Why Altium?
Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to worlds technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.
- Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
- More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
- We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
About the role:
We are looking for a Product Designer who excels at understanding complex user workflows and translating them into intuitive product experiences. This role blends user research, workflow design, interaction design, and prototyping, with the purpose of shaping how engineers interact with sophisticated technical tools.
You should enjoy diving deep into the why behind user behaviors, collaborating closely with engineers and product managers, and turning insights into clear, testable design solutions. This is not a purely visual/UI design role although you will produce mockups and prototypes, your primary responsibility is to design how the system should work, not just how it looks.
Experience with CAD, EDA, engineering tools, or hardware/software development workflows is highly beneficial, as the products you design will be used by technical professionals across the electronics industry.
A day in the life of our Product Designer:
Workflow & Interaction Design
- Analyze and map user workflows, understanding goals, friction points, constraints, and mental models.
- Design clear, efficient, future-ready workflow solutions for complex engineering tasks.
- Produce interaction models, user flows, and conceptual designs that guide product direction.
Research & Discovery
- Plan and conduct user interviews, workflow observations, and usability tests.
- Synthesize findings into actionable insights, requirements, and design opportunities.
- Validate ideas through iterative prototyping and feedback cycles.
Design Execution & Collaboration
- Create mockups, prototypes, and detailed interaction behaviors that represent your design vision.
- Collaborate with visual/UI designers when needed, or deliver UI designs yourself depending on scope.
- Work closely with engineering to ensure design intent is translated into high-quality implementation.
- Partner with product managers to inform feature scope, priorities, and product strategy.
Cross-Functional Alignment
- Present concepts, rationale, and workflow improvements to stakeholders.
- Document design decisions, flows, and system behaviors to support implementation and knowledge sharing.
- Advocate for user needs and cohesive product experience across teams.
Who Were Looking For:
Required
- ~5+ years in Product Design, Interaction Design, UX Design, or similar.
- Bachelor's degree: This is a common requirement, with relevant fields including industrial design, product design, graphic design, engineering, human-computer interaction, and material management.
- Experience designing for complex, technical, or multi-step workflows.
- Ability to work from research and problem discovery through to mockups and prototypes.
- Strong collaboration skills, especially with engineers and product managers.
- Clear communication skills written, verbal, and visual.
- Proficiency in modern design tools (Figma preferred).
- Strong portfolio showing workflow design, interaction design, systems thinking, and real product impact.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and iterative problem-solving.
- Soft skills: Excellent communication, problem-solving, organizational, and interpersonal skills are highly valued.
Nice to Have
- Experience or interest in electronics, engineering workflows, CAD/EDA tools, or embedded systems.
- Familiarity with technical users: engineers, developers, hardware designers.
- Background in engineering or exposure to hardware/software development environments.
- Experience conducting or supporting research activities.
Why This Role Matters
This role sits at the center of:
- Understanding user needs
- Designing workflows that solve real engineering problems
- Communicating design intent clearly to engineering
- Producing the prototypes and mockups that bring solutions to life
- Your work enables engineers worldwide to create better designs, faster, with fewer obstacles.
The salary range for this role is $145,000 to $165,000. Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.
Our Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Plans and HSA and FSA accounts
- Basic Life and AD&D insurance; disability coverage where applicable
- Retirement 401(k) Plan Option with Altium match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid holidays plus a Choice Day off per quarter
- Paid time-off on arising schedule upon key milestones
- Sick time for Dr. appointments or family health needs
- Family medical, maternity, paternity, and military leave
- Employee referral program
- Remote working abroad program
- Professional development support and resources
- Free lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office
- Free parking
Also, we would like you to know
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE
Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits
Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.
