Application Guide
How to Apply for Staff Product Designer
at Aurora Solar
🏢 About Aurora Solar
Aurora Solar is unique as a B2B SaaS company specifically focused on the solar energy industry, using AI to streamline solar adoption. They empower solar professionals with tools that directly contribute to sustainability goals, making work meaningful beyond typical tech products. Their platform directly impacts the transition to renewable energy by making solar installations more efficient and accessible.
About This Role
This Staff Product Designer role specifically owns the Sales Mode experience at Aurora Solar, which is critical for converting leads into signed contracts. You'll be responsible for designing complex workflows that serve installers, financiers, and homeowners simultaneously while navigating real-world constraints like compliance and financing regulations. This role directly impacts revenue generation and customer acquisition for the company's core product.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves collaborating with product managers and engineers on Sales Mode features, conducting user interviews with solar installers to understand workflow pain points, and designing interfaces that simplify complex financing and compliance requirements. You'll be balancing immediate design iterations with strategic planning for multi-quarter experience improvements, ensuring the Sales Mode supports both business goals and diverse user needs.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Aurora Solar Is Looking For
- Has 8+ years specifically in B2B SaaS product design with experience simplifying complex, multi-step workflows involving multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrates proven ability to design for real-world constraints (compliance, regulations, approval flows) while maintaining excellent user experience
- Shows deep experience with data-driven design decisions, combining quantitative metrics with qualitative customer insights
- Has led cross-functional initiatives where design directly influenced business outcomes and product strategy
📝 Tips for Applying to Aurora Solar
Specifically highlight experience with B2B workflow simplification, especially around sales, financing, or contract processes
Include metrics showing how your designs improved conversion rates or streamlined multi-step processes in previous roles
Demonstrate understanding of designing for multiple personas (installers, financiers, homeowners) in a single workflow
Show examples of how you've balanced business constraints with user needs in regulated industries
Reference Aurora Solar's specific platform features or industry challenges to show you've done your homework
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience designing for complex B2B workflows with multiple stakeholders and personas', "Specific examples of how you've used data (both quantitative and qualitative) to drive design decisions and measure impact", 'Your approach to balancing business goals, compliance constraints, and user needs in regulated environments', "Why you're specifically interested in the solar energy industry and Aurora Solar's mission"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Explore Aurora Solar's Sales Mode features and understand the current user journey from project creation to contract signing
- → Research the solar installation industry's specific challenges around financing, compliance, and approval processes
- → Understand the different stakeholders in solar sales (installers, financiers, homeowners) and their distinct needs
- → Review Aurora Solar's AI capabilities and how they're currently applied in their platform
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing only on consumer-facing design experience without demonstrating B2B or workflow simplification expertise
- Presenting portfolio work that doesn't show complex, multi-step processes or multiple personas
- Failing to demonstrate how you measure design impact with both qualitative and quantitative data
📅 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!