Lead Product Designer, Design Systems (Matter)

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Designer for the Design Systems team to design and iterate Matter, Anduril’s design system, impacting all products across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms.

You will partner with designers, researchers, and engineers to deliver scalable, high-craft interfaces and governance that supports fast-moving defense tech work while ensuring accessibility and consistency across platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product design and design systems at scale.
• Proven impact shaping end-to-end systems beyond UI kits.
• Deep expertise in Figma (libraries, variables, components) and collaboration through implementation.
• Track record of aligning multiple teams and driving adoption in complex environments.
• Portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and interaction details.
• No prior defense experience necessary.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate Matter, Anduril’s design system, across primitives, tokens, components, patterns, and guidelines.
• Establish governance practices and frameworks balancing platform scaling with program needs.
• Communicate system strategy, priorities, and progress to leadership, designers, and engineers.
• Partner across teams to identify gaps and design scalable solutions for adoption and consistency.
• Unify visual and interaction direction for Anduril software across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms.
• Ensure system quality, craft, and accessibility grounded in operational realities.
• Manage transitions from deprecated patterns or tooling for smooth migrations.
• Mentor designers and reinforce system best practices across the org.

Skills

5+ years in product design

Design systems at scale

Figma expertise

Portfolio evidence of product delivery

Cross-team alignment

Tools

Figma

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Designer for the Design Systems team to design and iterate Matter, Anduril’s design system, impacting all products across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms.

You will partner with designers, researchers, and engineers to deliver scalable, high-craft interfaces and governance that supports fast-moving defense tech work while ensuring accessibility and consistency across platforms.