Senior / Lead Design Systems Designer

Job Description

About Altium
Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. Our cloud platform, Altium 365, enables distributed teams to collaborate seamlessly across the entire electronics development lifecycle - from design to manufacturing. By connecting people, processes, and data, Altium 365 helps teams move faster, reduce errors, and deliver high-quality hardware products at scale.
 

We are looking for a Senior / Lead Design Systems Designer to define, scale, and drive adoption of the design system for Altium 365.

In this role, you will operate at both strategic and hands-on levels, shaping the foundations of a system that supports complex, data-rich, collaborative cloud experiences. You will partner closely with design, engineering, and product leadership to ensure consistency, scalability, and high quality across the platform.
You will act as a system owner and advocate, enabling teams to deliver cohesive and efficient user experiences while balancing flexibility for evolving product needs.
 

Key Responsibilities:

Design System Strategy & Ownership:

• Define and drive the vision, roadmap, and evolution of the Altium 365 design system.
• Establish principles and standards for scalable, consistent UI and interaction patterns.
• Make high-impact decisions on system architecture, structure, and naming conventions.

System Design & Architecture:

• Design and maintain robust, reusable components, patterns, and design tokens.
• Build scalable solutions for complex, data-heavy, and collaborative interfaces.
• Ensure the system supports responsiveness, extensibility, and long-term growth.

Cross-Functional Leadership:

• Partner with engineering leaders to align design system outputs with implementation (component libraries, tokens, etc.).
• Collaborate with product designers to integrate system thinking into everyday workflows.
• Act as a mentor and point of expertise for designers contributing to or consuming the system.

Adoption & Enablement:

• Drive adoption of the design system across multiple teams and product areas.
• Define contribution models and workflows for scaling the system sustainably.
• Educate teams through documentation, reviews, and workshops.

Documentation & Governance:

• Establish and maintain clear, structured documentation for components, patterns, and best practices.
• Define governance models, including contribution guidelines, versioning, and release processes.
• Ensure alignment with accessibility, usability, and quality standards.

Design–Engineering Alignment:

• Work closely with front-end engineers to ensure consistency between design and code.
• Help define and maintain design tokens and their integration into engineering systems.
• Identify and reduce gaps between design intent and implementation.

Quality & Continuous Improvement:

• Audit product experiences to ensure consistency with the design system.
• Identify fragmentation and drive consolidation of patterns and components.
• Use feedback and data to iteratively improve the system.

What Success Looks Like:

• A well-governed, scalable design system widely adopted across Altium 365.
• Strong alignment between design and engineering, reducing implementation inconsistencies.
• Increased velocity for product teams through reusable, well-documented components.
• Consistent, high-quality user experience across all areas of the platform.
• A culture of system thinking embedded within the design organization.
   

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in product design, with significant focus on design systems.
• Proven experience leading or owning a design system in a complex, multi-team environment.
• Strong systems thinking and experience designing scalable UI architectures.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma (components, variables, tokens, libraries at scale).
• Deep understanding of interaction design, responsiveness, and modern web application patterns.
• Experience working closely with engineers and understanding front-end constraints.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SaaS or cloud platforms, especially collaborative or data-intensive products.
• Strong understanding of design tokens, theming, and multi-product scalability.
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (e.g., Vue.js) and component-driven development.
• Experience defining governance models and contribution workflows.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.

Nice to Have:

• Experience designing for complex technical or professional user workflows.
• Ability to simplify and standardize data-dense, collaborative interfaces.
• Passion for building systems that empower teams and scale across evolving products
   

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.