# Akshay Udiavar

> Product Design

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/akshayudiavar

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ Robinhood
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Lead Product Designer @ Instagram
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Design Lead @ Airbnb
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California

### Design Lead, UX @ Elephant
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Design Lead @ Huge
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom

### Senior Interaction Designer @ Huge
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Brooklyn, NY

### Interaction Designer @ Huge
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Brooklyn, NY

### User Experience Intern @ Huge
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Brooklyn, NY
Graduated as part of the Huge UX School pilot class. Collaborated with other interns and full-time designers to produce vision presentations, conduct user research, and develop high fidelity wireframes for an internal product.

### Industrial Design Intern @ NASA Ames Research Center
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Mountain View, CA
Developed the MAX Moon Rover’s sampling mechanism, a mechanical arm and self-locking capsule. Responsible for prototyping and evaluating multiple concepts to derive the final system, and presenting results to senior NASA researchers.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Industrial Design in Industrial and Product Design
Carnegie Mellon University

### High School
The Harker School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/akshay-udiavar-a250ba5

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Last updated: 2026-04-13