Application Guide
How to Apply for Senior Product Designer
at Einride
🏢 About Einride
Einride is uniquely positioned as a pioneer in autonomous, electric freight transport, aiming to decarbonize the global logistics industry. Working here means directly contributing to solving one of the world's largest emissions challenges through cutting-edge technology, not just incremental improvements. The company's mission-driven culture and focus on tangible environmental impact make it compelling for designers who want their work to matter beyond business metrics.
About This Role
This Senior Product Designer role involves owning the entire design process for critical features within Einride's digital platform, specifically tackling complex logistics problems like transport planning and remote vehicle monitoring. You'll be embedded in a cross-functional team to transform these challenges into intuitive tools that enable emission-free freight operations. The role is impactful because your designs directly influence the efficiency and adoption of sustainable transport solutions at scale.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might start with a stand-up alongside product managers and engineers to align on sprint goals, followed by user research sessions with logistics operators to understand pain points in transport planning. You'd spend core hours iterating on Figma prototypes for a new feature—like a dashboard for monitoring vehicle charging status—while contributing components to the shared design system. The day often ends with a design review where you present solutions to simplify complex data into actionable insights for the operations team.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Einride Is Looking For
- Has 5+ years designing complex B2B/SaaS or enterprise products, with portfolio examples showing how they simplified intricate workflows (like logistics planning or system monitoring)
- Demonstrates expertise in Figma for both high-fidelity UI design and prototyping complex interactions, likely using variables, components, and auto-layout extensively
- Shows a proven track record of conducting user research with operational stakeholders (e.g., fleet managers, logistics planners) and translating findings into actionable design improvements
- Exhibits experience contributing to or maintaining a design system for a scaling product, with attention to component reusability and cross-platform coherence
📝 Tips for Applying to Einride
Tailor your portfolio to highlight 1-2 case studies where you simplified complex operational or logistics problems, emphasizing your research process and how you measured success
Explicitly mention your experience with Figma's advanced features (e.g., prototyping, design system management) in your resume, as this is a stated requirement
Research Einride's existing digital products (like their Saga platform) and suggest one small, specific UI/UX improvement in your cover letter to show proactive thinking
Frame your past collaboration examples around working with engineers and product managers in agile, cross-functional teams—mention specific methodologies or tools used
Avoid generic sustainability statements; instead, describe how your design decisions in past projects reduced user effort, increased efficiency, or drove adoption—aligning with Einride's mission
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Explain how your experience with complex B2B products (e.g., logistics, fleet management, or SaaS tools) prepares you to tackle Einride's specific challenges in transport planning and remote monitoring", 'Describe a time you contributed to a design system, highlighting how you ensured scalability and coherence across multiple product touchpoints', 'Connect your passion for sustainability to tangible design outcomes—e.g., how your work increased user adoption of a green technology or streamlined an operational process', 'Mention your approach to embedded, cross-functional collaboration, giving an example of how you worked with engineers and product managers to ship a high-impact feature quickly']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Explore Einride's Saga platform and their mobile app to understand their current digital tools for transport planning and vehicle monitoring
- → Learn about the specific challenges in electric freight logistics, such as charging infrastructure gaps, route optimization for EVs, and remote operation of autonomous vehicles
- → Study Einride's partnerships (e.g., with Maersk, GE Appliances) to grasp how their solutions are deployed in real-world supply chains
- → Review their sustainability reports and public statements to understand their long-term vision beyond technology—e.g., how they aim to transform entire industries
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Submitting a portfolio focused only on consumer apps or simple websites without examples of complex B2B/enterprise problem-solving
- Using generic phrases like 'passionate about sustainability' without linking it to specific design decisions or professional experiences
- Failing to demonstrate collaboration with engineers—e.g., not mentioning handoff processes, design system contributions, or iterative feedback loops in past roles
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!