Senior Design Systems Architect

Into Design Systems; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries' centralized Software Product Design Research team is hiring a Product Designer for the Design Systems team to design and iterate on Matter, Anduril’s design system, and contribute to products that support highly technical and complex scenarios.

The role involves working alongside designers, researchers, and engineers, and will have immediate impact on real‑world operations by designing interactions that explore human‑to‑machine control.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product design with leadership of design systems at scale.
• Portfolio showing end-to-end system impact and measurable outcomes.
• Deep expertise in Figma (libraries, variables, component architecture).
• Experience aligning multiple teams and driving adoption in distributed environments.
• Ability to define system strategy and improve software craft and consistency.
• Portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and interaction details.
• No defense industry experience required.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate upon Matter, Anduril’s design system across primitives, tokens, components, patterns, and guidelines.
• Establish governance practices and frameworks that balance platform scaling with program-specific needs.
• Manage Matter implementation and drive alignment by communicating system strategy, priorities, and progress to leadership, designers, and engineers.
• Partner across teams to identify gaps and design scalable solutions that maximize adoption and consistency.
• Unify the visual and interaction direction for Anduril software across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms.
• Ensure the system embodies quality, craft, and accessibility while grounded in operational realities.
• Manage transitions from deprecated patterns or tooling, ensuring smooth migration for teams.
• Mentor other designers, model high craft, and drive organizational alignment around system best practices.

Skills

Product design

Design systems

Figma

Cross‑team collaboration

Craft focus

Tools

Figma

Job description

Anduril Industries' centralized Software Product Design Research team is hiring a Product Designer for the Design Systems team to design and iterate on Matter, Anduril’s design system, and contribute to products that support highly technical and complex scenarios.

The role involves working alongside designers, researchers, and engineers, and will have immediate impact on real‑world operations by designing interactions that explore human‑to‑machine control.