Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
30 days ago
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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

As a Senior Product Designer, Design Systems, you will join the Software Product Design & Research team to design and iterate upon Matter, the company’s comprehensive design system. You will be responsible for developing primitives, tokens, components, patterns, and guidelines while establishing governance practices that balance platform scaling with specific program needs. Your daily work involves managing implementation, driving alignment across teams, and unifying visual and interaction directions across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms. To succeed, you must possess deep expertise in Figma, including libraries, variables, and component architecture. You will solve complex problems related to human-to-machine control and high-stakes operations by creating scalable solutions that ensure consistency and accessibility. This role focuses on the technical challenge of building cohesive software experiences for sophisticated command and control systems across diverse mission types and domains.

What you'll do

  • Design and iterate upon the Matter design system including primitives, tokens, components, patterns, and guidelines.
  • Establish governance practices and frameworks that balance platform scaling with specific program needs.
  • Manage implementation and communicate system strategy, priorities, and progress to leadership, designers, and engineers.
  • Identify gaps across teams and design scalable solutions to maximize adoption and consistency.
  • Unify visual and interaction directions for software across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms.
  • Ensure the design system maintains high quality, craft, and accessibility while meeting operational realities.
  • Manage transitions from deprecated patterns or tools to ensure smooth migrations for internal teams.
  • Mentor other designers and drive organizational alignment around design system best practices.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years in product design, including significant experience building and leading design systems at scale.
  • Proven impact shaping end-to-end systems with portfolio evidence of product integration and measurable outcomes.
  • Deep expertise in Figma, including libraries, variables, component architecture, and branching.
  • Track record of aligning multiple teams and driving adoption in complex, distributed environments.
  • Ability to define system strategy while delivering tangible improvements to software craft and consistency.
  • Portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and interaction details.
  • Strategic and systematic approach balancing long-term system health with immediate product needs (preferred).
  • Strong visual design craft with a commitment to quality and accessibility (preferred).

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