Working Student Designer (Design System) – Heartbeat AI (m/f/d)

Summary

1KOMMA5° is building an integrated clean-energy system through Heartbeat AI, combining renewable energy hardware with scalable software. The company is seeking a Working Student Designer to help develop, organize, document, and improve the shared design system used by Heartbeat’s product design and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to our scalable, code-aligned design system and help keep it consistent across Heartbeat
• Audit, structure, and document components, tokens, and UI patterns
• Support designers and engineers with reusable building blocks that speed up handoff
• Use AI and modern tools (Figma, Claude, Cursor) to explore, document, and iterate faster, without skipping the thinking
• Partner with designers and engineers; ask good questions; and make your decisions easy to follow
• Tools: Figma & Claude or Cursor
• Skills: Design systems, UI craft, documentation, AI-assisted workflows, collaboration

Skills

• **Currently enrolled** in a Bachelor's or Master's program in UX, Interaction Design, HCI, Visual Communication, or a related field
• **Systems-curious:** you care how one component, token, or naming decision scales
• **Autonomous:** you spot gaps, propose a next step, and follow through
• **Deliberate:** you move with pace, but you don't rush architecture
• **Eager to learn:** you don't know it all, and you find smart ways to get unstuck
• **AI-curious:** you already use (or are excited to use) AI as a real part of your workflow, and you can show how
• **Craft-minded:** you have a sense of quality for visual design, interaction, and consistency; academic projects are welcome
• **Clear communicator:** English is our working language; German is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• **Currently enrolled** in a Bachelor's or Master's program in UX, Interaction Design, HCI, Visual Communication, or a related field
• **Systems-curious:** you care how one component, token, or naming decision scales
• **Autonomous:** you spot gaps, propose a next step, and follow through
• **Deliberate:** you move with pace, but you don't rush architecture
• **Eager to learn:** you don't know it all, and you find smart ways to get unstuck
• **AI-curious:** you already use (or are excited to use) AI as a real part of your workflow, and you can show how
• **Craft-minded:** you have a sense of quality for visual design, interaction, and consistency; academic projects are welcome
• **Clear communicator:** English is our working language; German is a plus

Benefits

• You are part of an international, dynamic, and highly motivated team of people who have proven to make things happen
• With your work, you accelerate the "energy transition" and hence have a direct impact on our climate
• Work with and learn from other super-smart colleagues
• You will enjoy direct contact with core decision-makers
• You will enjoy the best chances of entering full-time in one of Europe’s most thriving scaleups
• You work remotely (Germany-wide), with offices in Hamburg, Berlin or Munich
• Create a healthy balance alongside your work and enjoy all the benefits of the EGYM Wellpass
• Benefits and discounts are yours with Futurebens
• Whether city bike or e-bike - be flexible with our job bike leasing and do something good for the environment at the same time