Product Design Engineer

Job Description

Fugro’s GroundIQ team is building the next generation of AI-driven subsurface intelligence products. We are looking for a UX Designer/Product Design Engineer to help shape how users understand and interact with complex geospatial and subsurface data. This is a product-embedded UX role that sits at the intersection of user experience, product design, and front-end thinking. In this position you work closely with the Product Design Lead, engineering team, and product stakeholders to translate user needs and UX strategy into intuitive, testable, and buildable solutions.

The role is ideal for a strong middleweight to early Senior UX / Product Designer who enjoys working close to engineering, values product ownership, has practical front-end awareness, and is curious about how AI-assisted workflows can enhance design and delivery.

Your role

• You own the full UX process from discovery to delivery, creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and interaction concepts;

• You take responsibility for defined product areas and contribute to end‑to‑end design decisions, clearly articulating the user‑centred rationale behind them;

• You plan and conduct usability tests and validation activities, interpret qualitative insights and analytics, and iterate designs based on real user feedback;

• You work closely with engineering to ensure designs are practical, buildable, and well understood, applying front‑end design thinking and basic HTML/CSS to support collaboration and handover;

• You collaborate using GitHub‑based workflows as part of the product team;

• You explore and experiment with AI‑assisted design and prototyping tools to accelerate exploration and iteration;

• You help evolve design and delivery workflows as the platform becomes increasingly AI‑driven.

Your track record

• You have relevant experience (around 3-7 years) in UX, UI, or Product Design within product-led environments;

• You possess a strong grounding in UX fundamentals: interaction design, usability, information architecture, and accessibility

• You have practical experience conducting usability testing and applying insights from analytics and can clearly explain design decisions and trade-offs;

• You have basic knowledge of HTML and CSS and a front-end-aware mindset and hold a portfolio demonstrating user-centred thinking, not just visual execution;

• You are comfortable collaborating closely with engineers and product stakeholders;

• You hold a background that includes familiarity with modern front‑end frameworks, design systems, AI‑assisted workflows, and experience owning product areas end‑to‑end, ideally gained in start‑up or scale‑up environments.

What Fugro offers

• A diverse and inclusive working environment;

• Based on your relevant experience, the salary ranges from €4650,- to €6550,- This amount is part of our salary range, with opportunities for growth within the role; 

• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days; 

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally;

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies; 

• Commuting allowance;

• Modern pension scheme;

• Collective health insurance;

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan;

• Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

Are you interested?

Please visit our Company Page to find out more about what it is like to work at Fugro.  

For further information, please contact Stefanie Baldassarri-Steenhauer, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, tel. +31 (0)6-114 55954.  

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After you have applied 

• You will receive an automated confirmation-email of the receipt of your application.  

• When we see a match, we will invite you for the first interview within a couple of days. Of course, you will also receive a message if we will not invite you;  

• After a successful first round, you will be invited for the second round. 

• If we are both still positive after the second interview, we will make you an offer, and with that we hope to welcome you at Fugro!

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.