# Design Researcher, Geospatial & Utility Operations at Gridware

- Company: Gridware
- What the company does: With more than 90 million field hours and counting, Gridware is already detecting the small changes that lead to big problems.Together with utility companies, we’re preventing hazards from causing harm. We’re helping crews restore power quickly and safely.... Backed by Sequoia and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.gridware.io/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $155K to $165K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/gridware/ee15f45c-fd09-471f-a526-9b553efbbc6e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gridware-design-researcher-geospatial-and-utility-operations/

## About the role

You will join a product designer and work in close partnership with product managers across multiple lanes. Your job is not to produce one-off research deliverables, but to build the research infrastructure that helps the entire team make better product decisions, faster.

## What they're looking for

- Background in infrastructure, energy, utilities, IoT, field operations, or similarly complex technical environments
- Experience researching products that involve automation, exception handling, or human-in-the-loop systems
- Fluency researching GIS, geospatial, or other data-rich expert workflows
- Familiarity with contributing to or shaping design system foundations
- Experience working across internal operations tools and customer-facing products simultaneously

Tags: Product