Product Designer Jobs in Mountain View, USA

Looking for a product designer job in Mountain View? Choose from 18 open roles at 7 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

18 Open roles
7 Companies hiring
188K Average salary

The market for Product designers in Mountain View

As of 23 September, 18 product designer roles are open in Mountain View at 7 employers. 1 new roles have been posted since 21 September. Of the roles that say how they work, 22% are remote or hybrid.

How recently the open roles were posted

This week 1
Last week 10
Two weeks ago 1
Three weeks ago 2
One to two months ago 1
Two to three months ago 0
Earlier 3

Figures are measured every Monday.

What do Product designers in Mountain View work on?

The roles on this page span a wide band of design work. Several focus on design systems โ€” building and maintaining component libraries, design tokens, and Figma-based tooling, as seen in the Principal Product Designer, Design Systems at Microsoft and the Lead Designer - Design Systems at ID.me. Others are rooted in AI-native product work: the Senior Product Designer at Microsoft covers agentic interfaces and command-line-style AI patterns, while the Sr. Product Designer, AI/BI at Databricks centres on natural-language analytics for enterprise users.

Some postings sit closer to specialised domains: the Senior Product Designer at Nuro involves 2D and 3D interfaces for autonomous driving, and the UX Designer, Search Ads 360 at Google covers end-to-end design for an advertising platform. Across the sample, common activities include prototyping, cross-functional collaboration with engineering and product, user research integration, and producing design documentation.

Skills and experience employers ask for

The skills table reflects mentions in posting descriptions across the full set of postings on this page, not stated requirements. The relatively high mention of Python, statistics, C++, and PhD alongside design skills is notable and likely reflects postings that blend design with quantitative research or technical roles adjacent to the design family. React and A/B testing appear in a minority of postings. Treat any single skill count cautiously given the small sample.

Master's degree 44%
Python 28%
Agents 17%
Evaluation 17%
React 17%
LLMs 11%
GPUs 11%
C++ 11%
Prompt engineering 6%
SQL 6%
Go 6%
NLP 6%
Recommender systems 6%
A/B testing 6%

Product Designer roles that state a salary

The employers' own advertised ranges, for individual roles at different levels โ€” not an average and not a market rate.

Mountain View office, hybrid or remote?

The strong majority of postings on this page specify on-site work in Mountain View. A small number are listed as hybrid, and none are advertised as remote. There are no postings where the work mode is unknown. Candidates should assume on-site attendance is expected unless a specific posting states otherwise. Whether hybrid arrangements allow flexibility in days or require a set schedule is not stated in the postings and would need to be confirmed with each employer.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Check the seniority fit Most postings on this page are at senior level or above, with a small number of internships. Review the years-of-experience and degree requirements stated in each posting before applying, as they vary noticeably between roles.
  2. Prepare a portfolio Several of the sample summaries explicitly ask for a portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design process. Make sure yours reflects the type of work relevant to the role โ€” design systems, AI interaction, data visualisation, or domain-specific tools as appropriate.
  3. Note the technical expectations A number of postings mention engineering fluency, front-end technologies, or familiarity with AI tooling. Review each job description for technical depth expected, as this varies between employers and roles.
  4. Apply directly through each employer Postings come from several distinct employers. Use the links on this page to reach each posting, then follow the application process stated by that employer, which may differ in steps and timeline.

Questions about Product Designer jobs in Mountain View

None of the postings on this page are advertised as remote. The large majority specify on-site, with a small number listed as hybrid.

Only two postings state a pay range. Microsoft advertises $142,800โ€“$274,800 for a Principal Product Designer, Design Systems role and $119,800โ€“$234,700 for a Senior Product Designer role. The remaining postings do not state pay, so those figures are not representative of the full set.

The employers listed are Google, Microsoft, MatX, NewsBreak, Databricks, ID.me, and Nuro.

A master's degree is mentioned in the descriptions of roughly half the postings on this page, and a PhD is mentioned in a minority. However, skills counts reflect mentions rather than hard requirements, and some postings offer equivalent-experience alternatives. Check each posting's stated qualifications directly.

Most postings are at senior, staff, or lead level. A small number are internships, including UX research internships specifying MS and PhD candidates. There do not appear to be entry-level roles outside those internships in these postings.

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