Senior UX/Product Designer

Ronja is a newly started company by three ex-Northvolters on a mission to make manufacturing easy. By building the next generation of manufacturing software, Ronja provides an operating system that ensures everyone and everything in a factory works in harmony towards increased productivity, reduced cost, and making production of new hardware as easy as it can get.

This is a position as an employee.

Today’s manufacturing is far from easy. Every product we use has gone through a complex production process. Factories impact every aspect of our lives and the environment, contributing to about 20% of global GDP and employs 15% of the global workforce. Yet, despite its significance, manufacturing seems stuck in the past, with productivity stagnant since around 2010. Moreover, we’re facing a shortage of over 2.1 million factory workers by 2030 in the US alone. Additionally, as pressure mounts on factories to reduce their carbon footprint they need all the tools they can get to help reduce waste and optimize operations. This is crucial for us to move towards a future we can all get excited about.

Walking into most manufacturing facilities can be overwhelming for newcomers. It’s like entering a maze of processes, machines, people, and materials, all striving to produce high-quality products. However, more often than not, this symphony of manufacturing operates with discordant notes, leading to confusion and inefficiency.

While other industries have embraced digital solutions over the past two decades, manufacturing has lagged behind. Most factory systems worldwide rely on outdated software technology, making them rigid and difficult to adapt to modern needs.

Enter Ronja. We’re here to change the game. We believe that simplifying manufacturing means ensuring that everyone and everything in the factory understands their role and has the insights needed to perform optimally. Ronja makes collaboration between humans and machines seamless, enabling efficient production of the products the customers want. We empower those who understand the factory best by putting the control in their hands. Ronja is designed to evolve continuously based on the factory’s needs. We believe that the path to the future of manufacturing is a lot like climbing a ladder, it needs to happen step-by-step, and currently the pins are too far apart. We will provide a manufacturing OS that provides a seamless path from ancient software, excel, and paper; into the future. Fully harnessing the potential of industrial AI in connected factories, where everyone has the right information and tools readily available for improving productivity. Something the world really needs.

We already have the technology for moving into a sustainable future. Mass-scale manufacturing and raw materials are two of the key bottlenecks in making them readily available, at the right cost. We want to play our part in building an exciting future.

The role

We’re looking for our first hire into the team who currently consists of the three co-founders. We believe seeing is believing, and that consumerization of design is something that will greatly enhance the value of our B2B product. We are now looking to hire a designer, and given that we are a newly founded company, we’re searching for someone who thrives in ambiguity and taking initiative. You consider yourself being entrepreneurial and skilled in making decisions with limited data. In a startup like ours, the ability to take on multiple hats, and enjoy helping out where needed, is a must. However, we all have different profiles and areas we will primarily focus on. In this case it’s design. UX, UI, design language, marketing, etc., you name it.

What you will do

Work as an integrated part to the founders in defining and executing company- and product strategy
Work closely with the founders to define and design the product
Leading and defining design strategy, design principles, and information architecture
Lead product design work
Lead and shape the design language
Shape and evolve how our brand identity shows up in the user experience
Work with the founders to develop a compelling narrative and sales material

What you bring

We understand that we have high expectations in what to bring, however, whats more important than ticking all the boxes is the willingness to learn and develop with the company.

A can-do attitude and user obsession
+5 years of experience in design roles, preferably within different sectors and niches
A mindset to learn the skills required to help taking the company to the next stage
Experience in supporting business development to ensure sales material is crisp
Experience in UX design – understanding how different UX-concepts are applicable on different user groups and applications
Experience in UI design – designing information- and analytics dense applications including 3D-context
Experience in setting up component libraries and setting design principles
Experience in working with designer tools such as Figma, Photoshop, Blender, etc.
It’s a plus if you have previous experience in company building, either as a founder or early co-founder

Benefits

Company warrants
Competitive salary
Hybrid work policy

Location: Stockholm
Language: Fluently english and swedish

This is a position as an employee.