Principal Product Designer, Devices

Life360

. Drive end-to-end design across Life360's devices portfolio, including Tile, Pet GPS, and other hardware products.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $171,000 - $252,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

IoTReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive end-to-end design across Life360's devices portfolio, including Tile, Pet GPS, and other hardware products. This role translates insights and strategy into elegant, scalable experiences that span physical and digital touchpoints.
Deeply understand the devices ecosystem, hardware constraints, companion app interactions, and user mental models, and design experiences that feel seamless whether a member is on the Life360 app, the web, or interacting with a physical device.
Own the in-app experience for how users set up, manage, and get value from their devices within Life360.
Lead early-stage design by rapidly prototyping hardware-software interaction concepts using AI-native and standard design tooling to test novel experiences at speed.
Map and storyboard end-to-end user journeys across physical and digital moments — from unboxing to daily use — and turn them into visual artifacts stakeholders can quickly react to.
Design frameworks and interaction models that reduce friction across device setup, management, and troubleshooting flows.
Develop scalable patterns that unify the devices experience across form factors and surface areas.
Partner across Product, Engineering, Brand, Research, Hardware, and Industrial Design to deliver high-quality outcomes and influence strategy with a strong design point of view.
Present insights and solutions at both the IC and C level that shape the devices roadmap and business strategy.
Guide and mentor fellow designers, modeling exceptional craft, curiosity, and cross-functional collaboration.
Champion design culture and innovation by bringing in inspiration from consumer hardware, IoT, and connected product spaces.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience designing for mobile-first, consumer-facing products — ideally spanning hardware companion apps, IoT, or connected device ecosystems.
Experience designing across physical and digital touchpoints, with a strong grasp of how hardware constraints shape software UX decisions.
Familiarity with device lifecycle moments — unboxing, onboarding, setup, troubleshooting, and ongoing engagement, and how to design for each with clarity and delight.
Strong UI/UX craft with a portfolio demonstrating elegant, data-informed solutions to complex cross-platform or hardware-software problems.
Experience designing with and for AI-enhanced experiences, particularly in the context of ambient, location-aware, or sensor-driven products.
Skilled in rapid prototyping, with a bias toward exploration and iteration and a proven ability to close the gap between concept and scalable, shippable product
Experience with design partner programs or systems of continuous feedback with early access customers, hardware betas or device pilot programs a plus
Excellent communication and storytelling abilities. Able to translate technical hardware realities into compelling user-centered narratives and influence across functions and levels.
Systems thinker with a track record of creating scalable frameworks that work across form factors, platforms, and product lines.
Positive, collaborative mindset — brings energy, curiosity, and humility to every challenge, including the messy, cross-functional nature of hardware-software product development.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay and benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
401(k) plan with company matching program
Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well-being
Flexible PTO, 13 company-wide days off throughout the year
Winter and Summer Weeklong Synchronized Company Shutdowns
Learning & 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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Hard Skills & Tools

UI/UX designprototypingAI-enhanced experiencescross-platform designhardware-software interactionuser journey mappingdesign frameworksdata-informed solutionsconsumer-facing product designIoT design

Soft Skills

communicationstorytellingcollaborationmentoringcuriositysystems thinkingproblem-solvinginfluencecreativitypositive mindset