Design Engineering Jobs
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Infrastructure Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Parsons Corporation 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the infrastructure design team in Abu Dhabi, managing the process from concept through to the tender stage for roads and utilities. Provide technical oversight and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality, compliant engineering solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
Senior Design Manager - MEP
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary MEPHFC design team to deliver RIBA 4iii designs for the HS2 gateway station. Responsible for resource management, technical assurance compliance, and coordinating design deliverables in a 3D BIM environment.
Mechanical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Formula 1 🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Lead the mechanical design team in creating high-quality bespoke mechanical solutions for Formula 1 events. Manage the full product lifecycle from requirements capture through to testing, deployment, and budget oversight.
Mechanical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Formula 1 🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Lead the mechanical design team in creating bespoke mechanical solutions for Formula 1 events. Manage the full product lifecycle from requirements capture to deployment while overseeing budgets and project timelines.
Transportation Design Manager (Roads & Rail)
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Egis Group 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Define and implement the strategy for transportation design activities, overseeing order intake, financial performance, and project delivery. Manage and develop the design team while maintaining strong relationships with clients, partners, and subcontractors.
Design Manager (Airfield Systems)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bechtel Corporation 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager (Airfield Systems) leads the design management of major airfield systems projects, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory standards. This role involves managing design from inception through delivery and liaising with construction teams for efficient project execution.
Design Manager
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kent Data Centres 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Design Manager will lead and manage multidisciplinary design teams for mission-critical data centre projects, overseeing the full design lifecycle from concept through construction. They will act as the primary technical liaison with various stakeholders and ensure compliance with local regulations and industry standards.
Frontend Engineer & UI Designer (Developer Tooling)
🇯🇵 Japan
Searchapi 🇯🇵 Japan
Design and ship features from Figma to production code, including dashboards and API playgrounds. Own the front end, ensuring a coherent and beautiful user experience while managing the component system.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Jasara Pmc 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager leads architectural design projects and oversees a dedicated team of architects and designers. They are responsible for ensuring design quality, managing project scopes and schedules, and facilitating communication between stakeholders.
Software Engineer, Design Engineering (Starlink)
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
Spacex 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
Develop well-architected, responsive, and performant web applications for Starlink. Collaborate with other engineering teams to advance engineering processes and deliver exceptional user experiences.
Software Engineer, Design Engineering (Starlink)
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
Spacex 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
Develop and architect responsive, performant full-stack web applications and highly available software systems for Starlink. Collaborate with internal partners to design fault-tolerant networks and improve system observability through continuous monitoring.
Design Manager - Structural
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Walter P Moore 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the Structural Engineering team and manage design projects for large commercial structures. Responsibilities include serving clients on major projects throughout the United States and internationally.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America
Heat & Controls Limited 🇺🇸 Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager leads the engineering design team to ensure high performance and productivity while developing and implementing design strategies. They monitor project timelines, budgets, and resources, and resolve technical issues related to complex design challenges.
Principal Engineer / Senior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Atkinsréalis 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The role involves serving as a Principal Engineer or Senior Design Manager to lead engineering design efforts. The candidate will be responsible for managing design processes and ensuring technical excellence.
Frontend Engineer & UI Designer (Developer Tooling)
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Searchapi 🇹🇼 Taiwan
Design and ship features from Figma to production, including dashboards and API playgrounds. Maintain a coherent and beautiful component system while ensuring a high-quality user experience.
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.