Design Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom
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Frontend Developer (Design Systems)
🇬🇧 Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Scrumconnect Limited 🇬🇧 Ilminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Build and maintain accessible, user-centred frontends, design systems, and reusable component libraries, integrating them with APIs and .NET Core microservices. Support adoption through documentation and coaching, and contribute to secure automated pipelines, service assessments, code reviews, and delivery to the Service Standard.
Solutions Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Kuehne+nagel 🇬🇧 Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Design commercially competitive logistics solutions and lead complex projects from data gathering and analysis through resource planning, solution modelling, and cost development. Build customer and internal partnerships, prepare proposals, support business growth, and lead and develop a team of Solutions Analysts.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Crgi Solutions 🇬🇧 Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Lead and personally deliver multidisciplinary engineering design from concept through manufacture and commissioning, while approving design outputs and ensuring safety, quality, traceability, and regulatory compliance. Manage and develop a distributed design team, maintain CAD and data systems, and coordinate technical scope, budgets, manufacturing partners, and client delivery.
Product Design Engineer / Industrial Product Designer
🇬🇧 Pershore, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Jmda Design 🇬🇧 Pershore, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Develop products from concept through production-ready design, engineering robust parts and assemblies in SolidWorks while balancing aesthetic and engineering requirements. Support prototyping, testing, and validation, and take ownership of projects to help meet deadlines.
Senior Design Systems Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Perk 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Set the visual direction and roadmap for the Suitcase design system, owning its foundations, tokens, components, accessibility, documentation, and contribution governance. Partner with design, engineering, content, and localization teams to drive adoption, measure system health and design-to-code parity, and coach teams on using and contributing to the system.
Technical Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Interv_l Group | B Corp™ 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead technical due diligence, feasibility assessments, and design development for high-powered EV charging sites, managing external engineering consultants and grid connection approvals. Coordinate with development and construction teams to resolve technical risks and keep projects on schedule and within budget.
Senior Design Systems Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Perk 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will own the visual direction and token architecture of the Suitcase design system while collaborating with engineering and product teams. You are responsible for defining component health, accessibility standards, and governance models to ensure consistent product experiences.
Senior Rail Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Arup 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Lead the coordination, integration, assurance, and delivery of multidisciplinary rail design projects from feasibility through detailed design and construction support, ensuring technical quality, compliance, programme, and commercial outcomes. Manage engineering interfaces, requirements, risks, and change; work with clients and delivery partners; contribute to bids and business growth; and mentor developing design and engineering managers.
Assistant Design Manager
🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Support multidisciplinary design teams delivering high- and medium-voltage transmission and distribution projects, coordinating technical inputs, resources, and deliverables through front-end engineering design and detailed design. Help ensure designs meet project requirements, safety standards, regulations, and client specifications, and support reporting, scope management, and coordination during construction and commissioning.
Technical Lead – Engineering Design Manager
🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The Technical Lead will spearhead the growth of the Electricity Transmission & Distribution service line by managing multidisciplinary design teams and overseeing project delivery. They will focus on developing client relationships, securing new work through bids, and ensuring technical compliance across the full project lifecycle.
Surf Subsea Structures Design Engineering Services
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Vinci Energies Oil & Gas 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The service holder will manage all SURF subsea structures design, procurement, and construction follow-up activities for the Venus project. They will ensure technical compliance, supervise contractor documentation, and coordinate with project teams to optimize costs and safety.
Design Engineering Manager
🇬🇧 Witney, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Pt Engineering & Manufacturing 🇬🇧 Witney, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead and develop the Engineering team while providing hands-on technical direction and managing new product development from concept through validation and manufacturing release. Plan resources and priorities, improve engineering processes and governance, and collaborate with Production, Quality, Purchasing, and suppliers to deliver products to cost, quality, and schedule requirements.
Solutions Design Manager
🇬🇧 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Dhl Supply Chain 🇬🇧 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Design end-to-end manual and automated warehouse solutions, including data analysis, process flows, technology and equipment selection, operational methods, layouts, resource models, and cost models. Manage project timelines and customer relationships, secure operational stakeholder buy-in, and develop innovative, technology-led solutions that support customer needs and DHL’s growth.
Water Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead technical design delivery for water, drainage, and flood risk projects across feasibility, outline, and detailed design, ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, safety, and quality requirements. Manage project delivery, budgets, programmes, client and stakeholder relationships, design reviews, and the mentoring and development of colleagues.
Water Design Manager
🇬🇧 Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Lead technical design delivery for blue-green infrastructure, drainage, and flood risk projects across feasibility, outline, and detailed design stages, ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, safety, and quality requirements. Manage project scope, programme, budget, client and stakeholder communications, review team outputs, resolve design issues, and mentor junior colleagues.
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.