Senior AI Product Designer

This role is located in Somerville, MA - We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3+ days/per week.

Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable, connected apps, leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulip's cloud-native, no-code platform, powered by embedded AI, is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable, human‑centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category.

A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Israel. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator, a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner, one of Energage's Top Workplaces USA, and one of Built In Boston's “Best Places to Work” and “Best Midsize Places to Work.”

Product design is in a fundamental shift. Generative AI is changing what designers do - execution (layouts, assets, variations) is increasingly augmented or automated - while making the strategic parts of design more valuable, not less. The best product companies don't treat design as a handoff phase; they treat it as a full partner in discovery: figuring out what to build, for whom, and whether it's valuable and usable.

We believe the boundaries between product, design, and engineering are breaking down; and we believe the most impactful people combine deep craft in one domain with enough fluency in the others to collaborate in tight loops and ship real products.

We're looking for a Senior Product Designer who is built for this world: someone who leads on what to build and what good looks like, not only how it looks on the screen; who thrives in this new environment, and who will help define how design works at Tulip as we embrace AI and the changing landscape of product development.

You’ll be a core member of the Tulip product team (product management, design, engineering) that owns problems end-to‑end - from deciding what to work on and discovering solutions to building, testing, and shipping. Your job is not to wait for requirements or hand off specs; it's to co‑create with PM and engineering through prototyping, critique, and iteration so that the right thing gets built and it actually helps users.

We’re optimizing for someone who will thrive as the role of design continues to evolve. These are the attributes that matter most.

• Full partner in the product team
  • Design isn't a downstream phase for you - it's how the team figures out what to build and why. You work in tight loops with product and engineering to shape direction early, validate value before over‑investing in build, and bring clarity to ambiguity. You know when to prototype, when to test, and when to ship.
  • You combine strong design craft with product judgment and technical fluency, allowing you to weigh tradeoffs, read a roadmap, and collaborate with engineers as a true peer - not through handoffs. You're someone we'd trust on a small, high‑stakes team to tackle hard problems and define what great looks like.
• AI‑augmented mindset
  • You see AI as a tool to extend your craft: more time on strategy, discovery, and human impact; less time on repetitive execution. You're curious about or already using AI‑assisted design and workflow tools to prototype and/or ship (e.g. Cursor, Claude code, Figma Make, Figma MCP, Lovable, V0).
  • You're open to learning and teaching: you use new tools to level up, and you help others do the same.
• Design judgment and craft
  • You have exceptional design judgment and a high bar for craft - interaction quality, visual coherence, systems thinking, and usability  know what great looks like, and you're willing to push back when the bar isn't met.
  • Your fluency in product and engineering doesn't dilute your craft - it sharpens it. You make deliberate tradeoffs without compromising clarity or usability, and you advocate for the user when it matters most.
• Coaching and raising the bar
  • You mentor other designers and cross‑functional teammates. You share knowledge, give…