Senior Design Systems Architect

Watershed Ventures LLC; Palo Alto (CA); In loco; USD 167.000 - 209.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Paid vacation

Competitive benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Descrizione del lavoro

Rivian is seeking a systems-minded designer to lead scalable design across vehicle, mobile, and web ecosystems. You will define structures and languages for a unified digital experience, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and expression at scale across platforms.

You will mentor peers, govern design standards, and collaborate with Product and Engineering to align visual frameworks with technical needs, while championing accessibility and localization for a global audience.

Competenze

• 10+ years of experience crafting user-centered digital products.
• 3+ years building design systems, frameworks, or cross-platform consistency.
• Expert-level mastery of Figma including components, variants, tokens, and organized files.
• Ability to abstract complexity into modular, scalable design solutions.
• Strong collaboration with engineers and product stakeholders to deliver production-ready UI frameworks.
• Familiarity with tools like Zeroheight or Storybook; multi-brand or white-label experience preferred.

Mansioni

• Architect scalable UI frameworks powering in-vehicle, mobile, and web platforms.
• Create modular patterns balancing flexibility with brand integrity across brands.
• Align visual frameworks with technical architecture and component libraries.
• Build and maintain pattern libraries with clear specifications and rationales.
• Prototype and test complex systems using Figma and ProtoPie (or code).
• Establish design standards, versioning, and feedback loops for scalable systems.
• Champion accessibility, localization, and performance from the ground up.
• Mentor peers and senior designers on design infrastructure to speed product velocity.

Conoscenze

Design systems

Figma mastery

Cross-functional collaboration

System documentation

Communication skills

Accessibility awareness

Strumenti

ProtoPie

Zeroheight

Storybook

Descrizione del lavoro

Rivian is seeking a systems-minded designer to lead scalable design across vehicle, mobile, and web ecosystems. You will define structures and languages for a unified digital experience, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and expression at scale across platforms.

You will mentor peers, govern design standards, and collaborate with Product and Engineering to align visual frameworks with technical needs, while championing accessibility and localization for a global audience.