Contract Product UX Designer

About the Engagement

Clean Power Research® is advancing the energy transformation through cloud software that informs, streamlines and values energy-related decisions and processes for utilities, energy professionals and consumers. We’re a growing company that counts 10 of the top 10 Fortune 500 utilities and many of the largest renewable energy companies in the U.S. as our customers. We’re focused on expanding our market reach and impact with new software technologies that help solve the energy industry’s hardest problems. The engagement is primarily remote, with occasional on-site collaboration in the Bellevue, WA area possible by mutual agreement. Contract duration: 5 months. Expected availability: approximately 35‑40 hours per week based on project need and agreed upon deliverables.

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 the development and maintenance of reusable design system components that support consistency, flexibility, and extensibility
• Contribute innovative ideas and deliver groundbreaking designs that shape the future of our products
• Transform complex concepts into engaging and intuitive user experiences

Qualifications

• 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
• Experience building and contributing to a shared design system, including defining component architecture and variant structure
• Ability to write clear component documentation that other designers and engineers can use
• Ability to collaborate with engineers to ensure designs are implemented consistently and efficiently
• 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
• Experience with planning and executing lightweight, rapid, iterative usability testing is a plus
• Passion for renewables and for advancing the transition to clean energy

The role does not include people management responsibilities; the focus is on individual contributor design work and delivery of defined project outcomes.

Pay

Contract Engagement: Approximately 5 months. Hourly Rate: $55–$70 (flat rate). This engagement is structured as an independent contractor (1099) role and