Senior Design Systems Specialist / Product Designer role within Edenspiekermann's Product Strategy practice, working in agile interaction design teams. Owns design systems across digital products, platforms and automotive ecosystems, bridging design and engineering.
What you'll do
- Drive creation, evolution and governance of complex design systems across products, platforms and ecosystems
- Establish scalable component architectures, token strategies, variables and documentation structures in Figma
- Own advanced Figma workflows including libraries, branching, versioning, variables, modes, responsive systems and automation
- Work closely with product, engineering, research, strategy and design teams to bridge design intent and technical implementation
- Introduce AI-supported and agentic workflows into the design process
- Contribute to complex automotive ecosystems and multi-brand, multi-platform, embedded digital experiences
- Drive validation and iteration cycles to improve system quality, usability and product experience
What we're looking for
- 4-6+ years experience in product design, UI design or design systems
- Strong portfolio showing user-centered thinking and enterprise-level design systems experience
- Experience within automotive, mobility, embedded systems or complex product ecosystems
- Systems thinking translating user needs, product goals and brand principles into scalable experiences
- Deep Figma expertise: auto layout, component systems, variables, tokens, responsive design, prototyping, shared libraries, branching, versioning
- Understanding of how design systems scale across teams, products and implementation environments
- Experience with DesignOps, contribution models, governance structures and cross-functional collaboration
- Active use of AI, agentic workflows, automation and AI-supported tooling
- Strong understanding of visual identity systems: typography, layout, colour, brand consistency
- Clear communication across stakeholders, workshops and multidisciplinary teams
- Proactive, ownership-driven mindset thriving in complex, fast-moving environments