Senior Design Systems Architect for Matter Platform

Anduril Industries; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Job summary

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

You will mentor designers, partner with engineers, researchers, and product teams, and help govern system strategy, ensuring quality, accessibility, and scalable adoption in a fast-paced defense tech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product design, with significant time building and leading design systems at scale.
• Proven impact shaping end-to-end systems (not just UI kits), with portfolio evidence of product integration and measurable outcomes.
• Deep expertise in Figma (libraries, variables, component architecture, branching) and comfort collaborating through implementation.
• Track record of aligning multiple teams and driving adoption in complex, distributed environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate 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.
• Effectively communicate 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.

Skills

Product design

Design systems

Figma

Cross-functional leadership

Portfolio-driven

System strategy

Job description

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

You will mentor designers, partner with engineers, researchers, and product teams, and help govern system strategy, ensuring quality, accessibility, and scalable adoption in a fast-paced defense tech environment.