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dcbel

Residential energy management with EV charging.

Product Design Lead - UX UI

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Montreal, QC, Canada
In Person
Product & Experience DesignProduct Design

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 8 years of experience designing digital products, including at least 3 years leading a team of designers.
  • Strong experience designing consumer-grade digital products where clarity and simplicity are essential.
  • Proven experience working across multiple touchpoints or product surfaces.
  • Experience leading a small team of designers to deliver coherent, development-ready assets in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience contributing to or building design systems and scalable interaction patterns.
  • Ability to simplify complex systems and translate them into intuitive, dependable experiences.
  • Ability to interpret artificial-intelligence-driven design inputs and translate them into intuitive, visually compelling solutions.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills across Product, Engineering, and operational teams.
  • An entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities and take initiative to move ideas forward.
  • A results-oriented approach that turns goals into clear plans and measurable outcomes.
  • Strong emotional intelligence, including listening deeply, communicating clearly, building trust across diverse teams, and navigating change with empathy and resilience.
  • Ability to initiate and provide strong product knowledge for a wide range of end-user applications.
Responsibilities
  • Define how product objectives are experienced by users.
  • Design high-impact user experiences while establishing structures that ensure consistency, clarity, and scalability across a multi-surface platform.
  • Design experiences used directly by customers and those supporting partners and internal operations.
  • Define how interconnected experiences come together as a cohesive system while contributing directly to critical product moments.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working at the intersection of hardware and software.
  • Exposure to operational or service-oriented tools supporting real-world workflows.
  • Ability to bridge detailed execution with system-level thinking.

About the company

dcbel designs and sells the Ara Home Energy Station, a wall-mounted device that combines a solar inverter, a Level 2 bidirectional EV charger, and a home energy manager. It uses Orchestrate OS, an AI-powered operating system, to optimize when to charge, store, or sell energy by learning household patterns, rates, and weather. The system supports Vehicle-to-Home, solar-to-home power, on-site storage, and can boost EV charging faster than standard chargers. Its goal is to reduce electricity costs, increase energy self-sufficiency, and enable grid services, with expansion across North America and Europe backed by significant funding.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$152.5M

Headquarters

Montreal, Canada

Founded

2015

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What believers are saying

  • September 18, 2026 Texas launch opens a large, outage-prone market with refundable deposits.
  • MassCEC fully subsidizes dcbel Ara installations through September 2026, driving adoption and data collection.
  • California phase 1 targets 200 homes by December 31, 2026, proving commercial scalability.

What critics are saying

  • Massachusetts applications close September 30, 2026, exposing dependence on expiring public subsidies.
  • California REDWDS phase 1 ends December 31, 2026, limiting guaranteed deployment revenue.
  • Compatibility stays narrow: Nissan Leaf, Polestar 3, and Volvo EX90 dominate current programs.

What makes dcbel unique

  • Dcbel bundles charger, solar inverter, battery orchestration, and V2H in one box.
  • UL-certified residential bidirectional DC charging still distinguishes dcbel from commodity EVSE vendors.
  • Orchestrate OS automates home energy decisions hundreds of times hourly, unlike manual backup systems.

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PR Newswire
Sep 18th, 2026
dcbel launches Ara Core home energy station in Texas for up to 85% grid independence

dcbel has launched its Ara Core Home Energy Station in Texas, debuting at the 2026 Southern Living Idea House in Fredericksburg. The system connects and orchestrates solar panels, home batteries, the public grid, and bidirectional electric vehicles to create a private grid offering up to 85% energy independence. Ara Core makes 100 decisions per second to optimise energy consumption, storage, and sales. The system provides blackout protection for up to 10 days using compatible bidirectional EVs and offers 30% more efficiency than traditional unintegrated energy systems. The launch addresses growing energy challenges in Texas, which has the nation's second-highest number of power outages and experienced 40% energy cost increases since 2020. Built in the USA with military-grade encryption and a 12-year warranty, Ara Core allows homeowners to add components without costly retrofits. Texans can reserve systems through dcbel's website with a refundable deposit.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 5th, 2026
California homeowners can access up to $18,300 in incentives for home energy independence

dcbel announced California homeowners can access up to $18,300 in combined incentives for installing its Ara Home Energy Station. The incentives comprise up to $13,800 from the California Connected Home Rebate and up to $4,500 from Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Vehicle-to-Everything programme. The Ara system integrates solar power, battery storage, and bidirectional EV charging in one unit. It makes over 100 decisions per second to manage energy flow, helping households reduce electricity bills and prepare for outages. dcbel states the system enables homes to remain powered for up to 10 days during outages using an electric vehicle's battery. The company claims households can save up to $1,300 annually by using their EV to power homes during peak-pricing hours. Fewer than 50 spots remain, with rebates issued first-come, first-served.

PR Newswire
Aug 11th, 2026
Massachusetts homeowners get free bidirectional EV chargers through MassCEC V2X pilot

dcbel is participating in the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's V2X Pilot Programme, which fully subsidises the cost of dcbel Ara Home Energy Stations, including installation, for eligible Massachusetts homeowners. The programme allows participants to use their bidirectional electric vehicles to power their homes during high energy rates and blackouts whilst supporting grid resilience. Massachusetts homeowners who own or lease a Nissan Leaf (2018-2025), 2025 Polestar 3, or 2025 Volvo EX90 without existing solar or storage can apply. Applications close on 30 September 2026. Ara enables smart charging during off-peak hours and can save homeowners up to $1,300 annually. During blackouts, it can leverage the EV's battery to power homes for up to 10 days. The pilot programme aims to gather real-world data on V2X system performance and user behaviour.

PR Newswire
Sep 3rd, 2025
dcbel Secures Funding for Global Expansion

dcbel, a leading home energy company, has secured additional funding from Fidelity Investments Canada ULC to expand manufacturing globally and accelerate in-home installations. The company is opening a US logistics center in Louisville, KY, with UPS. In 2024, dcbel received a $52 million REDWDS grant and launched the California Connected Home Rebate program, covering over 80% of the cost for their Home Energy Station.

BetaKit
Aug 14th, 2025
Dcbel secures $79M in funding.

Québec's seed-stage VC funding is rebounding, with 29 deals totaling $79 million since early 2025, a 31% increase from last year. Despite this, overall VC activity in Québec remains weak, with a 57% decline in total funding year-over-year. Sixty deals totaling $524 million closed in the first half of the year. Later-stage funding decreased by 35%, with only one growth-stage deal of $30 million. Public funds continue to play a significant role, comprising 40% of the ecosystem's funding.