Job Description

About Heliolytics Over the last two years, we\xe2\x80\x99ve seen a massive increase in global demand for our services. As a team, we are working to set new standards on how to build and run solar energy sites at peak efficiency. As we continue to scale, we\xe2\x80\x99ve now reached an exciting growth milestone \xe2\x80\x93 we\xe2\x80\x99re ready to bring on our very first dedicated UX/UI Designer to support our increasing design needs. As an experienced individual contributor, you\xe2\x80\x99ll play a key role in defining what great design looks like at Heliolytics, making a major impact on our product through building intuitive, user-friendly experiences for our customers.
We\xe2\x80\x99re Working to Optimize Renewable Energy System Performance At Heliolytics, we\xe2\x80\x99re building a suite of industry-leading tools and services to enable our clients, which include some of the largest solar energy producers in the world, to maximize their energy output each year (Learn More Here). TLDR: You can think of us as a partner to commercial renewable energy companies, providing them with the trusted data and expert advice they need in order to answer important operational questions such as: \xe2\x80\x9cHow does the degradation of my solar panels affect my profitability?\xe2\x80\x9d or \xe2\x80\x9cHow many sheep should graze our solar site?\xe2\x80\x9d . As you can imagine, finding the answers to these questions can be challenging and quite complex. Through monitoring performance and building efficiency solutions with over ~66% of North America\xe2\x80\x99s renewable energy providers, we\xe2\x80\x99re leading the industry, leveraging our years of data-acquisition to help clients answer questions like these and many more across their entire life cycle; from construction progress to on-going maintenance to repairs and restorations and everything (DC health related) in between.
Why is this important? What we know from the industry\'s largest energy validation study is that, on average, solar energy systems underperformed their initial estimates by 5-13% from 2011 to 2020 (Source). The future of the renewable energy industry depends on our ability to maximize performance reliability. Aligning financial risk and reward with low-carbon energy investment is critical for shifting the economy in the direction of lower GHG emissions. To date, the impact of our work at Heliolytics has resulted in increased energy production equivalent to 130,500 car-years of CO2 reductions. Every marginal increase in efficiency is a huge win for our team, our client partners, the future of the renewable energy industry, and the environment.
Why You Might Be Excited About This Role:

• You\xe2\x80\x99ll have the opportunity to define design standards
• We are a rapidly growing scale-up company making waves in the renewable energy industry
• We are a remote-first organization. We optimize all of our systems and processes for remote work whenever possible.

How You\xe2\x80\x99ll Make an Impact:

• Work collaboratively with Product Managers and stakeholders to understand business requirements and user needs.
• Lead design throughout the process by building user journeys and interfaces
• Communicate your design vision clearly by actively listening, speaking succinctly, and leading discussions around your design decisions.
• Work with our existing design system while helping to improve and maintain it.
• Engage and lead brainstorming sessions with team members and stakeholders.
• Develop user interfaces across our products
• Create wireframes, hi-fi mock-ups, and interactive prototypes
• Provide implementation support for developers and engineers to bring designs to life
• Assist in customer research, speak with real and target users to capture insights
• Collaborate with all teams in the direction of the product experience
• Present work to all groups involved capturing and synthesizing feedback
• Formalize, advocate, and maintain design patterns and standards

To succeed in this role, you\xe2\x80\x99ll need:

• 2+ years of experience as a UX/UI Designer
• Excellent creative problem-solving and communication skills
• Strong visual communication skills with attention to detail
• Able to prioritize and manage tasks and meet deadlines
• Confidence with complex interaction design and flows
• To be comfortable working closely with engineers
• To know how to prioritize work, without compromising quality or organization
• To be proficient with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, and / or Adobe Creative Suite
• Able to demonstrate user empathy and confidently defend the users\' point of view
• Excellent creative problem-solving and communication skills
• Be open to constructive feedback

Why You Might **NOT** Be Excited About This Role:

• We are a growing company with just over 65+ team members, so if you like more established companies, this role isn\xe2\x80\x99t for you. You\'ll play a role in helping to shape the future of UX/UI at Heliolytics.
• Projects and priorities are likely to shift as this role evolves. You should be comfortable with just a dash of chaos. This is not the kind of job where you show up and we tell you exactly what to do every day.

Working @ Heliolytics: Heliolytics is a mosaic of talented people with different interests and goals united by our mission to build a sustainable transition to clean energy. As a remote-first organization, we work hard to optimize all of our systems and processes to operate remotely whenever possible, however, we do like to meet in person on occasion. We value employee life outside of work and provide many ways to accommodate and support our staff in achieving their goals. You\'ll find a few ways we enact this below:
Remote-First Environment Extended Health Benefits Paid Vacation Policy Team Socials
Experience comes in many forms, many skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. If the job description gets you pumped but your background isn\xe2\x80\x99t exactly what we\xe2\x80\x99ve described above, or if you strongly believe you bring qualifications beyond what we\xe2\x80\x99ve outlined that would help you excel in this position, please consider applying.
Heliolytics is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.