Design Engineering Jobs
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Principal, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Principal AI Engineer will architect, design, and code the next generation of the engineering intelligence platform, leading the technical development of a custom Enterprise LLM to transform engineering data into predictive intelligence. This hands-on role involves building data pipelines, RAG architectures, and multimodal models to integrate AI with hardware design tools and legacy data.
Senior Principal, Design Engineering - Power
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
This role is responsible for architecting, implementing, and supporting power system solutions for networking, storage, and server systems, leading the design of DC-DC switch-mode power supplies and ensuring designs meet power, thermal, and safety requirements.
Senior Principal, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
This role involves leading the hands-on design and coding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and agentic workflows to allow hardware engineers to query complex design data accurately. Key duties include writing custom Python scripts for data extraction, fine-tuning foundation models for domain expertise, and developing multimodal analysis capabilities for visual engineering data.
Product Design Engineering Program Manager - Apple Vision Pro
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Product Design Engineering Program Manager is responsible for driving the mechanical assembly through the entire program life-cycle, from architecture definition to mass production. This involves creating streamlined schedules, managing cross-functional progress, overseeing manufacturing/assembly, and providing status updates to leadership.
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Product Design Engineering Program Manager - Apple Vision Pro
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
This programmatic role involves delivering the mechanical assembly through the entire program life-cycle, from architecture definition to mass production, requiring frequent collaboration with various engineering and manufacturing teams. Responsibilities include driving the development process, maintaining streamlined schedules, managing upstream and CM progress through travel, and presenting status updates to leadership.
About Design Engineering careers
Design Engineering is the ultimate role for the builders who live in the code. These professionals bridge the gap between vision and reality by shipping production-ready design systems and interactive components.
Specialized in React, Tailwind, and Framer Motion, design engineers ensure that the intended vibe translates perfectly into the final product.
Companies like Vercel, Linear, and Framer value this hybrid skill set for its ability to bypass traditional handovers and move straight from design concept to live code.
Design engineers bridge design and development, building design systems, component libraries, and interactive prototypes. Roles are particularly hot at AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity where rich interfaces matter, as well as tool companies like Vercel, Framer, Linear, and Supabase. These positions often require skills in React, TypeScript, and web design.
Absolutely. Remote design engineering roles are increasingly common, especially at modern companies like Vercel, Linear, Notion, and AI startups like Midjourney. Many positions offer flexible hybrid arrangements in tech hubs like San Francisco and Seattle.
Companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Netflix, Vercel, and AI leaders like OpenAI value candidates who combine design fundamentals with coding proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frameworks (React, Next.js, Svelte). Experience with design tools (Figma, Framer) and animation libraries (Framer Motion, GSAP) is highly valued. View top design engineering portfolios for examples.
Design engineers typically earn more than traditional designers due to technical skills. Entry-level positions start at $85k–$110k, mid-level roles range $120k–$160k, and senior positions command $170k–$230k+ at major tech companies. AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI often pay at the top of market. Check our salary guide for comprehensive data.
Most top-tier companies, including Vercel, Linear, and Stripe, expect fluency in React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. However, the "plus" factor in 2026 is mastery of AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. Being able to build and maintain Design Systems that scale across different frameworks is the most valuable skill in this category.
Design Engineering prioritizes the user experience and polish (the "vibe") over purely architectural backend concerns. A Design Engineer is responsible for the kinetic feel of a product, ensuring that Framer Motion transitions and accessibility standards are baked into the component library from day one. Browse Design Engineering roles to see this focus in action.