About the Role:

The GROPYUS Design Team contributes to our mission by creating cutting-edge, innovative, and intuitive solutions for our internal and external products across various domains.  

Join GROPYUS as a Product Designer and step into the future of digital construction. You’ll design solutions that connect advanced manufacturing with construction execution, making complex processes, from the factory floor to the building site, intuitive, human-centered, and impactful. 

We’re seeking a designer who is curious, hands-on, and eager to grow. Someone who thrives at the intersection of digital tools, construction methods, and human workflows, and who wants to turn data, insights, and prototypes into solutions tested directly in the field. 

In this role, you’ll expand your responsibility and ownership, working closely with expert engineers and a product manager who advocates for the user. You’ll observe operations, gather feedback, and translate insights into design solutions that support both today’s projects and tomorrow’s vision of autonomous construction. 

What makes this role unique

• Direct impact on how construction is executed through design.
• Bridge between digital factory tools and advanced construction methods.
• Work alongside seasoned engineers and a user advocate Product Manager.
• Designs that are tested directly in live operations and projects. 

What to expect:

• Take ownership of the design of your product. 

• Advocate user-centered design approaches by running usability and concept testing with real users in live operations. 

• Translate complex flows into clear, tested design solutions. 

• Collaborate effectively with design, product management, research and insights, and engineering teams.  

• Contribute to our GROPYUS Design Language System, ensuring consistency as we develop new components and interaction models. 

• Share your work openly, give and receive feedback to foster a collaborative, growth-oriented design culture. 

• Opportunity to expand your expertise and take on greater responsibility as the technology evolves. 

What you bring:

Experience and Skills  

• Degree in Product, Interaction, Visual Design, related Design disciplines, or equivalent professional experience. 
• At least 4 years of proven product design experience, ideally within a startup or entrepreneurial setting. 
• Demonstrated expertise in responsive digital design, visual design principles, and prototyping techniques. 
• Proficiency with industry-standard design tools, design systems, and component libraries. 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English (German proficiency is a plus). 
• A strong portfolio showcasing high-quality UX/UI design work (see note below about Portfolio).  

Personal Attributes 

• Passion for design excellence, continuous growth, and a feedback-first culture.
• Proactive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and positive attitude.
• Pragmatic problem solver with analytical, data-driven thinking.
• Adaptability in fast-changing and uncertain environments.
• Resilience in the face of challenges, maintaining focus and progress.
• Curious to ask, explore, and turn complex systems into intuitive experiences. 

Portfolio [Read carefully] 

Please attach your portfolio along with the application or share a link to your portfolio - this is the most critical asset you can provide as a designer. Only apply if your portfolio has: 

• Recent Work Samples (not full case studies) - We want to see final outcomes of your design work. Focus on polished, high-quality fidelity prototypes or flow videos you are proud of 

• Clear Impact - Demonstrate how users interact with what you’ve built. Communicate what you worked on, why it mattered, and the impact it had. 

• Include a range of work to show your versatility, with a focus on the past 3 years. 

NB: If your portfolio is password-protected, be sure to include the password in your application. 

What We Offer:

• Be part of something big: You’re here to make a change? Come on board. At GROPYUS, we are on a mission to re-think an entire industry. Join us in reinventing construction and sustainable, affordable living. 
• It’s on you: We offer a tremendous amount of ownership and room to make a mark - at all our organization levels. Find your solutions, drive and test them.
• Focus on results: You choose if you work from home, a park, or the office. Whether you start your day early, after your run, or pick up on work when your kids are in bed. What counts is your contribution and delivery.
• Bring your uniqueness to the team: Innovation requires diversity of thought. Diversity in background, experience and thinking is crucial to create the best product for everyone. We actively seek diversity and strive to unlock each other’s full potential. We are very proud that people from all industries and all walks of life are joining our company – in addition to core areas such as construction, engineering, and start-ups, from stock-listed companies from across automotive e-Commerce, digital, sporting goods, and more. You will work in international teams with passionate colleagues. Inspire and be inspired.
• Be an owner: Participate in the success of GROPYUS through stock options.