Stokespacetechnologies
Product Designer - Boltline
Kent, Washington. Posted 12 months ago
The role
You will evolve the Boltline software platform to enable teams to build and validate advanced hardware. You will design intuitive interfaces and tools that support aerospace manufacturing and customers in space exploration and renewable energy.
What you will do
- Partner with product managers, engineers, testers, and Stoke end users to refine requirements and design complex Boltline features
- Collaborate with a small team of senior designers to create a unified, consistent user experience and shared product vision
- Take end-to-end ownership of features, from problem framing through shipped implementation
- Break down ambiguous product problems into concrete, scoped design work that engineering can execute against
- Surface trade-offs and roadblocks early, and make defensible calls on scope, sequencing, and quality under schedule pressure
- Move quickly from ideas to polished designs in Figma, iterating through fast feedback loops with product team and stakeholders
- Validate implemented designs through early release feedback, usability studies, and end user interviews
- Help shape and expand our early-stage design system as the product grows
Required qualifications
- Portfolio showing strong UI and interaction design skills for complex or technical products
- Deep Figma expertise and ability to build clean, scalable systems and prototypes
- 4+ years of hands-on product design experience, including features you owned end to end
- Comfortable running user tests and turning insights into clear, evidence-based design decisions
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality work in fast-moving environments with evolving needs
- Able to clearly explain design decisions and collaborate effectively with engineering, product, and other partners
- Experience working effectively in a highly collaborative small design team
- Strong communicator who can work closely with stakeholders and keep everyone aligned
- Self-directed and curious
- Ability to work onsite in Kent, WA
Nice to have
- Formal education in Design, Interaction/UX Design or HCI
- Experience with complex systems / manufacturing / industrial software
- Knowledge of aerospace/manufacturing industries
- Familiarity with front-end development technologies
- Experience designing early-stage B2B software products
- Background in user research methodologies
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- 4 weeks’ Paid Time Off
- 11 holidays including an end-of-year closure
- Paid Family/Parental Leave
- On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
- Dog friendly offices
Before you apply
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)
- Employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and background checks
- Must be able to prove identity and authorization to work in the U.S.
- Employment may be conditioned on legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials
About the company
Stoke Space is building Nova, a fully and rapidly reusable launch vehicle designed for daily flight. The company aims to create a scalable space industry by reducing cost and increasing availability.