UI/UX Design Intern

Apollo Mission Critical Engineering

UI/UX Design Intern translating product features into usable interface designs for mission-critical infrastructure. Collaborating with founding team on prototypes and core platform workflows.

Posted 5/20/2026internshipAtlanta • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work directly with the founding team to translate product features into usable, field-tested interface designs
Own design from concept to handoff: user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes
Partner closely with the CPO and engineering to ensure every screen solves a real user problem
Design and iterate on core platform workflows for web and mobile (tablet-first)
Contribute to the Magellan CX design system — components, tokens, patterns
Build and deliver interactive HTML/Figma prototypes for stakeholder and user feedback
Conduct lightweight usability reviews and translate findings into design improvements
Collaborate with engineering to ensure design intent survives implementation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Portfolio demonstrating UI/UX work — web apps, mobile apps, or dashboards (student projects and side projects welcome)
Strong grasp of layout, visual hierarchy, and interaction design fundamentals
Comfortable working from a product brief and turning ambiguity into concrete designs
Proficiency in Figma (components, auto layout, prototyping)
Enrolled in a design, HCI, CS, or related degree program
Experience designing data-heavy or workflow-intensive applications (not just consumer UI)
Familiarity with design systems and token-based design
Any exposure to construction, industrial, or field-service software (rare, but we'll notice)
Basic HTML/CSS — enough to understand what you're handing off
Successful background check, including pre-employment drug screening
US citizens, permanent residents or any candidate with eligibility to work in the US

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and wellness plans (medical, dental, vision, life, disability)
Flexible spending accounts
Paid time off, holidays, and more
Paid parental leave
401K plan with immediate match benefits
Employee assistance programs
Tuition reimbursement programs
Employee discount programs
Direct mentorship from the founding team
Ownership of real features that ship to enterprise clients
Exposure to the data center and AI infrastructure industry, one of the fastest-growing sectors in tech
Competitive hourly compensation
Path to a return offer for strong performers

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Hard Skills & Tools

UI designUX designuser flowswireframeshigh-fidelity mockupsinteractive prototypeslayoutvisual hierarchyinteraction designHTML/CSS

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationcreativityadaptability

Certifications

enrolled in design programenrolled in HCI programenrolled in CS program