Design Engineering Jobs
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Principal Engineer, Sustainability, Process & Design Engineering
🇸🇦 Al Jubayl Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Ma'aden 🇸🇦 Al Jubayl Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
The Principal Engineer will lead sustainability initiatives and oversee process and design engineering projects. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable practices.
Design Engineering Process Manager
🇺🇸 Cudahy, Wisconsin, United States
Ati 🇺🇸 Cudahy, Wisconsin, United States
The Process Manager, Design Engineering is responsible for managing contract and purchase order reviews, leading pre- and post-production meetings, and coordinating Design Engineering activities. This role ensures accurate cost estimating for new parts, manages design changes, guides method and tooling development, and drives cost reduction and quality improvements across products and processes.
Staff Engineer, Physical Design Engineering
🇮🇳 India
Analog Devices 🇮🇳 India
The role involves end-to-end physical implementation of ASIC/SoC designs, ensuring optimal performance, power, and area (PPA) while meeting timing and manufacturability requirements. Key responsibilities include executing RTL-to-GDSII flow, performing various analyses, and collaborating with cross-functional teams for seamless integration.
Staff Engineer, Physical Design Engineering
🇮🇳 India
Analog Devices 🇮🇳 India
The role involves leading timing sign-off and closure for complex mixed-signal SoCs, ensuring designs meet timing, signal integrity, and reliability requirements. Responsibilities include performing full-chip and block-level STA, analyzing setup and hold issues, and collaborating with various teams to meet timing requirements.
Sr. Design Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Sandisk 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Architect and design circuits for 3D NAND flash memory, focusing on high-speed datapath circuit design and page buffers. Perform simulations and collaborate with engineers to address silicon issues.
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.