Product Designer

About us

At Voltus, our mission is to be the Distributed Energy Platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition. The Voltus platform connects any distributed energy resource (DER) to any energy market across the US and Canada, providing flexibility, reliability, and resilience to the grid while generating revenue for our partners. By partnering with industry leaders and the DER ecosystem, we are building the decarbonized, distributed, decentralized, and digitized energy system of the future.

Voltus is a fully distributed company and this job is remote. You have the flexibility to work from anywhere, but you must overlap with the Eastern Time zone for at least 4 hours of the workday (9am-5pm).

Job description

At Voltus you will work on customer-facing products that make our customers’ lives easier while they get paid for using less energy, as well as tools that allow our team of energy experts to manage complex distributed resources in wholesale energy markets. You will be responsible for contributing to the overall design process—from research to concept, development, and delivery of clear and compelling interfaces and services that get the job done. You will work within cross-functional teams of product managers and developers to deliver great experiences to our users.

You have professional experience designing useful tools that bring clarity to complex information and data sets. You can help define our design strategy and think big about our product suite, but still sweat the nitty-gritty details of each feature. You are excited to help us refine our existing products, mature our budding design system, and grow design culture at Voltus. You are bright, gritty, and good, and you want to work with others like you.

You will help our Applications team build interfaces and services that allow humans to interact with the Voltus platform. You will work on tools that help us to better communicate with our customers, meet performance goals during energy market dispatches, process payments quickly, manage complex distributed resources in wholesale energy markets, and bring clarity and context to our growing supply of energy data.

We are open to a mid-level to senior designer for this role. Title and compensation will be commensurate with experience. 

What you'll do

• Design features and products for our growing energy toolset, using layout, hierarchy, UX best practices.
• Collaborate with the Engineering and Product teams, as well as other stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussion around your work and communicate the purpose of design decisions throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Verify and improve on designs through reviews, validations, and formal usability testing with end users.
• Get involved in user research and usability testing.
• Actively contribute to our design system, help determine whether components are single-use or multi-use, and provide recommendations regarding new component requests.

What's important to us

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in product design.
• Self-initiated and curious, someone who is always looking for ways to improve our products and design workflow.
• Experience creating and shipping new products as well as refining existing products.
• Can work independently and thoughtfully allocate time among projects.
• Communicates well with others—especially important in a remote team.
• Interested in building a positive and welcoming team culture. 
• Cares about the environmental impact of reduced energy use.
• Interested in learning more about the energy industry.
• Experience working in an agile, team environment.




If you are passionate about technology, eager to contribute to a sustainable future, and excited to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. At Voltus, we value people from all walks of life and understand that not everyone will meet all qualifications on day one. That's okay—your passion and dedication are what matter most.

In addition to a competitive compensation package, Voltus offers a range of benefits including: unlimited leave for full-time employees, parental leave, and a comprehensive benefits package to promote health, wellness, and financial security.

At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.