Product Designer

Description:

Join Quindar as our first Product Designer and help simplify the future of satellite operations. We’re revolutionizing how spacecraft are managed—turning complex systems into intuitive, user-friendly software.

Help us make satellite operations as easy as using a smartphone!

What You’ll Be Doing:

At Quindar we are automating satellite operations to enable spacecraft operators and manufacturers to execute more efficiently.  The product designer will own the design process from concept to implementation for our satellite operations automation SaaS solution. Your mission will be to create intuitive user experiences that simplify complex processes, making our software accessible to users without specialized expertise

Key Responsibilities:

• Create visually appealing and functional interface designs that simplify complex satellite operations including transforming traditional mission control data into visualizations that help operators understand, optimize, and make rapid decisions
• Iterate on designs based on user interviews and usability studies to understand pain points and inform design decisions
• Develop design systems and style guides for consistent user experiences and advocate for design thinking across the business
• Develop user personas and journey maps to inform design decisions
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for our SaaS application
• Conduct A/B testing to optimize user experiences
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to bring designs to life

Key Competencies:

• Strong portfolio showcasing UX/UI design simplifying complex processes, real-time dashboards, data streams and technical interfaces into intuitive user flows
• Experience with user research methodologies, usability testing and design thinking
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles
• Experience designing for non-technical users in technical industries
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and evangelize across the company
• Ability to work independently through ambiguity, learning new concepts (like orbital mechanics) quickly

Background Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in UX/UI software product design for technical products
• Proficiency in prototyping tools and design software (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.)
• Interest in space technology and its applications
• U.S. Person status required – we are not able to sponsor Visas at this time

Why you'll love working at Quindar

• We are a remote-first workplace and value results over where you work from. If you want to work at a WeWork we will make that happen! If not, we provide work from home benefits so you always have a nice place to work, speedy internet, and of course coffee/tea!
• Much of our team are in Denver and Seattle with hybrid offices available for in-person collaboration
• We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.
• Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
• We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.
• Twice per year we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include New York City, San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, and Bozeman.
• Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!

Why you should join Quindar

Have you seen Apollo 13, The Martian, or Armageddon and recall all of the NASA engineers in a room with a bunch of monitors? Quindar is digitizing that away. Satellites are flying servers in space and we are revolutionizing the future of spacecraft operations by building the DataDog for space.

Our team has worked at SpaceX, OneWeb, Lockheed Martin, Iridium, Boeing, AWS, and RedHat. We've operated dozens of satellites, worked on broadband and earth observation constellations, and serviced commercial and government users. We are using lessons learned from our previous aerospace and startup experiences to revolutionize the space industry and enable access to space without being an expert.