Interaction Designer

Product     ·     San Francisco (On-Site)     · Full time

Wispr is building a more natural way to interact with technology with neural interfaces. We’re building a team of world-class scientists, engineers, and product designers to make that a reality.

So far, we’ve raised 14.6M from top-tier VCs like NEA and 8VC. Our angels and advisors include Chester Chipperfield (product lead for the first Apple Watch), Ben Jones (COO, CTRL-Labs), Dave Gilboa (CEO, Warby Parker), and Jose Carmena (Berkeley professor; co-CEO iota). Our founders are Stanford alums and have previously sold a company and run a team at a deep tech startup with over 100M in funding.

We’re hiring in SF Bay Area / Remote.

As part of the interaction design team at Wispr, you will be working on developing the unique interactions, frameworks, and applications required for a new class of devices. You’ll be collaborating closely with Wispr’s founders and team to execute Wispr’s product vision and to prototype across both hardware and software to design new interactions.

We value creativity and breaking down barriers. We iterate, iterate, and iterate again until it’s right. We seek passionate individuals who aren’t afraid to step outside their comfort zone. We’re creating intuitive, reliable, and highly performant interactions that are truly transformative. If that interests you, we’d love to hear from you!

Come join us and let’s make magic happen.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Design and develop cutting-edge hardware & interactions devices
• Build a lot of prototypes, break them, and keep learning
• Work with other hardware engineers and build early prototypes with custom form factors and sensors
• Build new interaction models, connecting unique sensors to new applications
• Drive tasks independently, solve challenging problems, and communicate user needs clearly

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Design with 2+ years of work experience
• Experience with designing and prototyping new modes of interaction / HCI
• Excited to demo and present
• Experienced mechanical design engineer / interaction designer who loves working on highly creative, fast-paced, and collaborative teams

Nice to have Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience

• MS in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Design with 4+ years of work experience
• Prototyped hardware products or new modes of interaction from zero to one
• Experience building consumer products / wearables
• Familiarity with multiple products and project development disciplines and dependencies and how they interact
• Basic CAD for prototyping and fixtures, 3D printing

Why Wispr?

• Design the next generation of personal computing in a creative and innovative environment.
• Headquarters in an open, green, and bright office in South San Francisco with water views
• Generous health, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous parental leave, unlimited PTO (we encourage taking days off!)
• 401k match
• Work closely with a world-class team.
• Flexible work arrangements to support you in working in the way that you work best.

At Wispr, diversity is important to us.

At Wispr, we believe that true innovation starts from people from diverse backgrounds coming together, bridging ideas, and collaborating. Wispr is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Tagged as: BCI, EEG, Neuroscience