Contract Product UX Designer

Clean Power Research • Bellevue, WA

11h • $50 - $65 • Remote

About The Position

Clean Power Research is seeking a Contract Product UX Designer with several years of professional experience to support the design and delivery of intuitive, data-driven experiences for complex cloud-based energy software used by utilities, energy agencies, and the solar industry.
This is a contract engagement, structured around clearly defined project deliverables and timelines. The contractor will partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape user experiences across the full product lifecycle, from discovery through high-fidelity design and validation.
This role is engaged as an independent contractor (1099). Contractors must be legally authorized to operate as a business in Washington State, including maintaining a current Washington State business license (UBI number) and compliance with applicable state and local tax requirements. Contractors are responsible for their own taxes, insurance, equipment, and benefits.
This engagement will primarily focus on PowerClerk®, Clean Power Research’s configurable, no-code workflow platform used by utilities and energy agencies to manage complex energy programs. PowerClerk streamlines application intake, review, approval, and ongoing program operations in a secure, enterprise-grade system.
The role may also contribute to projects across the SolarAnywhere® family of products, which support solar resource assessment, performance monitoring, and forecasting. These products serve a wide range of analytical and operational use cases, requiring clear, usable interfaces for technically complex data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design or similar field
• 4+ years of experience in user experience design, with a strong emphasis on interaction design or similar role
• Portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking, including navigation, user flows, interaction design, information architecture, and information visualization
• Clean, modern design aesthetic with strong attention to detail and a passion for simplifying complex experiences
• Experience designing complex, data-centric web applications, with a strong understanding of how to make them intuitive and delightful
• Fluency in UX best practices, including user-centered design, interaction design, and information architecture, grounded in strong UX principles and techniques
• Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into clear user flows, information architecture diagrams, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
• Experience working across multiple levels of fidelity throughout the design process, from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel-perfect design specifications
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, auto layout, and building and maintaining design libraries
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage work independently against agreed timelines

Nice To Haves

• Experience with planning and executing lightweight, rapid, iterative usability testing is a plus
• Experience building and maintaining design systems is a plus
• Passion for renewables and for advancing the transition to clean energy

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product/Program Managers and Engineers to understand user problems, product requirements, and constraints, and propose appropriate design solutions
• Deliver high-quality designs for new features and refine existing experiences
• Partner closely with multidisciplinary teams on the ideation and definition of new user experiences
• Follow a user-centered design process, delivering design artifacts with an appropriate level of fidelity and detail at each stage
• Contribute to a shared design system and help create component architecture documentation
• Contribute innovative ideas and deliver groundbreaking designs that shape the future of our products
• Transform complex concepts into engaging and intuitive user experiences

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level