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.

Quindar

Quindar builds modern, cloud-native satellite mission operations software with a simple mission: to operate satellites like servers. Our platform replaces fragmented, legacy ground systems with an integrated, automation-driven approach that brings modern software velocity to space operations.

We're a small, fast-moving team with deep aerospace and software roots, energized by big challenges and motivated by the impact we have on real missions in this next chapter of the Space Age. If you want to work with sharp, ambitious people who push boundaries, move quickly, and are excited to take space operations to the next level, Quindar is the place to do it.

Product Designer

We are seeking a talented and user-centric Product Designer to join our growing design team. As a Product Designer, you will execute on the design strategy for each of our products. You will work closely with the Senior Product Designer and collaborate with product managers, front end engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure our platform includes intuitive, efficient, and scalable designs that serve a diverse set of users, ranging from operations teams to software developers.

Your focus will be on user experience / user interface (UX/UI), ensuring the platform is both easy to use and powerful enough to manage complex satellite and ground systems. A successful candidate will solve problems through experience and spend just as much time understanding the problem as design.

On a given day, you might be: leading a design sprint; creating user journey maps and telling a story to stakeholders; designing a micro-interaction to make a complex analytical task feel simple; and/or advocating for UX consistency by creating flexible, reusable UI components.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Execution: Own the end-to-end product design process, creating high-quality UI/UX designs for our web platform. Deliver mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and assets.
• User-Centered Design: Live in your user’s shoes. Tell their story from beginning, middle, and end, taking your audience on a journey that engages their problems head on.
• User Research: Conduct user research and usability testing to deeply understand customer workflows and pain points, ensuring designs are optimized for real-world use.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers and engineers to translate product vision and requirements into practical, user-centered designs.
• Design Alignment : Ensure the visual design is not only aesthetically pleasing but also aligned with our design system, brand guidelines, and user expectations.
• Iterative Prototyping & Design: Build and test prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders and users, iterating quickly based on user feedback and evolving business needs.
• Cross-functional Communication: Effectively communicate design concepts, rationale, and decisions to stakeholders, ensuring alignment across teams.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on UX/UI for SaaS platforms. Experience in B2B or mission-critical software design is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to design complex platforms with a focus on simplicity and usability, especially for technical users.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
• Proficient in tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite, with experience in creating interactive prototypes and conducting user testing.
• Passionate about understanding and solving customer problems, particularly in highly technical and mission-critical environments.
• Experience working in fast-paced environments, iterating on designs quickly and effectively.What You’ll Be Doing

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Why you'll love working at Quindar

• We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers’ space missions!
• 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.
• Year we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, Bozeman, and New York City.
• Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!

Quindar is looking for candidates that like using modern software tools, cloud based services, and architecting software designs. Our frontend is built with React on top of Hasura deployed with Terraform on AWS GovCloud. We have a microservice architecture powered by Python and rely heavily on CI/CD processes.

Aerospace experts are NOT required to help build out our platform. We are looking for candidates that want to build software that tracks, contacts, and operates hundreds of flying computers in space that operate on different operating systems for various customers.