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Lead Product Designer - Design System Frameworks

Rivian 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Onsite $167,400 - $209,300 Full-time Senior

The role involves designing and evolving scalable UI frameworks that power Rivian's digital experiences across in-vehicle, mobile, and web platforms, while creating cross-platform patterns that balance flexibility with brand integrity. Responsibilities also include collaborating with technical teams, documenting patterns in tools like Figma and Zeroheight, and championing accessibility and performance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve scalable UI frameworks that power Rivian’s digital experiences across in-vehicle, mobile, and web platforms
  • Create cross-platform patterns and systems that are modular, reusable, and expressive—balancing flexibility with brand integrity
  • Collaborate with Design Systems, Product, and Engineering to align visual frameworks with technical architecture, component libraries, and product needs

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience crafting user-centered digital products, including 2–3 years dedicated to building design systems, frameworks, or driving cross-platform consistency
  • A portfolio that demonstrates how you’ve shaped scalable design patterns, systematized complex UI challenges, and delivered cohesive experiences across platforms and brands
  • Demonstrated mastery of Figma, encompassing advanced application of components, variants, tokens, and systematic file organization for system design
  • Strong communication and documentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate design intent, system rationale, and implementation guidance to cross-functional teams

Key Skills

  • User-centered design
  • System design
  • Figma
  • Design systems
  • Cross-platform design
  • UI design
  • Interaction design
  • Prototyping
  • Communication skills
  • Collaboration
  • Documentation skills
  • System thinking
  • Visual design
  • Design patterns
  • Component libraries
  • Technical architecture
  • Product development
  • Agile methodologies
  • Scrum

Benefits

  • Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time and part-time employees
  • 401(k) program
  • Paid time off
  • Holiday pay

About Rivian

Doing something different is never easy. It requires courage, optimism and grit. Core to our mission is building a team of adventurous individuals determined to make a positive impact on the world. This means challenging ourselves constantly. Stretching beyond the bounds of conventional thinking. Reframing old problems. Seeking new solutions. And operating comfortably in a space of uncertainty. While our backgrounds are diverse, our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Do you like doing the impossible? We’d love to hear from you.

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