Product Designer

Tokyo
No Remote
Full-time
January 30, 2026

About Scene

Scene is a technology startup accelerating the transformation of the physical world by empowering innovators in the manufacturing industry. We're building Scene Workspace, a suite of browser-based applications that improves quality, reduces cost, and shortens new product development time for physical products. Our tools enhance collaboration and management of product and technical information across multiple teams while increasing productivity through AI-based automation.

Our applications include:

3D Docs — Easily create assembly instructions and maintenance manuals from 3D CAD.
Issues — Issue tracking to streamline design reviews.
Threads — Collaborate and manage product and technical information across multiple teams.

We count leading manufacturing firms such as Denso, Seiko Epson, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries among our customers.

About the Role

At Scene, we care deeply about design. Our products help users solve complex technical problems and collaborate across multiple teams. We work hard to ensure our software is simple and intuitive, even for users who aren’t tech-savvy. We’re looking for a passionate Product Designer who can own the design process end to end, from discovery to execution. If you find this challenge exciting, welcome to Scene.

You will

Identify product needs and opportunities through dogfooding, experimentation, and direct user conversations.
Design new features, improvements, and UX/UI patterns to solve customer problems.
Create and iterate on user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs.
Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to ship high-quality experiences.

What we are looking for

3+ years of relevant product design experience at a technology or product-based company.
Strong curiosity and obsession with understanding users, their goals, constraints, and pain points.
Expertise in UI, UX, or visual design, with the ability to work broadly across the product design discipline.
High attention to detail and pride in crafting well-polished visual experiences.
Proficiency in English or Japanese (both preferred).

Bonus points

Bilingual in Japanese and English.
Experience designing SaaS or enterprise software.
Early-stage startup experience.
Experience designing desktop productivity or design tools.
Branding or communication design background.

Portfolio Requirement

👉 If you apply, please include your portfolio or a sampling of your design work.

Working Conditions

Work Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Annual Salary: Based on experience and skills (Stock Options available)
Benefits: Transportation, Social & Health Insurance, Annual Health Checkup
Trial Period: 6 months from date of hire

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About Scene

Scene is a technology start-up striving to accelerate the transformation of the physical world, by empowering the innovators in the manufacturing industry.

Scene is building Scene Workspace, a suite of browser-based applications that deliver increased productivity, seamless collaboration, shorter product development time and cost savings to our customers. Our applications include:

3D Docs — A document creation app that uses 3D CAD data to easily create documents such as assembly instructions and maintenance manuals.
Threads (Under development) — Platform to store, manage and share all files and data generated across the lifecycle of a product, in a single place.
Issues (Under development) — Issue tracking app to streamline design review process, and to collect and manage feedback from the shop floor.

Scene is backed by prominent investors such as CyberAgent Capital and GREE Ventures, and count some of the largest manufacturers such as Denso as our customer.