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Product Design Intern (AI-Native) (Unpaid - 90days)
In Office (Fremont, CA) || Internship|| pivotor.ai || Apply at sweety@pivotor.ai
About the Job
Pivotor AI is a conversational career discovery platform. Most systems built to match people to opportunity were designed to read credentials, not careers. That gap is most visible in healthcare, where two people can share the same title and be doing completely different work. We are building a system that reads the work behind the role and finds what is genuinely possible next.
This is an early team. The work you do here will be visible, consequential, and yours. Whatever your function, you will be shaping something genuinely new.
What You'll Do
- Design end-to-end user experiences across career and hiring workflows
- Build wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes in Figma
- Run usability tests and incorporate feedback into design decisions
- Collaborate with our lead designer and engineers to ship features
- Whiteboard. Iterate. Launch.
Who You Are
- You think in systems, not screens
- You ask why before how
- You prototype before you present
- You'd rather be in the room than on a thread
What You Bring
- 0.5 to 1 year of design experience, projects, internships, or coursework all count
- Strong Figma skills with familiarity in Adobe Creative Suite
- Hands-on experience with MCP, Cursor, or Claude for design or prototyping. This is mandatory.
- A portfolio that shows how you think, not just what you made
- Available immediately and on-site in Fremont, CA
- Must accept terms of an unpaid internship with potential for conversion
Why Join
- On-site, because whiteboards beat Slack
- This starts unpaid. The 90-day conversation is about equity and full-time
- Our current team includes people from Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Carnegie Mellon
- E-Verified employer. Students at UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University, and partner institutions often earn course credit
About Pivotor AI
We are a small team building with focus and a high bar for craft. The feedback loops are short, strong ideas move fast, and the work is hands on across every function. We are still early, which means the decisions being made now will shape what this becomes.
We are on-site in Fremont, CA. The environment is collaborative and the energy is high. We have a gym and a snack bar on-site. Everyone is close to the work and close to each other. Some roles may be remote or flexible depending on the work and stage of the team.
Pivotor AI is an equal opportunity employer. We value different backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences.