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.
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.
- 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
- The role does not include people management responsibilities
- The focus is on individual contributor design work and delivery of defined project outcomes
- Contract Engagement: Approximately 6 months
- Hourly Rate: $50–$65 (flat rate)
- This engagement is structured as an independent contractor (1099) role and does not include employee benefits
Click the link below to submit your resume. Note that a portfolio review presentation is required to interview for this role. Please include a link to your portfolio and a cover letter detailing your interest in this position and the renewable energy space along with your resume. Due to the large number of applicants for our positions, we regret that we can only respond to candidates who meet our requirements.
Clean Power Research provides equal opportunity for all contract engagements. All qualified individuals will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
