Spotlight Labs sells a product that can be inserted in fighter pilot helmets in order to monitor Spo2 levels and other biometric data. This device requires a straightforward GUI that the user can utilize to adjust settings, download recorded data, and view live data during the flight. I lead the redesign project to create a product that is easy to use in high stakes and stressful environments.
UI Designer
Role
November - December 2024
Timeline
Platform
Figma
Collaboration
2 Founders, 2 Developers, 1 Test Engineer
Spotlight Labs has built a product that can be inserted in fighter pilot helmets in order to monitor Spo2 levels and other biometric data. This device requires a straightforward GUI that the user can utilize to adjust settings, download recorded data, and view live data during the flight. I lead the redesign project to create a product that is easy to use in high stakes and stressful environments.
Platform
Figma
UI Designer
Role
November - December 2024
Timeline
2 Founders, 2 Developers, 1 Test Engineer
Collaboration
Problem
The old GUI displayed strings of text with no hierarchy or organization. It was difficult to read and take away any of the information in an efficient manner and prevented the users from quickly interpreting data as they work in the fast moving and high stakes environments of aircraft cockpits.
Goals
Create an interface that effectively communicates the data points at a glance, allowing numbers and data points to be perceived rapidly through graphs and color choices.
Design a layout that clearly defines the data by left and right earcup.
Display settings in an easily accessible location.
Colors
Typography
Research and Process
Meet with the engineers that utilize the GUI the most.
What features of the old GUI do you like to use?
What features are not useful or get in the way?
Discuss color pallette and navigation.
Collect information on how, where, when and why they use the interface.
Problem
The old GUI displayed strings of text with no hierarchy or organization. It was difficult to read and take away any of the information in an efficient manner and prevented the users from quickly interpreting data as they work in the fast moving and high stakes environments of aircraft cockpits
Goals
Create an interface that effectively communicates the data points at a glance, allowing numbers and data points to be perceived rapidly through graphs and color choices.
Design a layout that clearly defines the data by left and right earcup.
Display settings in an easily accessible location.
Colors
Typography
Research and Process
Meet with the engineers that utilize the GUI the most.
What features of the old GUI do you like to use?
What features are not useful or get in the way?
Discuss color pallette and navigation.
Collect information on how, where, when and why they use the interface.
Final Review and Results
Selected two data points that the engineers deemed the most important, Sp02 and Pulse Rate, and created accompanying live graphs to allow for quicker interpretation of the data.
Separated the settings the users utilized the most, like volume and alerts, and displayed them on the home screen alongside the earcups so that they could be quickly assessed and changed.
Moved the file uploads and admin settings into a second page that is accessible through a settings menu button in the top right corner. This cleaned up the landing page and allowed for easier access.
Final Review and Results
Selected two data points that the engineers deemed the most important, Sp02 and Pulse Rate, and created accompanying live graphs to allow for quicker interpretation of the data.
Separated the settings the users utilized the most, like volume and alerts, and displayed them on the home screen alongside the earcups so that they could be quickly assessed and changed.
Moved the file uploads and admin settings into a second page that is accessible through a settings menu button in the top right corner. This cleaned up the landing page and allowed for easier access.
