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Anduril Industries · 3 months ago

Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities through advanced technology. As a Senior Product Designer on the Design Systems team, you will design and iterate on Anduril's design system, collaborating with various teams to enhance product consistency and quality across platforms.

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Responsibilities

Design and iterate upon Matter, Anduril’s design system, across primitives, tokens, components, patterns, and guidelines
Establish governance practices and frameworks that balance platform scaling with program-specific needs
Effectively manage Matter implementation and drive alignment by clearly communicating system strategy, priorities, and progress to leadership, designers, and engineers
Partner across teams to identify gaps and design scalable solutions that maximize adoption and consistency
Unify the visual and interaction direction for Anduril software across web, mobile, XR, and emerging platforms
Ensure the system embodies quality, craft, and accessibility while grounded in operational realities
Manage transitions from deprecated patterns or tooling, ensuring smooth migration for teams
Mentor other designers, model high craft, and drive organizational alignment around system best practices

Qualification

Product designDesign systemsFigma expertiseEnd-to-end systemsVisual design craftMentoring designersEffective influencing

Required

5+ years in product design, with significant time building and leading design systems at scale
Proven impact shaping end-to-end systems (not just UI kits), with portfolio evidence of product integration and measurable outcomes
Deep expertise in Figma (libraries, variables, component architecture, branching) and comfort collaborating through implementation
Track record of aligning multiple teams and driving adoption in complex, distributed environments
Ability to define system strategy while delivering tangible improvements to software craft and consistency
Portfolio demonstrating high attention to craft and interaction details
No prior defense experience necessary – we are looking for designers who can bring diverse perspectives to hard problems

Preferred

Strategic and systematic in approach, balancing long-term system health with immediate product needs
Strong visual design craft with a commitment to quality and accessibility
Able to distinguish durable patterns from design trends, raising the bar for craft without losing operational grounding
Effective influencer across disciplines and seniority levels; open to feedback while confident in decision-making
Experienced leading large-scale initiatives and aligning organizations around a shared system vision
Strong opinions, loosely held

Benefits

Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

Company

Anduril Industries

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Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.

H1B Sponsorship

Anduril Industries has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (1)
2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$6.25B
Key Investors
AlphaTON Capital Corp.Founders FundU.S. Department of Defense
2025-12-16Corporate Round· $30M
2025-06-05Series G· $2.5B
2025-01-07Grant· $14.3M

Leadership Team

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Brian Schimpf
Co-Founder and CEO
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Joseph Chen
Co-founder
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