Product Designer - Boltline
About The Position
Stoke Space is seeking a Product Designer to evolve Boltline, its software platform for helping teams build and validate advanced hardware with complete traceability. The role will design tools that support development of Stoke Space’s reusable rocket and customers in space exploration, renewable energy, and advanced hardware manufacturing. Working within a small product design team, the Product Designer will create intuitive interfaces that make complex manufacturing processes accessible and efficient. The role includes shaping Boltline for both Stoke Space’s internal teams and its growing customer base, and helping the platform adapt to the needs of modern aerospace manufacturing.
Requirements
- Portfolio demonstrating strong UI and interaction design skills for complex or technical products, and growth in craft or scope over the candidate’s career.
- Deep Figma expertise and ability to build clean, scalable systems and prototypes.
- At least 4 years of hands-on product design experience, including end-to-end ownership of features.
- Comfort 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.
- Ability to explain design decisions clearly and collaborate effectively with engineering, product, and other partners.
- Experience working effectively in a highly collaborative small design team.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-alignment skills.
- Self-directed and curious, with the ability to investigate technical details and ramp up quickly.
- Ability to work onsite in Kent, Washington.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), to meet ITAR requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Formal education in Design, Interaction/UX Design, or HCI.
- Experience with complex systems, manufacturing, or industrial software.
- Knowledge of aerospace or manufacturing industries.
- Familiarity with front-end development technologies.
- Experience designing early-stage B2B software products.
- Background in user research methodologies.
Responsibilities
- Partner with product managers, engineers, testers, and Stoke end users to refine requirements and design complex Boltline features.
- Collaborate with senior designers to create a unified, consistent user experience and shared product vision.
- Own features end to end, from problem framing through shipped implementation.
- Break ambiguous product problems into concrete, scoped design work that engineering can execute.
- Surface trade-offs and roadblocks early, and make defensible decisions about scope, sequencing, and quality under schedule pressure.
- Create polished designs in Figma and iterate through fast feedback loops with the product team and stakeholders.
- Validate implemented designs through early-release feedback, usability studies, and end-user interviews.
- Help shape and expand the early-stage design system as the product grows.
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options for regular, full-time employees.
- Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Four weeks of paid time off.
- Eleven holidays, including an end-of-year closure.
- Paid family/parental leave.
- On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend, depending on location.
- Dog-friendly offices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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