# Maxwell Chan

> Senior Product Designer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/maxwell

I’m a designer that has worked across multiple contexts and disciplines: bringing people's needs into the forefront at a human-centered design center, rapidly prototyping and building the future of agricultural robotics, and collaborating with industry-leading partners to define how AI can help solve their toughest challenges today.

I see design as a way of understanding and collaborating with people from all backgrounds and perspectives to solve real-world problems. Currently, I'm working as a product designer helping shape enterprise-facing AI software at C3 AI.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ C3 AI
Jan 2026 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States

### Product Designer @ C3 AI
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | Redwood City, California, United States

### Senior Manager @ Illinois Design Consulting
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Managing and leading client-facing UI/UX design projects with teams comprised of
professional and student design consultants
- Developing and maintaining relationships with clients in multiple industries
- Mentoring and coaching teams on design principles and human-centered design

### Industrial & UI/UX Designer @ EarthSense, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Led development & manufacturing of agricultural robotic prototypes
- Spearheaded a redesign of a unified digital design system across 3 products
- Interfaced closely with product testers & software developers to ensure thoughtful 
& coherent user experiences across Android mobile apps-

### Industrial Design / UX Intern @ EarthSense, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Collaborated with hardware and software engineers to create agricultural robotics
- Led conceptual and visual direction for new prototypes
- Rapidly iterated with 3D printing, plastic sheet bending, metal fabrication, and laser cutting

### Club President @ Design Innovation Illinois
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Oversaw & developed a human-centered student UI/UX design organization
- Organized career growth workshops & professional networking opportunities
- Supervised 3-4 multi-disciplinary project teams each semester to design user-
centered solutions

### Project Lead & UI Designer @ Design Innovation Illinois
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams to create innovative app solutions
- Communicated and negotiated UI/UX Projects with 2 startup businesses and clients

### Industrial Designer & Design Researcher @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Champaign, Illinois, United States
• Worked with a team of six designers to design a residential COVID-testing device
• Conducted market & target demographic research to develop brand identity
• Collaborated with lab researchers to develop & present 3 design concepts

### UI/UX Designer, Siebel Center for Design @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
- Collaborated with a team to design STEM experiences for the Molecule Maker Lab,
a project funded by the National Science Foundation
- Architected the user interface & experience for the Digital Molecule Maker, a web-
based molecule builder designed to democratize chemistry research and innovation
- Interfaced with STEM experts & researchers to develop accessible & scientifically-
accurate experiences aimed at college students and lab researchers

### Human-Robot Interaction Research Assistant, Human Factors and Aging Lab @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Champaign, Illinois, United States
- Conducted experiments with mobile robots for assisting aging in place
- Researched the potential for domestic social assistive robotics
- Drafted and collaborated on a research study for understanding older adult perceptions of robotics

### Design Research Intern, Siebel Center for Design @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Urbana-Champaign Area
- Collaborated on 4 human-centered design research projects ranging from rethinking business education, developing a new web experience, to democratizing chemistry education.
- Conducted multi-disciplinary interviews to understand user groups
- Designed visual prototypes and provocations for ideation and development

### Project Coordinator, Social Justice and Leadership Education (SJLE) @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
The Social Justice and Leadership Education (SJLE) team coordinates student groups, leadership opportunities, and social justice initiatives in the University of Illinois student residence halls. Programs and opportunities include fostering Multicultural Advocates and supporting Central Housing Groups.

As a Project Coordinator, I work directly with the students to help support their initiatives surrounding social justice and leadership.

### Bike Technician @ Lifestyle Cycles
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Libertyville, IL
- Constructed custom bicycles for clients
- Worked and assisted in bicycle repair

### Design Research Apprentice, Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- Developed and investigated conceptual prototypes for design-oriented research
- Assisted research mentor in evaluating their dissertation


## Education
### Industrial Design in Industrial and Product Design
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### Libertyville High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maxwell-chan
- Website: https://maxwellchan.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23