A UX/UI designer who got into this field to solve hard, genuinely consequential problems — to make complex systems feel clear, trustworthy, and human — only to find yourself resizing buttons and polishing marketing pages for products that long ago stopped challenging you?
Have you ever looked at the operational dashboard of a mission-critical system — alerts firing, operators making split-second decisions, millions of dollars in infrastructure hanging in the balance — and thought: "Someone needs to design this, so it actually works for the people running it?" —Could that someone be you?
What would it mean to your career, your professional development, and your personal fulfillment — to spend the next several years designing the intelligence layer of a platform that is reshaping how the infrastructure that powers the entire AI economy operates?
When was the last time you opened a design file on a Monday morning, genuinely fired up about what you might solve by Friday? If you're having trouble remembering … keep reading.
If you have 5+ years designing UX/UI for industrial, enterprise, or other high-stakes systems—and a portfolio that turns complexity into clarity—discover what Glacian is building.
Glacian is a Physical AI software company solving the data center power and cooling bottleneck. We provide a deterministic safety and intelligence layer that fuses high-fidelity physics-based digital twins with meta-reinforcement learning to understand the complex physics, environment, and industrial systems of data centers.
This is not a business-as-usual UX role at a SaaS company building another app. It is a rare invitation to define the design language for a groundbreaking AI infrastructure platform at the exact moment when that platform moves from validated technology into the hands of operators, engineers, and leadership teams making real-time, high-stakes decisions in real world mission critical environments.
This is a collaborative role where you’ll design systems, shape strategy, and drive innovation from day one.
Mission-Critical Interface Design: FTE: ~35% | Daily
Create dashboards, alerts, workflows, and visualizations that deliver clear, actionable, real-time data to operators, engineers, and managers in demanding settings. Build visual hierarchies and interactions that instantly convey safety, reliability, and system health. Design every detail to inspire user confidence and minimize cognitive effort when it matters most.
User Research and Workflow Analysis: FTE: ~25% | Weekly
Lead user research, interviews, and usability tests with enterprise and industrial users of all backgrounds. Turn insight into design improvements. Champion user needs related to product decisions while ensuring safety, compliance, and technical requirements are met.
Prototyping and Design Execution: FTE: ~25% | Daily
Create wireframes, prototypes, and polished designs for the entire product. Build and manage the design system—including UI components, visual standards, and interaction patterns—to guarantee consistency and clear communication. Work closely with engineers to deliver precise, reliable implementations.
Design Systems and Standards: FTE: ~10% | Weekly
Develop and maintain the design system—including components, visual guidelines, motion, and patterns—for use across the platform. Make standards easy for engineers to access and follow. Spot issues early and resolve them before they affect the product.
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Leadership: FTE: ~5% | As Needed
Advocate for design in product and engineering discussions, clearly explain your decisions to non-design stakeholders, and help guide product direction. As the team expands, mentor junior designers and help build the design culture, processes, and tools that drive progress.
The following are not required but represent the background of an especially strong candidate:
The physical demands described here represent those that an individual must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Work regularly requires the individual to sit or stand for extended periods while using computers, development tools, and digital collaboration platforms to communicate with team members and produce software. While performing job duties, the individual is regularly required to use hands and arms to operate computer keyboards and pointing devices. The individual is regularly required to talk and hear during in-person, phone, and video-based communications. The role may occasionally require standing, walking, or carrying light equipment when visiting client facilities or data center environments.
Specific vision abilities required for this job include sustained close vision for extended screen use and the ability to adjust focus across multiple monitors and varying working distances. Occasional travel to client sites, data center facilities, or industry events may require extended periods of walking, standing, or sitting in transit.
This role is primarily performed in a standard office or remote home office setting. Noise levels are typically low to moderate. Occasional visits to operational data center environments may involve moderate noise levels, raised flooring, and active equipment areas. No routine exposure to chemicals or industrial process hazards is expected in the primary work setting.
At Glacian, you'll join an ambitious team building the future of AI-powered infrastructure for one of the world's fastest-growing industries. We offer competitive compensation, meaningful equity ownership, flexible work arrangements, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and opportunities for continuous learning and professional development. As an early team member, you'll have direct exposure to customers, investors, and strategic decisions, with the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility as the company scales. We believe exceptional people create exceptional companies, and we are committed to providing an environment where talented individuals can grow their careers while helping shape the future of sustainable, intelligent data centers.
Glacian is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment is based solely on merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. Our company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process and will consider reasonable accommodation to enable them to perform essential job functions.
