design partner programs, early access customers, hardware betas, or device pilot programs is a plus.
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to translate technical realities into user-centered narratives.
  • A systems-thinking mindset with experience creating scalable frameworks across form factors, platforms, and product lines.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay and benefits, including equity.
  • US base salary range of $171,000 to $252,000.
  • Canada base salary range of $198,000 to $233,000.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans, 100% paid for employees.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching.
  • Mental Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
  • Flexible PTO plus 13 company-wide days off each year.
  • Winter and summer weeklong synchronized company shutdowns.
  • Learning and development programs.
  • Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment.
  • Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.
  • Free Tile products.

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