Product Design Lead

Job Details

Job Location

Bolingbrook, IL

Description

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

AsProduct Design Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience across our digital ecosystem-from customer-facing platforms to developer tools. This is a high-impact, hybrid role that blends hands-on design with strategic leadership. You'll guide the design process from discovery to delivery, mentor designers, and champion a user-centered approach that drives real-world outcomes.

CORE FUNCTIONS

Leadership & Mentorship (30%)

Establish and evolve UI / UX standards, design systems, and best practices.

Mentor and guide designers and cross-functional teammates.

Advocate for accessibility, usability, and design excellence across the organization.

Strategy & Execution (70%)

Design intuitive, elegant product experiences across web and mobile platforms.

Own and evolve our Figma-based design system (components, tokens, libraries).

Lead discovery efforts : user research, journey mapping, prototyping, and validation.

Collaborate with product and engineering to solve complex user problems.

Standardize and document scalable design processes and workflows.

Influence the end-to-end customer experience, including developer-facing tools.

Qualifications

Position Requirements

5+ years of experience in product design, UX, or interaction design roles for B2B software or SaaS companies

Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work, including discovery, prototyping, and high-fidelity UI

Experience establishing or contributing to design systems and component libraries

Figma power user with full command of its features, including components, variants, auto layout, interactive prototypes, design tokens, team libraries, and versioning

Comfortable owning projects from problem definition through delivery in collaboration with product and engineering teams

Clear understanding of user-centered design principles and UX best practices

Experience conducting or collaborating on user research and usability testing

Ability to create journey maps, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI for both web and mobile

Ability to work in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment

Strong communication skills and the ability to advocate for design decisions across disciplines

Comfortable mentoring junior designers and giving constructive feedback

Technology enthusiast demonstrated through work experience, hobbies and / or education

Agile Mindset - The ability to work in an iterative manner that allows for rapid prototyping, effective feedback loops, and the ability to meet aggressive timelines

Hybrid - in office days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Why Wi-Tronix?

Be part of a mission-driven company revolutionizing rail technology.

Work with cutting-edge tools and a passionate, collaborative team.

Enjoy a culture that values innovation, ownership, and making things happen.

This position's anticipated base salary range is $112,000 to 148,000. Final compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, and location. Wi-Tronix is proud to be an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, E-Verify, and Drug-Free Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process due to disability, please inform us at michele.hughes@wi-tronix.com so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available. Wi-Tronix does not review unsolicited resumes from recruiters or search firms.