# Founding Design Engineer - Company: [Bowatt]() - Location: Germany · Munich - Remote: Yes - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: August 18, 2026 ## Job description # About BoWatt BoWatt is building **agentic requirements and systems engineering software for manufacturing**. We believe AI will reach **PhD-level engineering capability within the next 10 years**. This will unlock massive value across complex manufacturing industries. Cars. Planes. Rockets. Factories. Chips. Medical devices. **All will be engineered with agents.** We bootstrapped BoWatt to **€500k+ ARR** before raising our first round. BoWatt is backed by **tier-1 investors**, including Atlantic Foodlabs, Buildery (CDTM affiliates), and Prequel Ventures, along with angels from Cohere and Luminovo. You’ll join a small team of startup builders focused on **speed, ownership, and execution**. **Over half the team are former founders**, with backgrounds across DeepTech AI, gaming, and other startups. We’ve studied and worked at institutions and companies including **Stanford, TUM, Google, EA**, and **YC-backed AI startups**. # **The role** * You will define and implement our design system together with the product team and improve the overall UI/UX of our platform. * You will work closely with product to design beautiful user experiences for upcoming features. * You will build and ship features across our React / TypeScript / Tailwind frontend. * You will own your work, collaborate closely with the team (product, engineering and customer success) and continuously improve our app. # **You** * Are an engineer turned designer, or vice versa, or always have been the one on the team understanding the value of easy-to-use interfaces. * Have 3+ years of experience shipping frontend production code. * Have 3+ years of experience designing for the web. * Have a portfolio of projects that show your product sense and design taste. * May have some interest in upskilling into backend development. * Are based in Germany and have the right to work here. # **What we offer** * Competitive salary based on experience (€65,000 - €100,000) * Equity in the company (0.5 - 1%) * Fully remote, hybrid, or onsite? Up to you. * 25 vacation days per year plus public holidays * Top-tier hardware, as well as any other tools of your choice # **Interview process** 1. 30min Screening call 2. 1.5-2hr Product Interview (CTO + CPO) 3. 1hr Culture fit interview (CEO + CPO) 4. Offer and reference checks ## Apply [Apply on Bowatt]() Canonical job page: